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Question 1
What is one of the widely used sources of statistical data on cancer?
2 out of 2 points
Selected
Answer:
C.
Disease
registries
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Question 2
Choose the correct answer. Clinical data sources include:
2 out of 2 points
Selected
Answer:
A.
All of the
above
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Question 3
2 out of 2 points
Which of the following data sources is most likely to provide a representative sample of
the general health status of a population?
Selected
Answer:
D.
a morbidity survey of the general
population
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Question 4
Morbidity surveys of the general population:
2 out of 2 points
Selected
Answer:
D.
all of the
above
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Question 5
2 out of 2 points
What data source has the advantage of being almost nearly complete in the U.S.?
Selected
Answer:
D.
B and
C
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Question 6
Choose the correct answer. Data on morbidity in the U.S. armed forces include:
2 out of 2 points
Selected
Answer:
D.
All statements are
correct.
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Question 7
2 out of 2 points
An abrupt drop in mortality due to a specific disease from one year to the next is most
likely due to:
Selected
Answer:
D.
a change in the International Classification of Disease
(ICD) system
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Question 8
2 out of 2 points
True or False? Health insurance statistics provide a generally representative picture of the
health status of the United States population.
Selected
Answer:
Fals
e
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Question 9
2 out of 2 points
Information about the cause of death listed on a death certificate may be unreliable
because:
Selected
Answer:
E.
all of the
above
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Question 10
Cautious use of information from death certificates is warranted because:
2 out of 2 points
Selected
Answer:
C.
cause of death information may not be
correct
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Question 11
2 out of 2 points
The Vital Statistics Registration System in the U.S. collects data on all vital events
including:
Selected
Answer:
E.
A, B,
and C
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Question 12
2 out of 2 points
True or False? A registry is a centralized database of information about a disease.
Selected
Answer:
Tru
e
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Question 13
2 out of 2 points
Before utilizing data for an epidemiologic study, the researcher must first consider the:
Selected
Answer:
D.
all of the
above
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Question 14
2 out of 2 points
True or False? The Freedom of Information Act exempts (does not allow) the release of
personal medical data.
Selected
Answer:
Tru
e
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Question 15
0 out of 2 points
In case-control studies, the odds ratio is used as an estimate of the relative risk. In order
for this approximation to be reasonable, some conditions must be met. Which of the
following conditions is not necessary in order to use the odds ratio to estimate the
relative risk?
Selected
Answer:
C.
The event (disease) under study is rare in the
population.
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Question 16
0 out of 2 points
True or False? An ecologic comparison study is sometimes called a cross-sectional
ecologic study.
Selected
Answer:
Fals
e
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Question 17
Examples of descriptive epidemiologic studies do not usually include:
2 out of 2 points
Selected
Answer:
D.
Cohort
studies
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Question 18
2 out of 2 points
True or False? An ecologic study is one that examines a group as a unit of analysis.
Selected
Answer:
Tru
e
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Question 19
0 out of 2 points
Case-control studies are among the best observational designs to study diseases of:
Selected
Answer:
A.
low case
fatality
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Question 20
Ecologic studies:
2 out of 2 points
Selected
Answer:
B.
are a good approach for generating
hypotheses
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Question 21
Examples of exposure data in ecologic studies include:
2 out of 2 points
Selected
Answer:
E.
All of the
above
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Question 22
0 out of 2 points
True or False? A cross-sectional study allows the demonstration of a time sequence
between exposure and disease.
Selected
Answer:
Tru
e
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Question 23
2 out of 2 points
True or False? Controls are needed in a case-control study to evaluate whether the
frequency of a factor or past exposure among the cases is different from that among
comparable persons who do not have the disease under investigation.
Selected
Answer:
Tru
e
True or False? A case-control study is purely a descriptive (as opposed to analytic) study
design
Selected
Answer:
Fals
e
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Question 25
0 out of 2 points
A large medical center's oncology program reported an increased number of cases
of pancreatic cancer during a certain month. The hospital's epidemiologist decided to
research the problem. Tumor registry records were searched to identify all cases of
pancreatic cancer during a five-year period; cancer patients were matched with
patients treated for other diseases during the same five-year period. All subjects in
the study were questioned about lifestyle factors including alcohol, tea, and coffee
consumption. The resulting data are as follows:
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Question 24
2 out of 2 points
Note: Total number of male cancer patients = 200.
Total number of female cancer patients = 150.
Total number of male patients (other diseases) = 300.
Total number of female patients (other diseases) = 300.
Which number best approximates risk associated with alcohol Drinking in Men?
Selected
Answer:
C.
0.71
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