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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the motto of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services?
(a) “Improving the health, safety, and well-being of America.”
(b) “Liberty, Health, and Freedom.”
(c) “Looking after America’s Health.”
(d) “Looking after the sick and injured.”

2. What is the first of the seven most common causes of death for 85% of the elderly population, as discussed in Chapter 4?
(a) Transient ischemic attack.
(b) Decreased resistance to infection.
(c) Alzheimer’s Disease and dementia.
(d) Hypertension.

3. Harold Bliss was the first documented case of death by what means?
(a) Automotive accident.
(b) Radiation exposure.
(c) Electrocution.
(d) Allergic reaction.

4. How old was James McCarty when he was admitted to the university hospital where Dr. Nuland worked?
(a) 35.
(b) 43.
(c) 52.
(d) 18.

5. What is the second of the seven most common causes of death for 85% of the elderly population, as discussed in Chapter 4?
(a) Alzheimer’s Disease and dementia.
(b) Transient ischemic attack.
(c) Hypertention.
(d) Decreased resistance to infection.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the third of the seven most common causes of death for 85% of the elderly population, as discussed in Chapter 4?

2. What is the title of Chapter 3 of the book?

3. According to the author in Chapter 1, James McCarty was the picture of what when he was admitted to the university hospital?

4. In what year did Harold Bliss die?

5. What word in Chapter 7 refers to a condition of severely deficient supply of oxygen to the body that arises from being unable to breathe normally?

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