Epidemiology Exam 1
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1. One of John Snow's contributions to public health and epidemiology include
the development of a systematic method for determining the cause of cholera,
which laid the groundwork for modern outbreak investigations.: True
2. Prevalence is a rate and measures the number of new cases of a disease in a
population.: False
3. We can adjust for differences in the structure (proportions of subgroups) of
populations by calculating directly standardized rates.: True
4. Hill's criterion of biological plausibility refers to the existence of a dose-re-
sponse relationship: False
5. Treatments that prolong life without cure will decrease the prevalence of
disease.: False
6. Wearing a safety belt in a car is an example of a primary prevention strategy
or intervention.: True
7. The Epidemiologic Triad (triangle) is the only model used by epidemiologists
to illustrate the multi-factorial and multi-causal aspects of disease.: False
8. Age-adjusted rates are not "real rates", but are a hypothetical number con-
structed by using a population standard.: True
9. Primary prevention takes place after the formation of disease in the host (i.e.,
individual).: False
10. Changing the duration of a disease can impact its prevalence.: True
11. Hippocrates: argued that the environment was associated with diseases such as malaria.
12. John Graunt: was first to employ mortality tables (e.g. life tables) in the study of disease.
13. The definition of epidemiology involves all of the following EXCEPT:: All of the
above are part of the definition of epidemiology
- Identification of determinants
- Measuring the distribution of disease
- Human populations
14. What was the leading cause of death in 2010 in the U.S.?: Heart Disease
15. In their landmark investigation of the association between smoking and lung
cancer, what type of study design did Doll and Hill mainly use?: Case Control
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1. One of John Snow's contributions to public health and epidemiology include
the development of a systematic method for determining the cause of cholera,
which laid the groundwork for modern outbreak investigations.: True
2. Prevalence is a rate and measures the number of new cases of a disease in a
population.: False
3. We can adjust for differences in the structure (proportions of subgroups) of
populations by calculating directly standardized rates.: True
4. Hill's criterion of biological plausibility refers to the existence of a dose-re-
sponse relationship: False
5. Treatments that prolong life without cure will decrease the prevalence of
disease.: False
6. Wearing a safety belt in a car is an example of a primary prevention strategy
or intervention.: True
7. The Epidemiologic Triad (triangle) is the only model used by epidemiologists
to illustrate the multi-factorial and multi-causal aspects of disease.: False
8. Age-adjusted rates are not "real rates", but are a hypothetical number con-
structed by using a population standard.: True
9. Primary prevention takes place after the formation of disease in the host (i.e.,
individual).: False
10. Changing the duration of a disease can impact its prevalence.: True
11. Hippocrates: argued that the environment was associated with diseases such as malaria.
12. John Graunt: was first to employ mortality tables (e.g. life tables) in the study of disease.
13. The definition of epidemiology involves all of the following EXCEPT:: All of the
above are part of the definition of epidemiology
- Identification of determinants
- Measuring the distribution of disease
- Human populations
14. What was the leading cause of death in 2010 in the U.S.?: Heart Disease
15. In their landmark investigation of the association between smoking and lung
cancer, what type of study design did Doll and Hill mainly use?: Case Control
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