EPID 309 EXAM 1 2026
Birth is considered a vital event - answer True
The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is an example of syndromic
surveillance. - answer False
An abrupt drop in mortality rates due to a specific disease from one year to the next is
most likely due to: - answer A change in the International Classification of Disease (ICD)
system.
An abrupt increase in incidence rate due to specific disease in only one US state from
one year to the next is most likely due to: - answer a change in reporting requirements
the systematic and continuous gathering of information about the occurrence of disease
and other health phenomena is known as: - answer Public health surveillance
A primary difference between registries and surveillance is - answer cases know they
are part of a registry, but not necessarily of surveillance
Illness do to a specific disease or health condition is known as: - answer morbidity
Syndromic surveillance is a database for the collection of information about a disease. -
answerFalse
Change of residence is considered a vital event. - answerFalse
All of the following are considered vital events except:
Death
Divorce
Graduation - answerGraduation
Your Public Health internship preceptor at Pima County Health Department asks you to
collect background data on cancer rates for the US. You start by going to: -
answerSEER
The Arizona Developmental Disabilities Surveillance Program seeks to determine the
prevalence of autism spectrum disorders among children age 8 in Maricopa County.
The team goes out to schools and clinics and reviews records of the children. What kind
of surveillance system do they use? - answeractive surveillance
, An abrupt drop in mortality rates due to a specific disease from one year to the next is
most likely due to: - answerA change in the International Classification of Disease (ICD)
system
In addition to disease data, the Notifiable Disease Surveillance System also collects
data on risk factors. - answerFalse
In the United States, birth statistics are collected for tax purposes and do not include
enough information to be helpful to epidemiologists. - answerFalse
A _____ is a type of graph that shows the frequency of cases for categories of a
categorical (discrete) variable. - answerbar graph
Incidence is the number of instances of a particular health condition/illness occurring
within a population. - answerFalse
About how long was it between the discovery penicillin and the widespread use of it? -
answer15 years
A vaccine that provided immunity to smallpox was created by _____ in _____. -
answerEdward Jenner, late 1700s
What is step six of creating a concept map, as per the YouTube link - answerAnalyze
and improve your map
A new treatment for chronic disease affecting millions of Americans is developed that
prolong survival with the disease. Which of the following will occur? - answerincidence
warming the same prevalence will increase
Improve therapy of childhood leukemia has considerably lengthened the average
survival time. There has, however, been no change in incidence. What has done to the
prevalence rate of the disease? - answerIncreased it
A new treatment for chronic disease affecting millions of Americans is developed that
hastens (speeds) the recovery from disease. Which of the following will occur? -
answerincidents warming the same, but prevalence will decrease
A new technique for screening of autism has led to earlier detection of the disorder
among white boys. As a result: - answerthe reported prevalence will increase
What is not an ethical consideration in epidemiology research? - answerEnsuring all
who need treatment receive it
your public health internship preceptor at Arizona Department of Health and Human
Services asks you to collect background data on measels rates for in Arizona. You
collect data from - answerCDC Notifiable Conditions
Birth is considered a vital event - answer True
The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is an example of syndromic
surveillance. - answer False
An abrupt drop in mortality rates due to a specific disease from one year to the next is
most likely due to: - answer A change in the International Classification of Disease (ICD)
system.
An abrupt increase in incidence rate due to specific disease in only one US state from
one year to the next is most likely due to: - answer a change in reporting requirements
the systematic and continuous gathering of information about the occurrence of disease
and other health phenomena is known as: - answer Public health surveillance
A primary difference between registries and surveillance is - answer cases know they
are part of a registry, but not necessarily of surveillance
Illness do to a specific disease or health condition is known as: - answer morbidity
Syndromic surveillance is a database for the collection of information about a disease. -
answerFalse
Change of residence is considered a vital event. - answerFalse
All of the following are considered vital events except:
Death
Divorce
Graduation - answerGraduation
Your Public Health internship preceptor at Pima County Health Department asks you to
collect background data on cancer rates for the US. You start by going to: -
answerSEER
The Arizona Developmental Disabilities Surveillance Program seeks to determine the
prevalence of autism spectrum disorders among children age 8 in Maricopa County.
The team goes out to schools and clinics and reviews records of the children. What kind
of surveillance system do they use? - answeractive surveillance
, An abrupt drop in mortality rates due to a specific disease from one year to the next is
most likely due to: - answerA change in the International Classification of Disease (ICD)
system
In addition to disease data, the Notifiable Disease Surveillance System also collects
data on risk factors. - answerFalse
In the United States, birth statistics are collected for tax purposes and do not include
enough information to be helpful to epidemiologists. - answerFalse
A _____ is a type of graph that shows the frequency of cases for categories of a
categorical (discrete) variable. - answerbar graph
Incidence is the number of instances of a particular health condition/illness occurring
within a population. - answerFalse
About how long was it between the discovery penicillin and the widespread use of it? -
answer15 years
A vaccine that provided immunity to smallpox was created by _____ in _____. -
answerEdward Jenner, late 1700s
What is step six of creating a concept map, as per the YouTube link - answerAnalyze
and improve your map
A new treatment for chronic disease affecting millions of Americans is developed that
prolong survival with the disease. Which of the following will occur? - answerincidence
warming the same prevalence will increase
Improve therapy of childhood leukemia has considerably lengthened the average
survival time. There has, however, been no change in incidence. What has done to the
prevalence rate of the disease? - answerIncreased it
A new treatment for chronic disease affecting millions of Americans is developed that
hastens (speeds) the recovery from disease. Which of the following will occur? -
answerincidents warming the same, but prevalence will decrease
A new technique for screening of autism has led to earlier detection of the disorder
among white boys. As a result: - answerthe reported prevalence will increase
What is not an ethical consideration in epidemiology research? - answerEnsuring all
who need treatment receive it
your public health internship preceptor at Arizona Department of Health and Human
Services asks you to collect background data on measels rates for in Arizona. You
collect data from - answerCDC Notifiable Conditions
