Clinical Research Methods Exam 1 Dr.
Stanford University of Utah Exam Questions
and Answers
Ancient public health practices include all
of the following EXCEPT
a. Sniffing powdered scabs
b. Construction of sanitation drains
c. Surveillance of malaria prevalence
d. Rubbing goat mucus on open wounds - -d. Rubbing goat mucus on open
wounds
- Which of the following was NOT one of
the top ten causes of death in London in
1850?
a. Cholera
b. Heart disease
c. Whooping Cough
d. Tuberculosis - -b. Heart disease
- Which of the following was NOT one of
the top ten causes of death in London in
1950?
a. Kidney disease
b. Heart disease
c. Accidents
d. Cholera - -d. Cholera
, - In terms of public health, which statement best characterizes the
difference between London in the 1850s and London in the 1950s?
a. Transition from infectious to chronic disease as principal cause of death
b. Transition from chronic to infectious disease as principal cause of death
c. Poorer sanitation systems
d. The eradication of tuberculosis - -a. Transition from infectious to chronic
disease as principal cause of death
- The British Doctors Study
a. Is an example of a cohort study
b. Published findings in 2004
c. Examined the relationship between smoking and lung cancer
d. a and b only
e. All of the above - -e. All of the above
- The Cochrane Library
a. Houses data from more than 2 million studies
b. Collects and stores data from RCTs and systematic reviews
c. Is located in Washington, DC
d. Collects and stores data from qualitative studies - -b. Collects and stores
data from RCTs and systematic reviews
- Which of the following individuals was NOT instrumental in the
development and advancement of RCTs?
a. John Snow
b. Ronald Fisher
c. Austin Bradford Hill
d. Archie Cochrane - -a. John Snow
, - The "Web of Causation"
a. Emphasizes the multi-causal nature of disease
b. Became part of mainstream epidemiology in the 1960s
c. Was first introduced by Ronald Fisher
d. a and b
e. All of the above - -d. a and b
- Behavioral Epidemiology
a. Is founded on a multi-causal perspective of health
b. Examines the relationship between behavior and health outcomes
c. Investigates the distribution and determinants of health-related behavior
d. a and b
e. All of the above - -e. All of the above
- In practice, the emergence of Behavioral Epidemiology is reflected in
a. Creation of new academic departments (e.g., medical
anthropology/sociology)
b. Inclusion of behavioral supplement in the National health Inventory Survey
in 1957
c. Establishment of CDC's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
d. All of the above - -d. All of the above
- The field of Global Health was advanced by all of the following factors,
EXCEPT
a. The HIV/AIDS pandemic
b. The rise of childhood obesity
c. Prominent scholars (e.g., Paul Farmer, Michael Marmot)
Stanford University of Utah Exam Questions
and Answers
Ancient public health practices include all
of the following EXCEPT
a. Sniffing powdered scabs
b. Construction of sanitation drains
c. Surveillance of malaria prevalence
d. Rubbing goat mucus on open wounds - -d. Rubbing goat mucus on open
wounds
- Which of the following was NOT one of
the top ten causes of death in London in
1850?
a. Cholera
b. Heart disease
c. Whooping Cough
d. Tuberculosis - -b. Heart disease
- Which of the following was NOT one of
the top ten causes of death in London in
1950?
a. Kidney disease
b. Heart disease
c. Accidents
d. Cholera - -d. Cholera
, - In terms of public health, which statement best characterizes the
difference between London in the 1850s and London in the 1950s?
a. Transition from infectious to chronic disease as principal cause of death
b. Transition from chronic to infectious disease as principal cause of death
c. Poorer sanitation systems
d. The eradication of tuberculosis - -a. Transition from infectious to chronic
disease as principal cause of death
- The British Doctors Study
a. Is an example of a cohort study
b. Published findings in 2004
c. Examined the relationship between smoking and lung cancer
d. a and b only
e. All of the above - -e. All of the above
- The Cochrane Library
a. Houses data from more than 2 million studies
b. Collects and stores data from RCTs and systematic reviews
c. Is located in Washington, DC
d. Collects and stores data from qualitative studies - -b. Collects and stores
data from RCTs and systematic reviews
- Which of the following individuals was NOT instrumental in the
development and advancement of RCTs?
a. John Snow
b. Ronald Fisher
c. Austin Bradford Hill
d. Archie Cochrane - -a. John Snow
, - The "Web of Causation"
a. Emphasizes the multi-causal nature of disease
b. Became part of mainstream epidemiology in the 1960s
c. Was first introduced by Ronald Fisher
d. a and b
e. All of the above - -d. a and b
- Behavioral Epidemiology
a. Is founded on a multi-causal perspective of health
b. Examines the relationship between behavior and health outcomes
c. Investigates the distribution and determinants of health-related behavior
d. a and b
e. All of the above - -e. All of the above
- In practice, the emergence of Behavioral Epidemiology is reflected in
a. Creation of new academic departments (e.g., medical
anthropology/sociology)
b. Inclusion of behavioral supplement in the National health Inventory Survey
in 1957
c. Establishment of CDC's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
d. All of the above - -d. All of the above
- The field of Global Health was advanced by all of the following factors,
EXCEPT
a. The HIV/AIDS pandemic
b. The rise of childhood obesity
c. Prominent scholars (e.g., Paul Farmer, Michael Marmot)
