Epidemiology: Decoding the Science of Public Health (PUBH – 6035 – 2) Module 1 Quiz
Question 1 Epidemiology involves studying infectious communicable disease, not events like injury, obesity, mental health disorders, and seat belt use.
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Question 2 The Framingham study was a:
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Retrospective cohort study.
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Case-control study.
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Cross-sectional study.
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Prospective cohort study.
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Question 3 Epidemiology includes the study of:
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Human behavior
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Accidents
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Disease
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All of the above
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None of the above
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Question 4 The definition of epidemiology involves all of the following EXCEPT:
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Identification of determinants
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Measuring the distribution of disease
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Individuals
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Application
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The definition includes all of the above
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Question 5 Who evaluated the Bills of Mortality?
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William Farr
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John Graunt
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Hippocrates
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d.
George Soper
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Question 6 Who helped to establish the germ theory of disease?
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James Lind
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John Snow
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Louis Pasteur
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d.
Florence Nightingale
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Question 7 Who showed that poor diet could result in scurvy?
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James Lind
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John Snow
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Louis Pasteur
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d.
Florence Nightingale
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Question 8 The web of causation includes host and environmental determinants.
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Question 9 A cause of disease is an event, condition, or characteristic that preceded the disease and without which the disease would either not have occurred or would have occurred later.
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Question 10 Which sequence below represents the chronological evolution of disease causation approaches in epidemiology (from oldest to newest)?
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Web of causation -> Germ theory -> Body humor imbalance-> Ecosocial framework
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Germ theory -> Body humor imbalance -> Ecosocial framework -> Web of causation
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Body humor imbalance -> Germ theory -> Web of causation -> Ecosocial framework
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Body humor imbalance -> Web of causation -> Ecosocial framework -> Germ theory
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Question 11 Which of the following are essential attributes of causes (choose all that apply)?
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Time order
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Environmental factors
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Association
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d.
Direction
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Question 12 How much of the increase in U.S. life expectancy since the 20th century can be attributed to public health improvements?
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25%
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57%
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83%
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75%
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Question 13 The purpose of disease surveillance is to monitor aspects of dsease occurrence that are pertinent to effective control.
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Question 14 John Snow used mortality data developed by William Farr to test a hypothesis that cholera was spread by contaminated water.
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Question 15 Which of the following innovations did The Streptomycin Tuberulosis Trial employ (choose all that apply)?
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Consideration of the ethical issues involved
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Randomization to treatment and control groups
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Masking the investigators
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Restrictions on eligibility of patients
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