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Quiz: Components of Epidemiology: HLTH503: Principles of Epidemiology (D03)
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Quiz: Components of Epidemiology
Due Jul 2 at 11:59pm Points 75 Questions 25
Time Limit 90 Minutes
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Score for this quiz: 75 out of 75
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The quiz:
Covers the Learn material from Module 1: Week 1.
Contains 25 multiple-choice and true/false questions.
Is limited to 90 minutes.
Allows 1 attempt.
Is worth 75 points.
Submit this assignment by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Sunday of Module 1: Week 1.
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Question 1
Which of the following activities characterizes an epidemiologic
approach (as opposed to a clinical approach)?
Description of a single individual's symptoms
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Surveillance of a population
Treatment of a patient with diagnosed illness
A and C
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Question 2
True or False? Environmental and occupational health problems
are a specialization of epidemiology.
True
False
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Question 3
True or False? The Framingham Heart Study, begun in 1948,
pioneered research into coronary heart disease risk factors.
True
False
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Question 4
True or False? Socrates popularized the notion that the
environment is associated with human disease.
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True
False
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Question 5
Cyclic variations in the occurrence of pneumonia and inuenza
mortality may reect:
seasonal variations in cases of inuenza.
the fact that inuenza is a disappearing disorder.
long-term changes in mortality trends.
both A and B
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Question 6
True or False? The 1918 Inuenza Pandemic is also known as “the
Mother of All Pandemics.”
True
False
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Question 7
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True or False? In current thinking, the term epidemic is used only to
describe outbreaks of infectious disease.
True
False
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Question 8
True or False? The epidemiologic and clinical descriptions of a
disease are different.
True
False
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Question 9
Which of the following activities characterizes a clinical approach
(as opposed to an epidermiologic approach)?
Description of specic signs and symptoms in a patient
Description of seasonal trends in disease occurrence
Examination of disease occurrence among population groups
Demonstration of geographic variations in disease frequency
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Question 10
True or False? One of William Farr's contributions to public health
and epidemiology included the development of a more
sophisticated system for codifying medical conditions.
True
False
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Question 11
True or False? Molecular epidemiology applies the techniques of
molecular biology to epidemiologic studies.
True
False
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Question 12
True or False? John Snow is credited with developing the smallpox
vaccination.
True
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False
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Question 13
Which form of prevention takes place after the precursors of
disease interact with the host?
Tertiary
Secondary
Primary
Both A and B
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Question 14
True or False? The National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey is a
continuing probability survey of physicians who practice in public
settings such as V.A. centers.
True
False
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Question 15
True or False? John Cassel argued that the agent, host, and
environment triad provided an adequate explanation for chronic
diseases of non-infectious origin.
True
False
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Question 16
Using epidemiology for operational research involves:
study of community health services
study of risks to the individual
study of disease syndromes
all of the above
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Question 17
What factors should be considered in measuring long-term
changes in disease frequency over time?
Changes in diagnostic criteria
Changes in the age distribution
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Changes in the fatal course of the condition
All of the above
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Question 18
True or False? An important risk factor for the population is always
important for the individual.
True
False
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Question 19
True or False? A dynamic population is one that adds new
members through immigration and births and loses members
through emigration and deaths.
True
False
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Question 20
There has been an increase in the number of epidemiologic
studies reported in medical journals because:
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they interest the public and physicians concerned with preventive
medicine.
infectious diseases are predominant in American society.
it is relatively easy to investigate risk factors through experiments.
all of the above
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Question 21
True or False? High rearm death rates and homicide rates are
indicators of adverse conditions within the community.
True
False
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Question 22
True or False? An example of operations research is using
epidemiology to plan the placement of health services in a
community.
True
False
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Question 23
Increases in lung cancer mortality, especially among women,
illustrate which of the following trends in disease occurrence?
A residual disorder
A new epidemic disorder
A persistent disorder
A disappearing disorder
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Question 24
According to the natural history of disease model, the time before
the precursors of disease and the host interact is called the period
of:
Prepathogenesis
Pathogenesis
Primogenesis
B and C
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Question 25
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True or False? The existence of a dose-response relationship, that
is, an increase in disease risk with an increase in the amount of
exposure, does not support the view that an association is a
causal one.
True
False
Quiz Score: 75 out of 75
