EPID 309 Quizzes
True or false: In addition to disease data the Notifiable Disease Surveillance System
also collects data on risk factors - answer False
True or false: The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System is an example of
syndromic surveillance - answerFalse
Your Public Health internship preceptor at Pima County Health Department asks you to
collect background data on cancer rates for the US. You can start by going to... -
answerSEER
An abrupt increase in incidence rate due to a specific disease in one country from one
year to the next is most likely due to... - answerA change in reporting requirements
The systematic and continuous gathering of information about the occurrence of
disease and other health phenomena is known as... - answerPublic health surveillance
A primary difference between registries and surveillance is... - answerCases know they
are part of a registry, but not necessarily of surveillance
A new treatment for chronic disease affecting millions of Americans is developed that
prolongs survival with the disease. Which of the following will occur... - answerIncidence
will remain the same, but prevalence will increase
True or false: Change of residence is considered a vital event - answerFalse
True or false: Birth is considered a vital event - answerTrue
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
All of the following are considered vital events except:
a. Marriage
b. Graduation
c. Divorce
d. Death - answerb. Graduation
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
, 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? -
answerIncidence will remain the same, but prevalence will decrease
True or false: In the US, birth statistics are collected for tax purposes and do not include
enough information to be helpful to epidemiologists - answerFalse
True or False: Syndrome surveillance is a database for the collection of information
about a disease - answerFalse
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
The incidence rate of a disease is eight times greater in women than in men, but the
prevalence rates show no sex differences. The best explanation is that... - answerThe
case-fatality rate for this disease is greater for women
The incidence rate of a disease is four times less in women than in men but 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
In the 18th and 19th centuries, childbed fever was a significant cause of maternal
mortality, During the years 1764 through 1861, there were 23 outbreaks in a Dublin
hospital. During one of these outbreaks, 19 of 63 women who delivered at the hospital
became infected. 14 of the infected women died from the infection.
What was the incidence of childbed fever during this outbreak? - answer302 per 1,000
In the 18th and 19th centuries, childbed fever was a significant cause of maternal
mortality, During the years 1764 through 1861, there were 23 outbreaks in a Dublin
hospital. During one of these outbreaks, 19 of 63 women who delivered at the hospital
became infected. 14 of the infected women died from the infection. What was the case
fatality rate? - answer14/19 = 74%
The number of live births during a specified period such as a year per the resident
population during the midpoint of the year is... - answerCrude birth rate
A researcher is interested in recording the number of individuals in a particular
geographic region who have a common cold at some point of individuals in a particular
geographic region who have a common cold at some point during the month of
February 2001. Which of the following measures of morbidity would be the most
appropriate in answering this question? - answerPrevalence
A researcher is interested in assessing the risk of initiating smoking among college
aged individuals. Which of the following measures of morbidity would be most
appropriate in answering this question? - answerIncidence
True or false: In addition to disease data the Notifiable Disease Surveillance System
also collects data on risk factors - answer False
True or false: The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System is an example of
syndromic surveillance - answerFalse
Your Public Health internship preceptor at Pima County Health Department asks you to
collect background data on cancer rates for the US. You can start by going to... -
answerSEER
An abrupt increase in incidence rate due to a specific disease in one country from one
year to the next is most likely due to... - answerA change in reporting requirements
The systematic and continuous gathering of information about the occurrence of
disease and other health phenomena is known as... - answerPublic health surveillance
A primary difference between registries and surveillance is... - answerCases know they
are part of a registry, but not necessarily of surveillance
A new treatment for chronic disease affecting millions of Americans is developed that
prolongs survival with the disease. Which of the following will occur... - answerIncidence
will remain the same, but prevalence will increase
True or false: Change of residence is considered a vital event - answerFalse
True or false: Birth is considered a vital event - answerTrue
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
All of the following are considered vital events except:
a. Marriage
b. Graduation
c. Divorce
d. Death - answerb. Graduation
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
, 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? -
answerIncidence will remain the same, but prevalence will decrease
True or false: In the US, birth statistics are collected for tax purposes and do not include
enough information to be helpful to epidemiologists - answerFalse
True or False: Syndrome surveillance is a database for the collection of information
about a disease - answerFalse
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
The incidence rate of a disease is eight times greater in women than in men, but the
prevalence rates show no sex differences. The best explanation is that... - answerThe
case-fatality rate for this disease is greater for women
The incidence rate of a disease is four times less in women than in men but 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
In the 18th and 19th centuries, childbed fever was a significant cause of maternal
mortality, During the years 1764 through 1861, there were 23 outbreaks in a Dublin
hospital. During one of these outbreaks, 19 of 63 women who delivered at the hospital
became infected. 14 of the infected women died from the infection.
What was the incidence of childbed fever during this outbreak? - answer302 per 1,000
In the 18th and 19th centuries, childbed fever was a significant cause of maternal
mortality, During the years 1764 through 1861, there were 23 outbreaks in a Dublin
hospital. During one of these outbreaks, 19 of 63 women who delivered at the hospital
became infected. 14 of the infected women died from the infection. What was the case
fatality rate? - answer14/19 = 74%
The number of live births during a specified period such as a year per the resident
population during the midpoint of the year is... - answerCrude birth rate
A researcher is interested in recording the number of individuals in a particular
geographic region who have a common cold at some point of individuals in a particular
geographic region who have a common cold at some point during the month of
February 2001. Which of the following measures of morbidity would be the most
appropriate in answering this question? - answerPrevalence
A researcher is interested in assessing the risk of initiating smoking among college
aged individuals. Which of the following measures of morbidity would be most
appropriate in answering this question? - answerIncidence
