Exam Questions, Complete Practice Questions
with Correct Verified Answers
Introduction
This document contains comprehensive NSG 522 Epidemiology and
Biostatistics final exam preparation material covering
epidemiologic concepts, study designs, disease occurrence
measures, prevention, infection transmission, surveillance, vital
statistics, risk measures, screening, and diagnostic test
characteristics. It includes practice questions with verified answers
as well as detailed review material on epidemiology, biostatistics,
causal inference, outbreaks, and evidence-based research methods.
Exam Questions and Answers
which of the following terms describes the number of new and pre-
existing causes of a disease in a population during a 6-month
period of time
incidence proportion
point prevalence
incidence rate
period prevalence
total prevalence --- correct precise answer ---period prevalence
all deaths in the US must be legally registered in the jurisdiction
state or territory in which the death occurred
t/f --- correct precise answer ---true
,perinatal mortality is defined as any death that occurs
during the period from 28 weeks of gestation and through the first
7 days of life
during the first 27 days of life
from the time of birth until the first birthday
after the 27 days of life until the first birthday --- correct precise
answer ---during the period from 28 weeks of gestation and
through the first 7 days of life
the study design most commonly used to investigate outbreaks is
the
randomized controlled trial
cross-sectional study
retrospective cohort study
case-control study --- correct precise answer ---case-control study
the focus of analytic epidemiolgoy is to examine the distribution of
health-related states and events
t/f --- correct precise answer ---false
the hormone therapy intervention phase of the women's health
initiative is an example of what type of research design
observational study
prospective cohort study
randomized clinical trial
community intervention trial --- correct precise answer ---
randomized clinical trial
,A new preoperative bathing product is studied to see if it is
associated with a reduction in surgical site infections in
hospitalized older adults. The relative risk of a surgical site
infection was 0.91 [95% CI: 0.81, 1.01] in the intervention group.
This risk statistic means that --- correct precise answer ---there is
not a difference between the risk of infection between the groups
if a person has a risk factor for a disease that means that they will
eventually develop the disease in their lifetime
t/f --- correct precise answer ---false
which of the following types of study designs provides the
strongest level of evidence to determine cause and effect
randomized controlled trials
prospective cohort study
case-control study
quasiexperiments --- correct precise answer ---randomized
controlled trials
which of the following types of study designs are considered the
best design for deterining the effectiveness of interventions
prospective cohort study
randomized controlled trial
quasi-experiment
case-control study --- correct precise answer ---randomized control
trial
, which of the following study design is the lowest on the evidence
pyramid
cross sectional study
cohort study
quasi experiment --- correct precise answer ---cross sectional study
cochrane reviews are at the bottom of the evidence pyramid
because they rely on the opinion of experts
t/f --- correct precise answer ---false
which of the following types of research designs is always a
retrospective study select all that apply
cross sectional
cohort
quasi
case control --- correct precise answer ---case control
if there is a statistically significant association between a risk
factor and an outcome that means that the risk factor causes the
outcome
t/f --- correct precise answer ---false
the framingham heart study is an example of what type of research
design
prospecive cohort
randomized controlled trial
retrospective cohort study
case-control study --- correct precise answer ---prospective cohort