HSC 300 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
In the medical field, hypertension with no known cause is also known as:
A. Idiopathic hypertension
B. Essential hypertension
C. Essential blood pressure
D. Idiopathic blood pressure - answers :b. Essential hypertension
Which of the following are considered agents that cause dna mutations:
A. Hormones
B. Diet
C. Radiation
D. All of the above are known to cause dna mutations - answers :c. Radiation
Which of the following is considered a risk factor for cv disease:
A. High total cholesterol
B. High ldl cholesterol
C. Low hdl cholesterol
D. The presence of diabetes
E. A, b, and c
F. A, b, c, and d - answers :f. A, b, c, and d
Which of the following is true regarding hypertension:
A. One in three adults have hypertension (htn)
B. Approximately 65% of older adults (age 65+) have hypertension (htn)
C. Hypertension is more prevalent in populations that consume higher levels of sodium
D. All of the above are true - answers :d. All of the above are true
Which of the following is true regarding research in chronic disease prevention:
A. Epidemiology is an excellent way to observe and analyze disease events, but also
holds ethical limitations
B. Animal research allows for tightly controlled conditions, but extrapolation of results
from animal models to humans is not always valid.
C. Observational epidemiology is an excellent way to observe and analyze disease
events, and also allows for tightly controlled conditions.
D. A and b only - answers :d. A and b only
Which of the following is true:
A. Cv disease is more difficult to understand than cancer because there are so many
different manifestations of cv disease
B. Cancer is more difficult to understand than cv disease because there are so many
different manifestations of cancer
C. Different types of cancer can easily be studied as one disease because they share
so many similarities in how they originate
D. B and c - answers :b. Cancer is more difficult to understand than cv disease because
there are so many different manifestations of cancer
In the medical field, hypertension with no known cause is also known as:
A. Idiopathic hypertension
B. Essential hypertension
C. Essential blood pressure
D. Idiopathic blood pressure - answers :b. Essential hypertension
Which of the following are considered agents that cause dna mutations:
A. Hormones
B. Diet
C. Radiation
D. All of the above are known to cause dna mutations - answers :c. Radiation
Which of the following is considered a risk factor for cv disease:
A. High total cholesterol
B. High ldl cholesterol
C. Low hdl cholesterol
D. The presence of diabetes
E. A, b, and c
F. A, b, c, and d - answers :f. A, b, c, and d
Which of the following is true regarding hypertension:
A. One in three adults have hypertension (htn)
B. Approximately 65% of older adults (age 65+) have hypertension (htn)
C. Hypertension is more prevalent in populations that consume higher levels of sodium
D. All of the above are true - answers :d. All of the above are true
Which of the following is true regarding research in chronic disease prevention:
A. Epidemiology is an excellent way to observe and analyze disease events, but also
holds ethical limitations
B. Animal research allows for tightly controlled conditions, but extrapolation of results
from animal models to humans is not always valid.
C. Observational epidemiology is an excellent way to observe and analyze disease
events, and also allows for tightly controlled conditions.
D. A and b only - answers :d. A and b only
Which of the following is true:
A. Cv disease is more difficult to understand than cancer because there are so many
different manifestations of cv disease
B. Cancer is more difficult to understand than cv disease because there are so many
different manifestations of cancer
C. Different types of cancer can easily be studied as one disease because they share
so many similarities in how they originate
D. B and c - answers :b. Cancer is more difficult to understand than cv disease because
there are so many different manifestations of cancer
