20.8KMPH – Entrance Examination :syllabus & sample questions -MPH Program POKHARA UNIVERSITY 2073
MPH – Entrance Examination :syllabus & sample questions -MPH Program POKHARA UNIVERSITY 2073
Information on Entrance Examination
Time: Paying-2 hours, Scholarship -3 hours
Type of Questions: Multiple Choice Questions with four options
Number of Questions: Paying -100, Scholarship- 150
Marking System: No negative marking
Full Marks: Paying -100, Scholarship- 150
MCQ setting: Based on bachelor level of health sciences
Content and Mark Distribution:
S.No. | Subject | Questions | |
paying | Scholarship | ||
1 | Public health theory and practice | 10 | 15 |
2 | Epidemiology | 10 | 15 |
3 | Bio-Statistics and demography | 10 | 15 |
4 | Environmental and occupational health | 10 | 15 |
5 | Reproductive and family health | 10 | 15 |
6 | behavioral sciences | 10 | 15 |
7 | Health promotion & education | 10 | 15 |
8 | Research methodology | 10 | 15 |
9 | Health service management | 10 | 15 |
Epidemiology of disease and health problems | 10 | 15 | |
Total | 100 | 150 | |
Sample questions
The most important element of ethical research on human subjects is:
a. Beneficence
b. Justice
c. A methodologically sound study design
d. Informed consent
2 The prime cause of illness resulting in death in the poor countries of the tropical and subtropical regions today is –
a. Plague
b. Malaria
c. Dengue
3The most appropriate measure of association for these data is the:
a. Attributable risk percent
b. Chi-square
c. Odds ratio
d. Risk ratio
4Health promotion includes the alleviation of:
a. Psychical symptoms
b. Causative factors
c. Illness/pain
d. Physical symptoms and causative factors
One of the most effective strategies for changing behaviors is often learned by watching others. This is called
a. Reinforcement
b. Shaping
c. Modeling
d. Rational-emotional therapy
6 The theory that states that our behaviors are often influenced by our beliefs is called
a. The Health Belief Model
b. Modeling
c. Cues to action
d. The Theory of Reasoned Action
7The person or organization responsible for rehabilitation is-
a. An employer’s doctor
b. the insurance company
c. the employer
d. the employee, when better
8Substance abuse is:
a. Not a health and safety concern.
b. A problem that rarely results in death.
c. Reducing in importance in Australia.
d. A social and workplace problem
e.
Provision of condoms to individuals is what kind of intervention
a. Biomedical intervention
b. Structural intervention
c. Behavioral intervention
d. Educational intervention
10. In constructing an “epidemic curve” the ordinate (vertical axis) displays a measure of:
a. Time
b. Magnitude of outcome
c. Gender
d. Sexual activities
