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Science
10th
grade
Epidemiology: The Study of Disease Injury Death in the Community
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- 1. Multiple Choice
An epidemic curve depicting a distribution of cases traceable to multiple sources of exposure is a:
point source epidemic curve.
propagated epidemic curve.
case control study.
descriptive study.
- 2. Multiple Choice
When using criteria of causation, the criterion that addresses the issue of whether the association has been reported in a variety of people, has been exposed in a variety of settings, and can have repeatable results by other researchers is:
strength.
specificity.
temporality.
consistency.
- 3. Multiple Choice
The number of events that occur in a given population in a given period of time is a:
rate.
case.
pandemic.
notifiable disease.
- 4. Multiple Choice
Studies that seek to describe the extent of disease in regard to person, time, and place are:
descriptive studies.
analytic studies.
observational studies.
case/control studies.
- 5. Multiple Choice
A primary care physician is concerned with the course of a disease in an individual, whereas an epidemiologist is concerned with the course of disease in a population.
True
False
- 6. Multiple Choice
An unexpectedly large number of cases of an illness, specific health-related behavior, or other health-related event in a particular population is defined as a pandemic.
True
False
- 7. Multiple Choice
A disease that lasts 3 months or less is a chronic disease.
True
False
- 8. Multiple Choice
An attack rate is an incidence rate calculated for a particular population for a single disease outbreak and is expressed as a percentage.
True
False
- 9. Multiple Choice
The average number of years a person from a specific cohort is projected to live from a given point in time is his or her life expectancy.
True
False
- 10. Multiple Choice
The number of years of healthy life expected, on average, in a given population is the disability-adjusted life years (DALYs).
True
False
- 11. Multiple Choice
The rate of an illness in a population is the natality rate.
True
False
- 12. Multiple Choice
Sometimes notifiable diseases are not reported to the local health department because patients recover without a diagnosis being confirmed.
True
False
- 13. Multiple Choice
Define incidence rate
Calculates both new and old cases
Calculates only the number of new cases
Does not calculate any cases
- 14. Multiple Choice
What is the first step to reporting notifiable disease to the CDC?
State health departments send that data via integrated surveillance information systems such as the NEDDS Base System (NBS) to the CDC
The CDC then compiles weekly summary reports
The local health departments then send that data to their state health department.
Physicians, clinics, and hospitals report notifiable diseases to their local health department.
- 15. Multiple Choice
What questions are descriptive studies designed to answer?
Descriptive studies seek to describe the extent of disease in regard to person, time, and place.
They do not answer the questions who, when, and where.
They seek to determine where an illness may have originated by acquiring the residential address and travel history of the cases (restaurants, schools, shopping, vacations, etc.).
- 16. Multiple Choice
What are the types of analytic studies?
Descriptive & Case Scenario Study
Experimental & Observational
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