Q.1 What is the primary goal of health promotion?
Cure disease
Prevent illness
Provide emergency care
Perform surgery
Explanation - Health promotion focuses on enabling people to increase control over and improve their health, mainly by preventing diseases.
Correct answer is: Prevent illness
Q.2 Which of the following best describes health education?
Providing medicine
Giving information to improve health behavior
Treating patients
Performing diagnostic tests
Explanation - Health education involves sharing knowledge and skills to help individuals adopt healthier lifestyles.
Correct answer is: Giving information to improve health behavior
Q.3 Which model emphasizes individual beliefs about health conditions to explain behavior?
Health Belief Model
Maslow’s Hierarchy
Transtheoretical Model
Orem’s Theory
Explanation - The Health Belief Model explains health behaviors by focusing on perceptions of susceptibility, severity, benefits, and barriers.
Correct answer is: Health Belief Model
Q.4 What does primary prevention focus on?
Rehabilitation
Disease treatment
Health promotion and disease prevention
Surgical care
Explanation - Primary prevention is aimed at preventing the onset of disease through health education, immunization, and lifestyle changes.
Correct answer is: Health promotion and disease prevention
Q.5 Which is an example of secondary prevention?
Health education on smoking cessation
Mammogram screening
Rehabilitation after stroke
Promoting balanced diet
Explanation - Secondary prevention involves early detection of diseases to initiate prompt treatment, such as screening programs.
Correct answer is: Mammogram screening
Q.6 The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion emphasizes:
Health systems
Curing disease
Building healthy public policy
Only nutrition education
Explanation - The Ottawa Charter highlights health promotion through supportive environments, public policy, and community action.
Correct answer is: Building healthy public policy
Q.7 In health promotion, empowerment means:
Giving medicine freely
Allowing passive participation
Enabling individuals to make decisions about their health
Restricting choices for safety
Explanation - Empowerment in health promotion is about enabling people to have control and make informed choices.
Correct answer is: Enabling individuals to make decisions about their health
Q.8 What is the first step in planning a health education program?
Implementation
Assessment of needs
Evaluation
Funding
Explanation - Identifying the community’s health needs is the first step before planning education interventions.
Correct answer is: Assessment of needs
Q.9 Which of the following is NOT a principle of health education?
Relevance
Participation
Repetition
Isolation
Explanation - Health education is based on principles like relevance, participation, and reinforcement, not isolation.
Correct answer is: Isolation
Q.10 Which method is most effective for teaching rural communities?
Television ads
Posters only
Interactive group discussions
Radio broadcasts only
Explanation - Group discussions are effective in rural settings as they encourage active participation and peer learning.
Correct answer is: Interactive group discussions
Q.11 Health literacy means:
Ability to read health pamphlets only
Ability to understand and use health information
Writing medical prescriptions
Accessing hospitals only
Explanation - Health literacy is the ability to obtain, process, and use health-related information to make informed decisions.
Correct answer is: Ability to understand and use health information
Q.12 The nurse uses posters and leaflets during a health campaign. This method is:
Mass media approach
Individual approach
Interactive education
Therapeutic counseling
Explanation - Posters and leaflets reach a wide audience and are considered part of mass media education strategies.
Correct answer is: Mass media approach
Q.13 Which strategy is an example of tertiary prevention?
Childhood immunization
Cancer screening
Rehabilitation after myocardial infarction
Handwashing campaigns
Explanation - Tertiary prevention reduces disability and promotes rehabilitation after disease has occurred.
Correct answer is: Rehabilitation after myocardial infarction
Q.14 Peer education in adolescents is effective because:
Peers are seen as role models
Parents are not effective
Teachers are unavailable
It avoids education altogether
Explanation - Adolescents often trust peers more, making peer education programs effective for promoting healthy behavior.
Correct answer is: Peers are seen as role models
Q.15 What is the main focus of health promotion in schools?
Drug therapy
Creating a healthy learning environment
Hospital referrals
Screening only
Explanation - School health promotion aims to support students’ physical, mental, and social well-being through healthy environments.
Correct answer is: Creating a healthy learning environment
Q.16 A nurse conducting an anti-smoking campaign is practicing:
Tertiary prevention
Secondary prevention
Primary prevention
Quaternary prevention
Explanation - Health education against smoking prevents disease before it occurs, which is primary prevention.
Correct answer is: Primary prevention
Q.17 The term 'IEC' in health promotion stands for:
Information, Education, Communication
Immunization, Evaluation, Care
Instruction, Examination, Counseling
Inspection, Education, Care
Explanation - IEC is a key approach in health promotion that ensures information is shared in an engaging and understandable way.
Correct answer is: Information, Education, Communication
Q.18 What is the role of evaluation in health education?
To treat diseases
To check whether objectives are met
To create posters
To recruit staff
Explanation - Evaluation measures the effectiveness of health education programs in achieving their set goals.
Correct answer is: To check whether objectives are met
Q.19 Which communication approach is most effective in behavior change?
One-way lecture
Interactive two-way communication
Silent observation
Written notes only
Explanation - Behavior change is more likely when communication is interactive, allowing feedback and discussion.
Correct answer is: Interactive two-way communication
Q.20 What does 'capacity building' in health promotion mean?
Improving hospitals
Strengthening community knowledge, skills, and resources
Hiring more doctors
Providing more beds
Explanation - Capacity building focuses on empowering communities to sustain health improvements independently.
Correct answer is: Strengthening community knowledge, skills, and resources
Q.21 Which of the following is a barrier to effective health education?
Cultural beliefs
Interactive methods
Community participation
Supportive policies
Explanation - Cultural beliefs may sometimes conflict with health messages and hinder acceptance of health education.
Correct answer is: Cultural beliefs
Q.22 Which teaching aid is best suited for illiterate populations?
Text-heavy brochures
Lecture notes
Pictorial charts and demonstrations
Scientific journals
Explanation - For populations with low literacy, visuals and demonstrations communicate health messages more effectively.
Correct answer is: Pictorial charts and demonstrations
Q.23 Which type of prevention is health education about safe sex practices?
Primary prevention
Secondary prevention
Tertiary prevention
Quaternary prevention
Explanation - Safe sex education prevents the occurrence of sexually transmitted diseases, making it primary prevention.
Correct answer is: Primary prevention
Q.24 What does 'social marketing' in health promotion involve?
Selling medicines
Using marketing principles to influence health behavior
Advertising hospital services
Profit-making health campaigns
Explanation - Social marketing applies marketing strategies like segmentation and targeting to encourage healthy behaviors.
Correct answer is: Using marketing principles to influence health behavior
Q.25 A nurse teaching handwashing to children uses a song and demonstration. This method is:
Lecture
Audio-visual teaching
Role play
Storytelling only
Explanation - Combining music and demonstration engages multiple senses, making it an effective audio-visual method.
Correct answer is: Audio-visual teaching