Test Bank Answers 5e Chapter.23 Built Environment Behavior

Chapter 23

THE ROLE OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT IN SUPPORTING HEALTH BEHAVIOR CHANGE

Multiple Choice

1. Which is a domain used to characterize a built environment?

A. Proximity

B. Water quality

C. Social capital

D. Community structure

2. Which type of built environment measurement assessment collects data in real time with relevant behaviors?

A. Wearable sensing devices

B. Self-reported questionnaires

C. Remote sensing and webcams

D. Geographic information systems

3. Which is a domain of the physical activity environment?

A. Education

B. Occupation

C. Income level

D. Size of household

4. Which has been an outcome of interdisciplinary collaboration in the renovation of schools?

A. Park use

B. Healthy eating

C. Pedestrian safety

D. Bicycle safety gear

5. For which reason can built environmental interventions be considered sustainable interventions?

A. Require annual maintenance

B. Are cared for by the community members

C. Are paid for by the local community taxes

D. Do not need to be repeated to be maintained

6. For which reason would a partnership be needed to implement an interventional strategy?

A. Allows cost sharing with other interested parties

B. Affects another strategy already implemented

C. Impacts people who live in other communities

D. Requires changes across multiple sectors to implement

7. Which behavior is least likely to be supported by interventions within the built environment of a school?

A. Nutrition

B. Tobacco use

C. Physical activity

D. Sexual behavior

8. Which action has been proven to reduce pedestrian accidents in a built community?

A. Install traffic lights with countdown signals

B. Paint the expected speed limit on the street pavement

C. Ticket pedestrians who do not cross at the designated areas

D. Place law enforcement at the locations of the most accidents

9. Which should a healthcare facility consider changing to promote health behaviors?

A. Move patient rooms that face the park

B. Close the solarium during the winter months

C. Move patient beds facing a cemetery to another location

D. Remove trees and flowers along the walkway to the outpatient facility

10. Which intervention should be questioned when designing a complete street initiative?

A. Bicycle lanes

B. Elimination of walkways

C. Public transportation lanes

D. Traffic calming interventions

11. Which situation should be analyzed for the policies written to influence the built environment?

A. Refusing to permit a vaping shop to open a few blocks from a middle school

B. Installing public water fountains along biking and hiking trails in a community park

C. Adding kiosks in the park for local organic grocers to sell fresh produce during the summer months

D. Locking outdoor sporting facilities after school hours preventing the use by community members

12. Which type of built environment intervention has shown the most success in changing or supporting health behaviors?

A. State mandated

B. Multicomponent

C. Community-based

D. Federal policy written

13. Which would reduce a health inequity in a community with many obese school-age children?

A. Convert a vacant lot into a playground

B. Remove sidewalks to place a bicycle lane on the street

C. Require children to eat lunches prepared by the school

D. Add a tax to large sugary drinks, such as sodas

14. Which intervention within a built community supports healthy behavior and reduces the effects on the climate?

B. Close every other subway stop

C. Limit food vendors to three per city block

A. Having taxicabs park only on the right lane

D. Place city bicycles at the subway entrances

15. Which type of method can be used to identify areas where environmental interventions can increase safety and reduce injury?

A. Web-enabled applications

B. Web-based geospatial data

C. Remote sensing and webcams

D. Geographic information system