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1. Screening for colon cancer is b. secondary
which level of prevention?
a) primary
b) secondary
c) tertiary
d) preliminary
2. A sensitive test has which of a. few false negatives
the following characteristics:
a) few false negatives
b) few false positives
c) helps to diagnose causes of
disease
d) has been tested in specific
populations
,3. A patient comes to your office d. specificity
with questions about lab work
done by another physician. She
tells you that the physician said
not to worry about the positive
test because there are a lot of
false positives for this particular
lab test. You know that this means
the test lacks:
a) credibility
b) reliability
c) sensitivity
d) specificity
4. Immunizations are a form of: a) primary prevention
a) primary prevention
b) secondary prevention
c) tertiary prevention
d) healthy associate prevention
5. A low dose CT scan is a) 55-80 with 30 pack years
recommended in patients
age_________with a _______pack
year history of smoking.
a) 55-80 with 30 pack years
b) 50-75 with 20 pack years
c) 40-80 with 10 pack year
d) 35-80 with any amont of
tobacco use
,6. If a person tests positive for a a) false positive
disease and does not have the
disease this is considered a:
a) false positive
b) true positive
c) false negative
d) true negative
7. Screening is considered a form c) secondary prevention
of:
a) health counseling
b) primary prevention
c) secondary prevention
d) tertiary intervention
8. Current recommendations for e) all individuals can be screened
HIV screening include:
a) all heterosexual males
b) only those individuals with risk
factors
c) those individuals with a history
of sexually
d) transmitted diseases
e) all individuals can be screened
9. Sending a patient for b) tertiary prevention
rehabilitation after a stroke is an
example of:
a) primary prevention
b) tertiary prevention
c) secondary prevention
d) rehab prevention
, 10. Which of the following d) colorectal screening should begin at age 50
statements is true according to
the USPSTF:
a) all individuals age 65 and older
should be screened
for thyroid disease
b) cholesterol should be measured
yearly in spite of
normal values
c) PAP tests are done in all women
until age 75
d) colorectal screening should
begin at age 50