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Question 1

Which of the following is a health care delivery indicator?
a) Doctor-nurse ratio
b) Rate of population increase
c) Literacy rate
d) Life expectancy

Answer 1

Answer: a) Doctor-nurse ratio

Question 2

What is the definition of the crude birth rate?
a) The number of births per 1,000 population per year
b) The number of births per 10,000 population per year
c) The number of births per 100,000 population per year
d) The number of births per 100 population per year

Answer 2

Answer: a) The number of births per 1,000 population per year

Question 3

Which indicator measures the number of deaths due to specific causes per 100,000 population?
a) Cause-specific death rate
b) Crude death rate
c) Age-specific death rate
d) Infant mortality rate

Answer 3

Answer: a) Cause-specific death rate

Question 4

What is a health indicator?
a) A qualitative measure of health status
b) A quantifiable measure used to monitor and evaluate health status
c) An opinion-based judgment about health
d) A historical record of health events

Answer 4

Answer: b) A quantifiable measure used to monitor and evaluate health status

Question 5

Which of the following indicators does not directly measure health but is important for interpreting health care indicators?
a) Literacy rates
b) Crude death rate
c) Infant mortality rate
d) Life expectancy

Answer 5

Answer: a) Literacy rates

Question 6

Which of the following is an example of a mortality indicator?
a) Crude death rate
b) Infant mortality rate
c) Maternal mortality ratio
d) All of the above

Answer 6

Answer: d) All of the above

Question 7

Health indicators are essential for comparing health status across:
a) Time
b) Geographic areas
c) Groups of people
d) All of the above

Answer 7

Answer: d) All of the above

Question 8

What is required for a good health indicator?
a) Availability of low-cost data
b) Importance in measuring health status
c) Global understanding and comparability
d) Both b and c

Answer 8

Answer: d) Both b and c

Question 9

Why are health indicators important?
a) They are used for entertainment
b) They help in decision-making about population health
c) They are used to monitor weather patterns
d) They have no practical application

Answer 9

Answer: b) They help in decision-making about population health

Question 10

Which of the following is an important health indicator for measuring health status?
a) Cause of death
b) Literacy rate
c) Employment rate
d) Average income

Answer 10

Answer: a) Cause of death

Question 11

What does life expectancy at birth measure?
a) The average number of years a newborn is expected to live
b) The age at which most people die
c) The average age of the population
d) The number of births per year

Answer 11

Answer:** a) The average number of years a newborn is expected to live

Question 12

Question 8:
The maternal mortality ratio is the number of women who die from pregnancy-related causes per:
a) 10,000 live births
b) 50,000 live births
c) 100,000 live births
d) 1,000 live births

Answer 12

Answer:** c) 100,000 live

Question 13

Infant mortality rate measures the number of deaths in infants under 1 year per:
a) 1,000 live births
b) 5,000 live births
c) 10,000 live births
d) 100,000 live births

Answer 13

Answer: a) 1,000 live births

Question 14

Neonatal mortality rate refers to the number of deaths among infants under:
a) 1 year
b) 1 month
c) 6 months
d) 2 months

Answer 14

Answer:** b) 1 month

Question 15

Which of the following is a type of health indicator?
a) Count/Number
b) Rate
c) Ratio
d) All of the above

Answer 15

Answer:** d) All of the above

Question 16

Question 12:
Crude death rate is defined as the number of deaths per:
a) 100 population per year
b) 1,000 population per year
c) 10,000 population per year
d) 100,000 population per year

Answer 16

Answer:** b) 1,000 population per year

Question 17

Question 13:

Age-specific death rate is calculated by dividing the number of deaths in a specific age group by:
a) Total population
b) Population of that age group
c) Number of births
d) Number of hospitals

Answer 17

Answer:** b) Population of that age group

Question 18

Life expectancy is an indicator of:
a) Economic development
b) Health status
c) Socio-economic development
d) Both b and c

Answer 18

Answer:** d) Both b and c

Question 19

Which indicator reflects the equity of distribution of health resources?
a) Doctor-population ratio
b) Literacy rate
c) Employment rate
d) Birth rate

Answer 19

Answer: a) Doctor-population ratio

Question 20

Utilization rates measure:
a) The extent of use of health services
b) The number of hospitals
c) The average income of a population
d) The literacy rate

Answer 20

Answer: a) The extent of use of health services

Question 21

Socio-economic indicators include:
a) Rate of population increase
b) Per capita Gross National Product (GNP)
c) Level of unemployment
d) All of the above

Answer 21

Answer: d) All of the above

Question 22

Health policy indicators often measure:
a) Proportion of GNP spent on health services
b) Number of hospitals
c) Average income
d) Birth rate

Answer 22

Answer: a) Proportion of GNP spent on health services

Question 23

Which organization compiles health indicators at the globally level?
a) WHO
b) UNICEF
c) UNESCO
d) FAO

Answer 23

Answer: a) WHO

Question 24

What is the primary source of data for common health indicators?
a) National Vital Statistics System
b) Surveys
c) Census data
d) All of the above

Answer 24

Answer: d) All of the above

Question 25

Which indicator measures the number of deaths at ages 1-4 years per 1,000 children in that age group?
a) Child mortality rate
b) Infant mortality rate
c) Neonatal mortality rate
d) Maternal mortality ratio

Answer 25

Answer: a) Child mortality rate

Question 26

Which of the following is considered a morbidity indicator?
a) Incidence and prevalence rates
b) Life expectancy
c) Crude birth rate
d) Infant mortality rate

Answer 26

Answer: a) Incidence and prevalence rates

Question 27

Which indicator is used to assess the nutritional status of preschool children?
a) Height and weight measurements
b) Doctor-population ratio
c) Literacy rate
d) Crude birth rate

Answer 27

Answer: a) Height and weight measurements

Question 28

What does bed occupancy rate measure?
a) The average number of beds in a hospital
b) The proportion of beds occupied in a hospital
c) The number of doctors per hospital
d) The number of patients discharged

Answer 28

Answer: b) The proportion of beds occupied in a hospital

Question 29

What is an important factor affecting health care utilization?
a) Availability and accessibility of health services
b) Attitude of an individual towards health
c) Both a and b
d) None of the above

Answer 29

*Answer:** c) Both a and b