EPID 309 Midterm 1
Descriptive Epidemiology classifies: - answerThe occurrence of disease according to
the variables of person, place, and time.
What is a case report? - answer Accounts of a single occurrence of a noteworthy health
related incident or small collection of such events.
What is a case series? - answerA larger collection of cases of a disease, often grouped
consecutively and listing common features such as the characteristics of those affected
What are cross-sectional studies? - answer-This type of investigation examines the
relationship between diseases and other variables of interest as they exist in a defined
population at one particular time
- Prevalence and distribution of the disease are determined at same time
What is nativity? - answerPlace of origin of an individual or their relatives
What are secular trends? - answerGradual changes in the frequency of diseases over
long periods of time
Cyclic trends: - answerIncreases and decreases in the frequency of a disease or other
phenomenon over a period of several years or within a year
Point epidemic: - answerMay indicate the response of a group of people circumscribed
in place to a common source of infection, contamination, or other etiologic factor to
which they were exposed almost simultaneously
Clustering: - answerA closely grouped series of events or cases of a disease or other
health-related phenomena with well-defined distribution patterns in relation to time or
place or both
What is an epidemic? - answerThe occurrence in a community or region of cases of an
illness, specific health-related behavior, or other health-related events clearly in excess
of normal expectancy
Morbidity: - answerillness due to a specific disease or health condition
Which of the following disease outbreaks occurred between 1346 and 1352 and claimed
up to 1/3 of the population of Europe.
A)The SARS Epidemic
B) The Spanish Flu
, C)The Great Cholera Epidemic
D)The Black Death - answerD) The Black Death
The overriding question that epidemiologists ask is whether a particular exposure is
causally associated with a given outcome.
Question options:
True
False - answerTRUE
Dr. Melanoma was born in 1971 and is still alive. Which of these events occurred during
her life time? (There may be more than one correct answer. You need to select all of
them for credit.)
A) The Black Death
B) Spanish Flu Pandemic
C) Discovery of HIV
D) Smallpox eradication - answerC) Discovery of HIV
D) Smallpox eradication
What year was smallpox eradicated? - answer1977
Histograms are useful for portraying categorical data.
True
False - answerFALSE
An example of a categorical variable is eye color
True
False - answerTRUE
A ___ is a type of graph that shows the frequency of cases for categories of a
categorical (discrete) variable.
bar graph
dose response curve
pie chart
histogram - answerBar graph
A ____ enables a reader to detect trends in the data, often time trends.
pie chart
histogram
bar graph
line graph - answerLine graph
Descriptive Epidemiology classifies: - answerThe occurrence of disease according to
the variables of person, place, and time.
What is a case report? - answer Accounts of a single occurrence of a noteworthy health
related incident or small collection of such events.
What is a case series? - answerA larger collection of cases of a disease, often grouped
consecutively and listing common features such as the characteristics of those affected
What are cross-sectional studies? - answer-This type of investigation examines the
relationship between diseases and other variables of interest as they exist in a defined
population at one particular time
- Prevalence and distribution of the disease are determined at same time
What is nativity? - answerPlace of origin of an individual or their relatives
What are secular trends? - answerGradual changes in the frequency of diseases over
long periods of time
Cyclic trends: - answerIncreases and decreases in the frequency of a disease or other
phenomenon over a period of several years or within a year
Point epidemic: - answerMay indicate the response of a group of people circumscribed
in place to a common source of infection, contamination, or other etiologic factor to
which they were exposed almost simultaneously
Clustering: - answerA closely grouped series of events or cases of a disease or other
health-related phenomena with well-defined distribution patterns in relation to time or
place or both
What is an epidemic? - answerThe occurrence in a community or region of cases of an
illness, specific health-related behavior, or other health-related events clearly in excess
of normal expectancy
Morbidity: - answerillness due to a specific disease or health condition
Which of the following disease outbreaks occurred between 1346 and 1352 and claimed
up to 1/3 of the population of Europe.
A)The SARS Epidemic
B) The Spanish Flu
, C)The Great Cholera Epidemic
D)The Black Death - answerD) The Black Death
The overriding question that epidemiologists ask is whether a particular exposure is
causally associated with a given outcome.
Question options:
True
False - answerTRUE
Dr. Melanoma was born in 1971 and is still alive. Which of these events occurred during
her life time? (There may be more than one correct answer. You need to select all of
them for credit.)
A) The Black Death
B) Spanish Flu Pandemic
C) Discovery of HIV
D) Smallpox eradication - answerC) Discovery of HIV
D) Smallpox eradication
What year was smallpox eradicated? - answer1977
Histograms are useful for portraying categorical data.
True
False - answerFALSE
An example of a categorical variable is eye color
True
False - answerTRUE
A ___ is a type of graph that shows the frequency of cases for categories of a
categorical (discrete) variable.
bar graph
dose response curve
pie chart
histogram - answerBar graph
A ____ enables a reader to detect trends in the data, often time trends.
pie chart
histogram
bar graph
line graph - answerLine graph
