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,Chapter: Chapter 01- Test Bank
Multiple Choice

1. The number or proportion of new cases of disease that occur in a population at risk for developing the
disease during a specified period of time is known as _________________.
A) Cumulative incidence
B) Incidence density
C) Prevalence
D) Disease proportion
Ans: A
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: Reasons for and Approaches to Measuring Health and Disease
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Measures of Health and Disease in Population

2. The _________________ is the number of deaths in a defined population in a defined time period.
A) Case fatality ratio
B) Morbidity rate
C) Death probability ratio
D) Mortality rate
Ans: D
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: Reasons for and Approaches to Measuring Health and Disease
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Measures of Health and Disease in Population

3. In 1971, Omran used the term _______________ to explain the changing causal factors of disease
that accounted for the dramatic drop in under-5 mortality.
A) Epidemiologic transition
B) Demographic transition
C) Mortality shift
D) Disease causality transition
Ans: A
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: Reasons for and Approaches to Measuring Health and Disease
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Measures of Health and Disease in Population

4. Which of the following systems have become the WHO’s framework for measuring health and disability
at both individual and population levels?
A) WHO’s Health and Disability Comprehensive System
B) United Nation’s Health and Disability Classification System
C) International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health
D) International System of Disability and Health
Ans: C
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Reasons for and Approaches to Measuring Health and Disease
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Measures of Health and Disease in Population

5. ________________ are summary measures that estimate expectancy of life in a defined state of
health.
A) Health gaps
B) Health summary measures
C) Health expectancy estimates

,D) Health expectancies
Ans: D
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: Summary Measures of Population Health
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Measures of Health and Disease in Population


8. __________________ is a tool used to determine whether data that are more precise are required for
the purposes of a particular decision.
A) Cross-checking
B) Consistency analysis
C) Sensitivity analysis
D) Distribution analysis
Ans: C
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: Summary Measures of Population Health
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Measures of Health and Disease in Population

9. Globally, in 2015, a majority of deaths were due to:
A) Communicable diseases
B) Nutritional diseases
C) Maternal/neonatal diseases
D) Noncommunicable diseases
Ans: D
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Comparisons and Trends in Disease Burden
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Measures of Health and Disease in Population

10. Diseases in the group III disease group include:
A) Communicable, infectious, maternal, and perinatal
B) Injuries and violence
C) Communicable and chronic
D) Natural causes
Ans: B
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: Comparisons and Trends in Disease Burden
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Measures of Health and Disease in Population

11. This study constructed estimates of mortality, disability, and DALYs by cause for regions of the world.
A) International Disability and Death Study
B) Global Burden of Disease Study
C) Global Study of Mortality and Disability
D) International DALY Study
Ans: B
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Comparisons and Trends in Disease Burden
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Measures of Health and Disease in Population

12. Which of the following is an indicator of national wealth?
A) Gross national income
B) Gross capita

,C) Gross national capita
D) Gross national wealth
Ans: A
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Comparisons and Trends in Disease Burden
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Measures of Health and Disease in Population

True/False

1. True or False? The proportion of deaths attributable to chronic disease increases as the proportion of
deaths attributable to communicable and nutritional disease declines.
Ans: True
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Reasons for and Approaches to Measuring Health and Disease
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Measures of Health and Disease in Population

2. True or False? Measurements of morbidity are less problematic than measurements of mortality.
Ans: False
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Reasons for and Approaches to Measuring Health and Disease
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Measures of Health and Disease in Population

3. True or False? Functional disability and time spent away from work are used to assess the magnitude
of morbidity from various conditions.
Ans: True
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: Reasons for and Approaches to Measuring Health and Disease
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Measures of Health and Disease in Population

Multiple Response
6. The ____________________ is a composite measure that combines the amount of health life lost due
to morbidity with that lost due to death.
A) HALE
B) HeaLY
C) DALY
D) DFLE
Ans: B and C
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: Summary Measures of Population Health
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Measures of Health and Disease in Population


Short Answer

1. ______________ is anything that leads to discomfort, pain, distress, disability of any kind, or death.
Ans: Disease
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: Introduction
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Measures of Health and Disease in Population

,2. The occurrence of new cases of disease per unit of person-time is known as ______________.
Ans: Incidence density
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Reasons for and Approaches to Measuring Health and Disease
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Measures of Health and Disease in Population

3. The proportion of those diagnosed with the disease who have disability is the ________________.
Ans: Case disability ratio, or CDR
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Reasons for and Approaches to Measuring Health and Disease
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Measures of Health and Disease in Population

4. _______________ are summary measures that estimate the difference between actual population
health and some specified norm or goal.
Ans: Health gaps
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Summary Measures of Population Health
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Measures of Health and Disease in Population

Essay

1. Describe the three components of disability that need to be assessed.
Ans: 1. The proportion of those diagnosed with the disease who have a disability, also known as the case
disability ratio (CDR). 2. The extent or severity of the disability, which reveals how incapacitated the
person is in result of the disease. 3. The duration of the disability, which is counted from the onset of the
disability until cure, recovery or death.
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Reasons for and Approaches to Measuring Health and Disease
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Measures of Health and Disease in Population

,Import Settings:
Base Settings: Brownstone Default
Information Field: Complexity
Information Field: Ahead
Information Field: Subject
Information Field: Title
Highest Answer Letter: D
Multiple Keywords in Same Paragraph: No
NAS ISBN13: 9781284122626, add to Ahead, Title tags



Chapter: Chapter 02- Test Bank



Multiple Choice



1. The belief that an illness is caused by evil spirits in some cultures is known as a(n) ______________
perspective.
A) Cultural
B) Outsider
C) Insider
D) Anthropological
Ans: C
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Basic Concepts from Medical Anthropology
Subject: Chapter 2
Title: Culture, Behavior, and Health



2. An approach used by anthropologists that involves looking at the bigger picture when studying a
specific phenomenon is known as _____________.
A) Holism
B) Totalism
C) Comprehensiveness
D) Absolutism
Ans: A
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: Basic Concepts from Medical Anthropology
Subject: Chapter 2
Title: Culture, Behavior, and Health



3. This model proposes that health behavior decisions are influenced by four different premises.
A) Health decision model
B) Health belief model
C) Health engagement model
D) Health behavior model
Ans: B
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: Theories of Health Behavior and Behavior Change

,Subject: Chapter 2
Title: Culture, Behavior, and Health



4. Belief in one’s ability to succeed in a situation or accomplish something is known as:
A) Self-worth
B) Self-belief
C) Locus of control
D) Self-efficacy
Ans: D
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Theories of Health Behavior and Behavior Change
Subject: Chapter 2
Title: Culture, Behavior, and Health



5. This suggests that a person’s behavior is determined by their intention to perform the behavior and that
their intention is a result of their attitude toward the behavior.
A) Health belief model
B) Theory of reasoned action
C) Diffusion of health innovations
D) Transtheoretical model
Ans: B
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Theories of Health Behavior and Behavior Change
Subject: Chapter 2
Title: Culture, Behavior, and Health



6. ____________ refers to the ease with which a person can attempt a new behavior.
A) Feasibility
B) Observability
C) Trialability
D) Usability
Ans: C
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: Theories of Health Behavior and Behavior Change
Subject: Chapter 2
Title: Culture, Behavior, and Health



7. _______________ refers to how well a test measures what it is intended to test.
A) Reliability
B) Validity
C) Representability
D) Consistency
Ans: B
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Methodologies for Understanding Culture and Behavior
Subject: Chapter 2
Title: Culture, Behavior, and Health

,8. This data collection tool is used to conduct quick qualitative assessments.
A) Immediate Assessment Tool
B) Quick Analysis Procedure
C) Rapid Analysis Tool
D) Rapid Assessment Procedure
Ans: D
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Methodologies for Understanding Culture and Behavior
Subject: Chapter 2
Title: Culture, Behavior, and Health



9. This recently emerging infection began as a disease that infected fruit bats, primates, and other
mammals and heavily impacted Liberia and Sierra Leone.
A) Yellow Fever
B) Ebola
C) Tuberculosis
D) HIV/AIDS
Ans: B
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: Ebola
Subject: Chapter 2
Title: Culture, Behavior, and Health



10. A disease that may only be recognizable within a specific society or culture is known as a(n):
A) Cultural illness
B) Insider syndrome
C) Culture-specific illness
D) Culturally defined syndrome
Ans: D
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Basic Concepts from Medical Anthropology
Subject: Chapter 2
Title: Culture, Behavior, and Health



11. __________________ suggests that a person’s beliefs or practices should be understood based on
that person’s culture.
A) Holism
B) Cultural relativism
C) Cultural holism
D) Ethnocentrism
Ans: B
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Basic Concepts from Medical Anthropology
Subject: Chapter 2
Title: Culture, Behavior, and Health

, 12. Which of the four premises of the health belief model is most frequently associated with a greater
likelihood of completing health screenings?
A) Perceived susceptibility to the illness
B) Perceived severity of the illness
C) Perceived benefits of the prevention behavior
D) Perceived barriers to that behavior
Ans: A
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Theories of Health Behavior and Behavior Change
Subject: Chapter 2
Title: Culture, Behavior, and Health



True/False



1. True or False? According to the health belief model, if a person does not perceive their illness to be
severe, they are more likely to engage in prevention behaviors.
Ans: False
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Theories of Health Behavior and Behavior Change
Subject: Chapter 2
Title: Culture, Behavior, and Health



2. True or False? Quantitative research methods typically provide greater validity than qualitative
methods.
Ans: False
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Methodologies for Understanding Culture and Behavior
Subject: Chapter 2
Title: Culture, Behavior, and Health



3. True or False? The extent to which a scientific experiment can be replicated is known as reliability.
Ans: True
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: Methodologies for Understanding Culture and Behavior
Subject: Chapter 2
Title: Culture, Behavior, and Health



Short Answer



1. Seeing your own culture as superior to others is known as ___________________.
Ans: Ethnocentrism or Ethnocentric
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: Basic Concepts from Medical Anthropology
Subject: Chapter 2

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