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Multiple Choice Questions

Question 1:

Which of the following is NOT considered to be a dimension of the process of globalization?
a) Technoscapes
b) Ideoscapes
c) Animoscapes
d) Ethnoscapes

Question 2:

Which of the following was NOT considered to be a factor that contributed to the lead-poisoning epidemic in northern Nigeria?
a) Low gold prices
b) Poverty
c) Absence of essential health care services
d) The global financial crisis

Question 3:

In which way does participation in the free-market economy often affect poor countries?
a) Worsening of poverty and inequality
b) Improvement of inequality
c) Increased protection of products
d) Better regulations and income for workers

Question 4:

How has globalization influenced humanitarianism?
a) It has had no effect.
b) People have become more aware of and feel greater responsibility to assist those in need.
c) People feel less responsibility to assist those in need from different cultures.
d) Health is now viewed as a privilege.

Question 5:

Which of the following is NOT a recognized ethical challenge facing health care providers who participate in humanitarian aid work?
a) Aid agency policies and agendas
b) Perceived norms around health professionals’ roles and interactions
c) Scarcity of resources and the need to allocate them
d) Empathy for those living in extreme poverty

Question 6:

Which of the following is true regarding the shifting relationship between humans and animals?
a) There has been no change in this relationship over time.
b) Humans rely on and raise animals for food.
c) It has become difficult to trace our food back to its single animal source.
d) Our current level of food production was developed to be sustainable.

Question 7:

Which of the following statements is true of the One Health movement?
a) It proposes a paradigm shift that situates health and health care within a global, interspecies, and ecological context.
b) It seeks to bring together veterinary medicine and human medicine together under one set of practices.
c) It proposes that health care should become a global human right.
d) It ignores the relationship between humans and other species.

Question 8:

What is the One Health movement an example of?
a) A paradigm for health care funding
b) The One Medicine approach
c) Streamlining of health care services
d) How the process of globalization has enabled new paradigms to reframe how we view health

Question 9:

Which of the following epidemics are attributed to poor controls and regulations over food production?
a) SARS
b) H1N1
c) HIV/AIDS
d) Both a and b

Question 10:

Which of the following factors does NOT influence our desire to assist those in need or who are less fortunate?
a) The media
b) Income
c) Moral distance
d) Physical distance

True or False Questions

Question 11:

Globalization refers to the restrained, often by government rules, flow of information and products between countries.
a) True
b) False

Question 12:

Increased awareness of issues and problems in different parts of the world is an example of a positive outcome of globalization.
a) True
b) False

Question 13:

Global economic activity has no effect on human health.
a) True
b) False

Question 14:

The concept of free-market capitalism indicates that countries will experience increased poverty and inequality.
a) True
b) False

Question 15:

The Red Cross is one of the most recognized symbols of humanitarian relief around the world.
a) True
b) False

Question 16:

Chronic disease is not a significant source of death and disability in resource-poor countries.
a) True
b) False

Question 17:

Our relationship with other species has no impact on our health.
a) True
b) False

Question 18:

Several recent epidemics can be attributed to poor control and regulations over the production of food.
a) True
b) False

Question 19:

Existing paradigms of health and health issues consider our interspecies existence.
a) True
b) False

Question 20:

The Manhattan Principles is a 12-point manifesto outlining the vision of experts for a holistic approach to managing and maintaining human and animal health.
a) True
b) False

Higher Education

Health and Society: Chapter 07

Multiple Choice Questions

True or False Questions