MBI 361 Exam 5 Ch. 11 questions and
answers already passed
A priori Hypotheses - correct answer ✔✔a "priori" is a latin phrase that refers to "from before".
Formulated before collecting and analyzing data.
attack rate - correct answer ✔✔number of cases/number of people followed
boundary shrinkage - correct answer ✔✔the boundary where a possible disease cluster exists is
ill defined, accentuating the apparent risk by focusing the investigation tightly on the cases that
make up the cluster
chemical poisoning - correct answer ✔✔food borne illness that results from chemical
contamination of food or drink
cluster investigation - correct answer ✔✔reviewing unusual numbers of health-related states or
events, real or perceived, grouped together in time and location
common source epidemic - correct answer ✔✔an epidemic that arises from a specific source.
rapid explosive rise in # of cases, then steep decline. Ex: food posioning
disease cluster - correct answer ✔✔an unusual aggregation, real or perceived, of health events
that are grouped together in time and space and that are reported to a health agency
epidemic curve - correct answer ✔✔a histogram that shows the course of an epidemic by
plotting the number of cases by time of onset
answers already passed
A priori Hypotheses - correct answer ✔✔a "priori" is a latin phrase that refers to "from before".
Formulated before collecting and analyzing data.
attack rate - correct answer ✔✔number of cases/number of people followed
boundary shrinkage - correct answer ✔✔the boundary where a possible disease cluster exists is
ill defined, accentuating the apparent risk by focusing the investigation tightly on the cases that
make up the cluster
chemical poisoning - correct answer ✔✔food borne illness that results from chemical
contamination of food or drink
cluster investigation - correct answer ✔✔reviewing unusual numbers of health-related states or
events, real or perceived, grouped together in time and location
common source epidemic - correct answer ✔✔an epidemic that arises from a specific source.
rapid explosive rise in # of cases, then steep decline. Ex: food posioning
disease cluster - correct answer ✔✔an unusual aggregation, real or perceived, of health events
that are grouped together in time and space and that are reported to a health agency
epidemic curve - correct answer ✔✔a histogram that shows the course of an epidemic by
plotting the number of cases by time of onset
