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Information Field: Complexity
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Highest Answer Letter: D
Multiple Keywords in Same Paragraph: No
Chapter: Final
Multiple Choice
1. Which of the following individuals is likely to be excluded from a clinical trial?
A) An individual with other diseases besides the disease of interest.
B) An individual whose data is considered to be an outlier.
C) An individual of who is considered to be a minority.
D) An individual who will have difficulty complying trial protocols.
Ans: A
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: How Are Risk Factors or Characteristics That Might Be Related to the Development or
Progression of Disease Identified?
Subject: Chapter 1
2. Randomization in a clinical trial is defined as which of the following?
A) The process by which individuals are coupled into groups for comparison in order to minimize bias and
confounding.
B) The process by which individuals are assigned a number and are selected through the usage of a
pattern which minimizes bias and confounding.
C) The process by which individuals are randomly assigned to a treatment or control group which
minimizes bias and confounding.
D) The process by which individuals are asked to volunteer for a study which minimizes bias and
confounding.
Ans: C
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: Randomized Study Designs
Subject: Chapter 2
3. Assuming 50,000 individuals in the United States are diagnosed every year, and of those individuals
diagnosed with HIV each year, approximately 33,500 individuals diagnosed with HIV are gay or bisexual
males. What prevalence of the new HIV cases are from members of the population of gay or bisexual
males?
A) 0.67%
B) 6.70%
C) 33.0%