HSC 4500 FINAL REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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Which of the following disease outbreaks occurred between 1346 and 1352
and claimed one third of the population of Europe? Answer - Black death
Operations research illustrates which uses of epidemiology? Answer - Health
services use
The probability that an event will occur—an individual will become ill or die
within a stated period of time or by a certain age—is known as _? Answer -
Risk
Who was the physician who determined that a human disease was caused by a
specific living organism and then developed four postulates to demonstrate the
association between a microorganism and a disease? Answer - Robert Koch
Whose name is associated with a natural experiment carried out during an
outbreak of cholera in London? Answer - John Snow
A type of correlative association between an exposure and an effect is a
Answer - Dose-response relationship
The lowest dose at which a particular response occurs is known as the ?
Answer - Threshold
, The category in a frequency distribution that has the highest frequency of
cases is known as the ? Answer - Mode
Infant mortality- number of infant deaths among infants age 0-365 days during
a year divided by the number of live births during the same year (expressed as
rate per 1,000 live births).
Fetal death rate- Number of fetal deaths after 20 weeks or more gestation
divided by the number of live births plus number of fetal deaths after 20 weeks
or more gestation (expressed as rate per 1,000 fetal deaths).
Perinatal mortality rate - the number of late fetal deaths after 28 weeks or
more gestation plus infant deaths within 7 days of birth divided by the number
of live births plus the number of late fetal deaths during a year (expressed as
rate per 1,000 live births and fetal deaths). Answer - Define and compare the
following measures: infant mortality rate, fetal death rate, and perinatal
mortality rate. (ESSAY)
Examples of reportable and notifiable diseases include: Answer - Tetanus,
rubella, measles - All of above
The purpose of state cancer registries include is Answer - Surveillance
Studies of the effects of exposure to teratogens have used data from? Answer -
Birth certificates
Race/Ethnicity, Socioeconomic studies, Martial Status, Nativity (Place of
Origin), Migration, Religion. Answer - Name some examples of person
variables - A and B only
RATED 100% CORRECT!!
Which of the following disease outbreaks occurred between 1346 and 1352
and claimed one third of the population of Europe? Answer - Black death
Operations research illustrates which uses of epidemiology? Answer - Health
services use
The probability that an event will occur—an individual will become ill or die
within a stated period of time or by a certain age—is known as _? Answer -
Risk
Who was the physician who determined that a human disease was caused by a
specific living organism and then developed four postulates to demonstrate the
association between a microorganism and a disease? Answer - Robert Koch
Whose name is associated with a natural experiment carried out during an
outbreak of cholera in London? Answer - John Snow
A type of correlative association between an exposure and an effect is a
Answer - Dose-response relationship
The lowest dose at which a particular response occurs is known as the ?
Answer - Threshold
, The category in a frequency distribution that has the highest frequency of
cases is known as the ? Answer - Mode
Infant mortality- number of infant deaths among infants age 0-365 days during
a year divided by the number of live births during the same year (expressed as
rate per 1,000 live births).
Fetal death rate- Number of fetal deaths after 20 weeks or more gestation
divided by the number of live births plus number of fetal deaths after 20 weeks
or more gestation (expressed as rate per 1,000 fetal deaths).
Perinatal mortality rate - the number of late fetal deaths after 28 weeks or
more gestation plus infant deaths within 7 days of birth divided by the number
of live births plus the number of late fetal deaths during a year (expressed as
rate per 1,000 live births and fetal deaths). Answer - Define and compare the
following measures: infant mortality rate, fetal death rate, and perinatal
mortality rate. (ESSAY)
Examples of reportable and notifiable diseases include: Answer - Tetanus,
rubella, measles - All of above
The purpose of state cancer registries include is Answer - Surveillance
Studies of the effects of exposure to teratogens have used data from? Answer -
Birth certificates
Race/Ethnicity, Socioeconomic studies, Martial Status, Nativity (Place of
Origin), Migration, Religion. Answer - Name some examples of person
variables - A and B only
