MBI 361 FINAL: QUIZ QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
In epidemiology, counting the number of cases of a given disease or the number of
deaths that occur due to a disease is referred to as ______. - Answers :surveillance
According to the assigned article, the Communicable Disease Center (predecessor of
the Centers for Disease Control) originated in Savannah, Georgia, during World War II,
as an organization whose goal was prevention of ______. - Answers :malaria
In the epidemiological triangle, the ______ is a factor whose presence or absence
causes disease. - Answers :agent
With regard to the epidemiological triangle, the lack of hospitals and other health care
facilities sometimes seen in rural areas is an example of a/an ______. - Answers
:environment
socioeconomic environment
built environment
Which statement best describes the role of the non-specific (innate) defenses?
A. The non-specific (innate) defenses include skin, mucous membranes, phagocytic
white blood cells, and body fluids such as tears, saliva, bile, and stomach acid.
B. The non-specific (innate) defenses are responsible for differentiating items that
belong in the body from items that do not belong in the body.
C. The non-specific (innate) defenses remember past exposures to items that do not
belong in the body and mount a targeted response against them if they re-enter the
body.
D. The non-specific (innate) defenses are most effective against genetic agents of
disease, and least effective against biological agents of disease. - Answers :A
The Legionnaire's Disease outbreak that occurred in Pennsylvania during the summer
of 1976 is an example of a
A. An industrial epidemic
B. A hysterical epidemic
C. A mixed epidemic
D. A common source epidemic
E. A propagated epidemic - Answers :C
On the "Natural History of a Disease" timeline, the phase in which the immune system
or other normal cellular responses first begin to occur in response to an an agent is
called
A. Susceptibility
, B. Adaptation
C. Early pathogenesis
D. Clinical disease
E. Clinical horizon - Answers :B
Examples of secondary prevention include all of the following EXCEPT
A. Quitting smoking
B. Eating a more nutritious diet than in the past
C. Taking medication to control cholesterol
D. Having heart bypass surgery
E. Getting vaccinated against measles, mumps, and rubella - Answers :E
According to the data provided below, ________ has the HIGHEST cancer mortality
rate.
A. Kentucky with 2.81 cancer deaths per 1,000 people
B. Ohio with 248 cancer deaths per 100,000 people
C. Minnesota with 20.3 cancer deaths per 10,000 people
D. Hawaii with 1870 cancer deaths per 1,000,000 people
E. New Jersey with 0.22 cancer deaths per 100 people - Answers :A
Of an epidemiologist was planning for future needs in public health and medical
services he/she would calculate the ______ for the disease of interest.
A. Incidence
B. Prevalence
C. Attack rate
D. Secondary attack rate
E. Food-specific attack rate - Answers :B
To determine a population's risk of developing a given disease, an epidemiologist would
calculate the ______ of that disease.
A. Period prevalence
B. Point prevalence
C. Incidence
D. Disability-adjusted life years
E. Both period and point prevalence - Answers :C
If an epidemiologist wanted to consider the combined disease burden imposed by living
with a given disease and premature death from that disease he/she would calculate
A. Prevalence
B. Attack rate
C. Secondary attack rate
In epidemiology, counting the number of cases of a given disease or the number of
deaths that occur due to a disease is referred to as ______. - Answers :surveillance
According to the assigned article, the Communicable Disease Center (predecessor of
the Centers for Disease Control) originated in Savannah, Georgia, during World War II,
as an organization whose goal was prevention of ______. - Answers :malaria
In the epidemiological triangle, the ______ is a factor whose presence or absence
causes disease. - Answers :agent
With regard to the epidemiological triangle, the lack of hospitals and other health care
facilities sometimes seen in rural areas is an example of a/an ______. - Answers
:environment
socioeconomic environment
built environment
Which statement best describes the role of the non-specific (innate) defenses?
A. The non-specific (innate) defenses include skin, mucous membranes, phagocytic
white blood cells, and body fluids such as tears, saliva, bile, and stomach acid.
B. The non-specific (innate) defenses are responsible for differentiating items that
belong in the body from items that do not belong in the body.
C. The non-specific (innate) defenses remember past exposures to items that do not
belong in the body and mount a targeted response against them if they re-enter the
body.
D. The non-specific (innate) defenses are most effective against genetic agents of
disease, and least effective against biological agents of disease. - Answers :A
The Legionnaire's Disease outbreak that occurred in Pennsylvania during the summer
of 1976 is an example of a
A. An industrial epidemic
B. A hysterical epidemic
C. A mixed epidemic
D. A common source epidemic
E. A propagated epidemic - Answers :C
On the "Natural History of a Disease" timeline, the phase in which the immune system
or other normal cellular responses first begin to occur in response to an an agent is
called
A. Susceptibility
, B. Adaptation
C. Early pathogenesis
D. Clinical disease
E. Clinical horizon - Answers :B
Examples of secondary prevention include all of the following EXCEPT
A. Quitting smoking
B. Eating a more nutritious diet than in the past
C. Taking medication to control cholesterol
D. Having heart bypass surgery
E. Getting vaccinated against measles, mumps, and rubella - Answers :E
According to the data provided below, ________ has the HIGHEST cancer mortality
rate.
A. Kentucky with 2.81 cancer deaths per 1,000 people
B. Ohio with 248 cancer deaths per 100,000 people
C. Minnesota with 20.3 cancer deaths per 10,000 people
D. Hawaii with 1870 cancer deaths per 1,000,000 people
E. New Jersey with 0.22 cancer deaths per 100 people - Answers :A
Of an epidemiologist was planning for future needs in public health and medical
services he/she would calculate the ______ for the disease of interest.
A. Incidence
B. Prevalence
C. Attack rate
D. Secondary attack rate
E. Food-specific attack rate - Answers :B
To determine a population's risk of developing a given disease, an epidemiologist would
calculate the ______ of that disease.
A. Period prevalence
B. Point prevalence
C. Incidence
D. Disability-adjusted life years
E. Both period and point prevalence - Answers :C
If an epidemiologist wanted to consider the combined disease burden imposed by living
with a given disease and premature death from that disease he/she would calculate
A. Prevalence
B. Attack rate
C. Secondary attack rate
