EPID 309 Exam 2 A
A new treatment for a chronic disease affecting millions of Americans is developed that
hastens (speeds) the recovery from disease. Which of the following will occur? - answer
Incidence will remain 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
A researcher is interested in understanding how lethal (deadly) SARS in Southern
China was in 2002-3. Which of the following would be most appropriate for answering
this question? - answer Case Fatality Rate
The occurrence in a community or region of cases of an illness, specific health
behavior, or other health related events clearly at the level of normal expectancy is
known as a(n): - answer Epidemic
A vaccine that provided immunity to smallpox was created by ___ in ___. -
answerEdward Jenner, late 1700s
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
The incidence rate of a disease is four times less in women than in men, but the
prevalence rates show no sex differences. The best explanation for this lack of
difference is that: - answerThe duration of the disease is shorter in men
______ have _____ values and may be represented by ___________. -
answerContinuous data, infinite, scatter plots
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 behavioral risk factors for cancer in
Arizona. You collect data from - answerBRFSS
Improved therapy of childhood leukemia has considerably lengthened the average
survival time. There has, however, been no change in incidence. What has this done to
the prevalence rate of the disease? - answerIncreased it
A new treatment for a chronic disease affecting millions of Americans is developed that
hastens (speeds) the recovery from disease. Which of the following will occur? - answer
Incidence will remain 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
A researcher is interested in understanding how lethal (deadly) SARS in Southern
China was in 2002-3. Which of the following would be most appropriate for answering
this question? - answer Case Fatality Rate
The occurrence in a community or region of cases of an illness, specific health
behavior, or other health related events clearly at the level of normal expectancy is
known as a(n): - answer Epidemic
A vaccine that provided immunity to smallpox was created by ___ in ___. -
answerEdward Jenner, late 1700s
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
The incidence rate of a disease is four times less in women than in men, but the
prevalence rates show no sex differences. The best explanation for this lack of
difference is that: - answerThe duration of the disease is shorter in men
______ have _____ values and may be represented by ___________. -
answerContinuous data, infinite, scatter plots
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 behavioral risk factors for cancer in
Arizona. You collect data from - answerBRFSS
Improved therapy of childhood leukemia has considerably lengthened the average
survival time. There has, however, been no change in incidence. What has this done to
the prevalence rate of the disease? - answerIncreased it
