PH 203 EXAM 1 RATS AND QUIZZES QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Which of the following best describes the 2010 demographic transition of the United States of America?
Select one:
a.Stage/Phase 1
b.Stage/Phase 2
c.Stage/Phase 3
d.In between Stage/Phase 1 and 2
e.In between Stage/Phase 2 and 3 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅E. In between Stage/ phase 2 and 3
True or False: The term that describes the gradual change in population distribution is known as the
Demographic Transition.
Select one:
True
False - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅true
The 'Three Ps' of environmental health science are:
Select one:
a.Pollution, Poverty, and Prevention
b.Pollution, Poverty, and Population
c.Prevention, Poverty, and Participation
d.People, Places, and Purpose
e.Public, participation, and power - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅B. Pollution, Poverty, and Population
The stable fertility rate is around 2.9 live births per adult.
Select one:
True
False - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅False
,True or False: The vast majority of epidemiological studies explicitly lead to understanding causality of a
disease.
Select one:
True
False - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅False
Suppose we were studying a population that was exposed to benzene, and trying to associate this
exposure with a certain cancer. But there was also an independent association between benzene
concentrations and acetonitrile concentrations, each of which may cause this specific cancer as well. If
we don't account for acetonitrile (which may also cause this cancer), this is known as what?
Select one:
a. Confounding
b. Relative risk
c. Regression
d. Causality
e. Cross sectional - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Confounding or Relative risk ( both are correct)
In epidemiology, the acronym CFR refers to which of the following?
Select one:
a. Case Fatality Rate
b. Case Forcing Rate
c. Code of Federal Regulations
d. Code of Fatality Risk
e. Council on Finite Research - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A. Case Fatality Rate
True or False: There is a distinct pattern of obesity prevalence across the United States
,Select one:
True
False - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅True
If I tell you that, right now, 100 out of 10,000 people have the flu, which term am I talking about?
Select one:
a. Prevalence
b. Odds ratio
c. Incidence
d. Relative Risk
e.Analytic Epidemiology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A. Prevalence
Which term best refers to a harmful substance that is naturally derived? For example, harmful
substances from mushrooms.
Select one:
a. Toxins
b. Toxicants
c. Poisons
d. Toxicity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A. Toxins
True or False: Individual dose-response is usually about the same as a community dose-response.
Select one:
True
False - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅False
This acronym is a foundation of toxicology.
, Select one:
a. ADME
b. ACME
c. ADCE
d. ABCE
e.ABCD - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A. ADME
This is what happens when two non-toxic compounds are mixed together and cause one or both
compounds to become toxic.
Select one:
a. Synergy
b. Additive
c. Potentiation
d. Antagonistic
e. Teratogenic - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅C. Potentiation
True or False: There are four main steps to performing a risk assessment.
Select one:
True
False - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅True
"All substances are poisons; there is none that is not a poison. The right dose differentiates a poison
from a remedy." Who said this?
Select one:
a. Paracelsus
Which of the following best describes the 2010 demographic transition of the United States of America?
Select one:
a.Stage/Phase 1
b.Stage/Phase 2
c.Stage/Phase 3
d.In between Stage/Phase 1 and 2
e.In between Stage/Phase 2 and 3 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅E. In between Stage/ phase 2 and 3
True or False: The term that describes the gradual change in population distribution is known as the
Demographic Transition.
Select one:
True
False - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅true
The 'Three Ps' of environmental health science are:
Select one:
a.Pollution, Poverty, and Prevention
b.Pollution, Poverty, and Population
c.Prevention, Poverty, and Participation
d.People, Places, and Purpose
e.Public, participation, and power - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅B. Pollution, Poverty, and Population
The stable fertility rate is around 2.9 live births per adult.
Select one:
True
False - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅False
,True or False: The vast majority of epidemiological studies explicitly lead to understanding causality of a
disease.
Select one:
True
False - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅False
Suppose we were studying a population that was exposed to benzene, and trying to associate this
exposure with a certain cancer. But there was also an independent association between benzene
concentrations and acetonitrile concentrations, each of which may cause this specific cancer as well. If
we don't account for acetonitrile (which may also cause this cancer), this is known as what?
Select one:
a. Confounding
b. Relative risk
c. Regression
d. Causality
e. Cross sectional - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Confounding or Relative risk ( both are correct)
In epidemiology, the acronym CFR refers to which of the following?
Select one:
a. Case Fatality Rate
b. Case Forcing Rate
c. Code of Federal Regulations
d. Code of Fatality Risk
e. Council on Finite Research - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A. Case Fatality Rate
True or False: There is a distinct pattern of obesity prevalence across the United States
,Select one:
True
False - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅True
If I tell you that, right now, 100 out of 10,000 people have the flu, which term am I talking about?
Select one:
a. Prevalence
b. Odds ratio
c. Incidence
d. Relative Risk
e.Analytic Epidemiology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A. Prevalence
Which term best refers to a harmful substance that is naturally derived? For example, harmful
substances from mushrooms.
Select one:
a. Toxins
b. Toxicants
c. Poisons
d. Toxicity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A. Toxins
True or False: Individual dose-response is usually about the same as a community dose-response.
Select one:
True
False - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅False
This acronym is a foundation of toxicology.
, Select one:
a. ADME
b. ACME
c. ADCE
d. ABCE
e.ABCD - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A. ADME
This is what happens when two non-toxic compounds are mixed together and cause one or both
compounds to become toxic.
Select one:
a. Synergy
b. Additive
c. Potentiation
d. Antagonistic
e. Teratogenic - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅C. Potentiation
True or False: There are four main steps to performing a risk assessment.
Select one:
True
False - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅True
"All substances are poisons; there is none that is not a poison. The right dose differentiates a poison
from a remedy." Who said this?
Select one:
a. Paracelsus
