Epidemiology Exam 2 Modified Questions And Answers

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Epidemiology Exam 2 Modified
Questions And Answers
Analyzing and interpreting a disease or a health-related state over time is a fundamental
aspect of descriptive epidemiology.
a. True

b. False - answers✔✔a. True


A point source epidemic refers to persons who are exposed to the same exposure over an
extended time period.
a. True

b. False - answers✔✔b. False


The term "healthy worker effect" refers to populations of employed workers having a lower
mortality rate than the general population.
a. True

b. False - answers✔✔a. True


One way to control for age as a confounder is to use age-adjusted rates.
a. True

b. False - answers✔✔a. True


An example of a secular trend is the cholera outbreak in the mid-1800s, discovered by John
Snow.
a. True

b. False - answers✔✔b. False


Breastfeeding may provide a form of contraception.
a. True

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b. False - answers✔✔a. True


The attending physician must sign the death certificate.
a. True

b. False - answers✔✔b. False


Cause-specific mortality rates do not account for age, gender, or other variables.
a. True

b. False - answers✔✔b. False


The lowest rates of infant mortality are in Africa.
a. True

b. False - answers✔✔b. False


Years of potential life lost can identify loss of expected years of life due to premature death.
a. True

b. False - answers✔✔a. True


It is more difficult to identify possible causal hypotheses using prevalence case data than with
incidence case data.
a. True

b. False - answers✔✔a. True


If the association between vegetable consumption and heart disease has an odds-ratio of less
than one, this indicates that increasing vegetable consumption lowers the probability of
disease.
a. True

b. False - answers✔✔a. True