Midterm 1 Epid 309
Contact with a disease-causing factor or the amount of the factor that affects a group of
individuals is referred to as exposure T/F - answertrue
a cross-sectional study allows the demonstration of a time sequence T/F - answerfalse
HIPAA was primarily enacted into law for the privacy and protection of health
information T/F - answerfalse
Tertiary prevention is directed toward the later stages of pathogenesis and involves
programs for restoring the patient-s optimal functioning T/F - answertrue
the term epidemiological transition describes a shift in the patterns of high infant
mortality and high birth rates to low birthrates and longer life expectancy T/F -
answerfalse
the term demographic transition describes a shift in the patterns of morbidity and
mortality from causes related primarily to infectious diseases to causes associated with
chronic disease T/F - answerFalse -- its epidemiologic transition
a population is defined as all of the inhabitants of a given country or area considered
together T/F - answerTrue
the behavioral risk factor surveillance system (BRFSS) is an example of syndromic
surveillance T/F - answerFalse
primary prevention involves the prevention of disease before It occurs T/F - answerTrue
histograms are useful for portraying categorical data T/F - answerfalse -- continuous
data
the overriding question that epidemiologists ask is whether a particular exposure is
casually associated with a given outcome T/F - answertrue
one of the main purposes of descriptive epidemiology is to test research hypotheses T/F
- answerfalse
examples of continuous variables are height and weight T/F - answertrue
prevalence measures the frequency of new disease occurring in the population T/F -
answerfalse
, in the United States, birth statistics are collected for tax purposes and do not include
enough information to be helpful to epidemiologists T/F - answerfalse
continuous data can be converted to categorical data and vice versa T/F - answerfalse
syndromic surveillance is a database for the collection of information about a disease
T/F - answerfalse
cross-sectional studies measure relationships between diseases and other variables at
a particular time T/F - answertrue
incidence measures the frequency of a new diseases occurring in the population T/F -
answertrue
in addition to disease data, the Notifiable Disease Surveillance System also collects
data on risk factors T/F - answerfalse
which of the following a good index of the severity of a short-term acute disease: -
answercase-fatality rate
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
gradual changes in the frequency of diseases over long periods refer to: -
answersecular trends
The Arizona Developmental Disabilities Surveillance Program seeks to detainee 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
Stanley Studiesalot was born in 1995 and is still alive. Which of these events occurred
during his life time? (there may be more than one correct answer) - answerHPV
vaccination became available
West Nile virus introduced into the USA
In 1846, Ignaz Semmelweis was investigating childbed fever. In the First Division,
where doctors attended the deliveries, 459 women died. In the Second Division, where
midwives delivered the women, one fourth of 105 mothers died. From this we can
conclude: - answerdoctors in the First Division infected the women with the pathogen
that causes childbed fever
Which factor below is NOT considered to be a component of socio-economic status -
answerethnicity
Contact with a disease-causing factor or the amount of the factor that affects a group of
individuals is referred to as exposure T/F - answertrue
a cross-sectional study allows the demonstration of a time sequence T/F - answerfalse
HIPAA was primarily enacted into law for the privacy and protection of health
information T/F - answerfalse
Tertiary prevention is directed toward the later stages of pathogenesis and involves
programs for restoring the patient-s optimal functioning T/F - answertrue
the term epidemiological transition describes a shift in the patterns of high infant
mortality and high birth rates to low birthrates and longer life expectancy T/F -
answerfalse
the term demographic transition describes a shift in the patterns of morbidity and
mortality from causes related primarily to infectious diseases to causes associated with
chronic disease T/F - answerFalse -- its epidemiologic transition
a population is defined as all of the inhabitants of a given country or area considered
together T/F - answerTrue
the behavioral risk factor surveillance system (BRFSS) is an example of syndromic
surveillance T/F - answerFalse
primary prevention involves the prevention of disease before It occurs T/F - answerTrue
histograms are useful for portraying categorical data T/F - answerfalse -- continuous
data
the overriding question that epidemiologists ask is whether a particular exposure is
casually associated with a given outcome T/F - answertrue
one of the main purposes of descriptive epidemiology is to test research hypotheses T/F
- answerfalse
examples of continuous variables are height and weight T/F - answertrue
prevalence measures the frequency of new disease occurring in the population T/F -
answerfalse
, in the United States, birth statistics are collected for tax purposes and do not include
enough information to be helpful to epidemiologists T/F - answerfalse
continuous data can be converted to categorical data and vice versa T/F - answerfalse
syndromic surveillance is a database for the collection of information about a disease
T/F - answerfalse
cross-sectional studies measure relationships between diseases and other variables at
a particular time T/F - answertrue
incidence measures the frequency of a new diseases occurring in the population T/F -
answertrue
in addition to disease data, the Notifiable Disease Surveillance System also collects
data on risk factors T/F - answerfalse
which of the following a good index of the severity of a short-term acute disease: -
answercase-fatality rate
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
gradual changes in the frequency of diseases over long periods refer to: -
answersecular trends
The Arizona Developmental Disabilities Surveillance Program seeks to detainee 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
Stanley Studiesalot was born in 1995 and is still alive. Which of these events occurred
during his life time? (there may be more than one correct answer) - answerHPV
vaccination became available
West Nile virus introduced into the USA
In 1846, Ignaz Semmelweis was investigating childbed fever. In the First Division,
where doctors attended the deliveries, 459 women died. In the Second Division, where
midwives delivered the women, one fourth of 105 mothers died. From this we can
conclude: - answerdoctors in the First Division infected the women with the pathogen
that causes childbed fever
Which factor below is NOT considered to be a component of socio-economic status -
answerethnicity
