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Past PDHPE HSC Multiple Choice Exam Questions
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1
What's most likely consequence of a growth in the percentage of aged people in theAust pop?
Increased revenue from private patients
More employment opportunities for aged people
Better research into effects of medication for aged people
Higher demand for medical services provided by hospitals
2
Which of the following are factors that protect against preventable chronic disease?
Healthy weight,not smoking, exercising regularly, over 40yrs
Healthy weight,not smoking,hypertension,regular mammograms
Healthy weight,not smoking, eating healthy,regular checks
Healthy blood pressure, male, eating healthy healthy weight
3
What action has been taken to reduce the impact of an ageing population on healthcare system?
Increasing the Medicare levy for older people
Encouraging older people to remain in the work force
Decreasing access to the health system for older people
Reducing funding available to carers of older people
4
Doctor prescribes nicotine patches to help patients stop smoking.Which action area of OC?
Building public policy
Creating a supportive environment
Re-orienting health services
Developing personal skills
5
Which is a government strategy that promotes the social justice principleof diversity?
Road safety education that target behaviours of teens
Involving community groups in the planning their local area
Legislation to ban smoking in the workplace&public spaces
Increasing amount funding to address needs of ATSI
6
What major considerations do governments&health authorities think about whenprioritising issues
Burden of illness & potential for reducing burden
Mortality rate and ability to deal with mortality
Cost of illness and socioeconomic capacity of affected
Morbidity rate and number of health services available
7
A driver education course is an example of which area of the Ottawa Charter?
Building healthy public policy
Creating supportive environments
Developing personal skills
Strengthening community action
8
Adjusting the spine through physical manipulation is example of which alternative health care?
Chiropractic
Acupuncture
Iridology
Aromatherapy
9
By researching the nature and benefits of a health product an individual is able to
access alternative health care approaches.
use a holistic health approach.
access a range of complementary medicines.
make informed health consumer choices.
10
In Australia, men have lower health status than women.What is the most likely reason for this?
Heredity and lifestyle factors experienced in early life
Unwillingness to seek medical assistance
Lack of knowledge and understanding of health care services
Types of health care services available
11
Which of the following is a clear example of social justice principles in action?
Providing health policies passed by government officials
Providing health materials in a variety of languages
Providing incentives for higher SES to use private health
Providing children&infants with priority health care always
12
Which of the following measures is NOT used to determine the health status of thepopulation?
Morbidity
Quality of life
Life Expectancy
Mortality
13
Why are more people seeking alternative health care approaches in Australia?
Increased medicare subsidies towards them
Greater availability in hospitals
Increased acceptance by community and medical practitioners
Greater clinical effectiveness of methods
14
How can volunteer organisations reduce impact of ageing population on the publichealth system?
By subsidising prescription medicines
Increasing number of trained professionals in workforce
By transporting the aged to health care services
By assisting the aged to remain in their own homes
15
What is the purpose of epidemiology?
To identify causes and patterns of disease in a population
Track hospital admission rates and ambulance response times
Monitor prescription medicines administered by doctors
Determine how health care budgets are managed by governments
16
Which of the following is an example of reorienting health services in theOttawa Charter?
Redirecting services from cure to prevention
Redirecting services from private to public health care
Supporting individuals to identify personal networks
Allowing health professionals to focus on curing ill health
17
To which of the following does the concept of ‘healthy ageing’ refer?
Providing appropriate facilities and services to accommodate
Behaviours&activities contribute to quality of life
Treating elderly people for commonly reported conditions
Reduce effects of poor choices early that create risks later
18
Which condition is currently the leading cause of mortality in Australia?
Breast Cancer
Cardiovascular Disease
Asthma
Lung Cancer
19
Which type of skin cancer is most closely linked to increased mortality?
Malignant melanoma
Basal cell carcinoma
Solar keratosis
Squamous cell carcinoma
20
Which government strategy has the greatest potential to reduce longterm healthcare expenditure?
Increasing spending on emergency care in hospitals
Allocating greater funding to improve existing curative HS
Directing more expenditure towards preventative health
Providing rebates to people with private health insurance
21
Which initiative is an example of building healthy public policy ascharacterised by OC?
Doctor prescribing exercise for patients at risk of diabetes
Students walking or cycling to school
PDHPE classes for all children in Years K–10
Financial grants for community sport teams
22
Which environmental determinant best explains why ATSI have shorter life exp than non ATSI?
ATSI less likely to have access to health care and treatment
ATSI have higher unemployment and cant afford health care
Types of illnesses ATSI develop more likely result in death
ATSI dont use traditional forms of medicine
23
Which best explains why breast cancer death rates decreasing whileincidence rates increasing?
Enhanced early detection and treatment
Improved access to and delivery of immunisation programs
Increased use and acceptance of alternative medicines
Understanding the role familyhistory surviving breast cancer
24
The criteria used to determine Australia’s priority health issues are
cost to individual&communities,mortality rate,social justice
social justice,priority pop groups&prevalence of condition
priority population groups, life expectancy, social justice
social justice, potential for prevention, morbidity rates
25
Which risk factor has been linked to both heart disease and cancer?
Hypertension
Osteoporosis
Obesity
Mental illness
26
Which of the following terms describes the level of illness in a given population?
Morbidity
Health Status
Mortality
Prevalence
27
What would a comparison of the health status of Indigenous and nonIndigenousAustralians show?
ATSI Aust have a higher prevalence of chronic diseases.
NonATSI Aust have a lower prevalence of acute diseases.
Non ATSI Australians have higher infant mortality rates.
ATSI Australians have lower hospital admission rates.
28
What is Medicare?
Australia’s main private health care provider
Australia’s tax-funded national health care system
Australia’s health insurance provider for the disadvantaged
Australia’s provider of publicly subsidised medication
29
Which of the following diseases is now three times more prevalent than it was 20 yearsago?
Diabetes
Influenza
Polio
Bronchitis
30
Who has primary responsibility for providing publichospitals&mental health facilities?
State governments
Local governments
Non-government organisations
Federal government
31
What are some features of Medicare?
Free treatment in public hospitals, PBS
Free public hospitals,subsidised/free treatment by doctors
Bulk billing, ancillary cover
Bulk billing, PBS
32
The graph represents trends in death from CVD.Which statement best explains the trend in graph?
Education programs since 50s decreased prevalence of CVD
Initiatives prior to 70s reduced CVD morbidity
Initiatives prior to 70s reduced CVD mortality
Education programs since the 1950s increased life expectancy
33
4 conditions (W,X,Y,Z) shown in the graph.Which is most likely to be a priority health issue?
Y
X
W
Z
34
For a health promotion strategy to be classified as strengthening community action, it must:
facilitate funds and infrastructure for strategy
facilitate participation from all government groups
focus policy direction and public discussion on the strategy
focus on a targeted health promotion for those most at risk
35
Ancillary cover in private health insurance can assist with which of the following costs?
General practitioner fees
Treatment as private patient either pub or priv hospital
Physiotherapy, dental services and optometry
Prescription and other medications
36
Which option best explains the decrease in mortality rates in Australia over the lastcentury?
B
C
A
D
37
An increase in the life expectancy of Australians is most likely to result from
lower morbidity rates.
higher infant mortality rates.
lower infant mortality rates.
higher morbidity rates.
38
There has been decreased cancer deaths and increased cancer cases. This is likely resulted from
improved detection and increased survival rates.
Increase in Aust pop & influence of gender&familyhistory
improved detection and decreased skin cancer rates.
an increase in healthy eating and physical activity habits.
39
Inwhich cardiovascular condition is plaque most likely to form on the inner lining of arteries?
Peripheral vascular disease
Angina
Heart Attack
Atherosclerosis
40
Which are socioeconomic factors that best explain the health inequitiesexperienced by ATSI?
Media access and geographical location
Levels of education and employment
Income and high-density living
Religious and cultural influences
41
How do Medicare and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme support the principles ofsocial justice?
Empower individuals &communities to be involved in planning
Allocate resources according to the needs of the population
Funded by the Aust gov to supply health care services
Provide resources only to those in need of health services
42
Which of the following is a modifiable risk factor of cardiovascular disease?
Age
Heredity
Diet
Gender
43
Peripheral vascular disease is a cardiovascular disease affecting
the arteries.
blood vessels in the limbs.
the skeletal muscles.
blood vessels in the pancreas
44
What is the current leading cause of death for both males and females in Australia?
Coronary heart disease
Diabetes
Cerebrovascular disease
Lung cancer
45
What currently is the area of greatest health care expenditure in Australia?
Research
Dental Services
Preventative Health Initiatives
Hospitals
46
Which of the following results of illness have indirect costs to the community?
Loss of potential earnings, prescriptions, absenteeism
Absenteeism,education &screening, loss of potential earnings
Absenteeism, loss of potential earnings, retraining
Loss of potential earnings,retraining, prescriptions
47
Which of the following is a benefit of emerging treatments and technologies in healthcare?
Reduced cost for health care
Early detection of disease
Improved access to dental care
Improved participation in screening procedures
48
Which of the following has contributed most to the declining prevalence of CVD in Australia?
Increased levels of sport participation and exercise
Increased numbers of alternative health professionals
Improved community awareness and treatment of CVD
Improved nutritional quality of food consumed by Australians
49
What is a benefit of emerging medical technologies?
They are readily accessible for all patients
They can provide a means of early detection
They decrease the need for Medicare and the PBS
They are inexpensive for public and private hospitals
50
Which of the following is most likely to cause a stroke?
Restricted oxygenated blood supply to the heart
Cholesterol constricting the ventricles of the heart
A clot interrupting the blood supply to the brain
A reduction of blood supply to the legs
