3.
Choose the one best answer. Which of the following is a primary Preventive
Medicine responsibility at a garrison installation?
a. Gather monthly statistics concerning venereal disease incidence.
b. Ensure quality control of the laboratory diagnostic procedures for venereal
diseases.
c.
Supervise the hospital infection control committee.
d. Preventive maintenance for a pesticide spraying apparatus.
4.
Choose the one best answer. Which of the following is a primary preventive
medicine responsibility at a fixed installation?
a. Develop and evaluate a vaccine for gonorrhea.
b. Supervise the medical management of patients hospitalized with malaria.
c.
Monitor the incidence of rabies in the skunk population.
d. Inventory of industrial health hazards.
5.
Preventive medicine is vital in our efforts to maintain an effective fighting force in
combat because:
a. Preventive Medicine personnel treat combat wounded.
b. Overall, 80 percent of hospital admissions during wartime are for disease and
preventable non-combat injuries.
c.
Preventive Medicine personnel inspect prostitutes to ensure they use birth
control pills.
d. Preventive Medicine personnel issue clothing to troops in order to prevent cold
injuries.
e. Preventive Medicine personnel tell commanders when and where it is safe to
engage the enemy.
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