TESTBANK !|
GORDIS !|
EPIDEMIOLOGY
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6th Edition By Celentano
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TEST BANK ! |
,Test !|Bank !|for !|Gordis !|Epidemiology !|6th !|Edition !|by !|Celentano !|
Table !|of !|Contents:
Chapter !|1 !|Introduction
Chapter !|2 !|The !|Dynamics !|of !|Disease !|Transmission
Chapter !|3 !|The !|Occurrence !|of !|Disease
Chapter !|4 !|The !|Occurrence !|of !|Disease
Chapter !|5 !|Assessing !|the !|Validity !|and !|Reliability !|of !|Diagnostic !|and !|Screening !|Tests
Chapter !|6 !|The !|Natural !|History !|of !|Disease
Chapter !|7 !|Observational !|Studies
Chapter !|8 !|Cohort !|Studies
Chapter !|9 !|Comparing !|Cohort !|and !|Case-Control !|Studies
Chapter !|10 !|Assessing !|Preventive !|and !|Therapeutic !|Measures
Chapter !|11 !|Randomized !|Trials
Chapter !|12 !|Estimating !|Risk
Chapter !|13 !|More !|on !|Risk
Chapter !|14 !|From !|Association !|to !|Causation
Chapter !|15 !|More !|on !|Causal !|Inference
Chapter !|16 !|Identifying !|the !|Roles !|of !|Genetic !|and !|Environmental !|Factors !|in !|Disease !|Causation
Chapter !|17 !|Using !|Epidemiology !|to !|Evaluate !|Health !|Services
Chapter !|18 !|Epidemiologic !|Approach !|to !|Evaluating !|Screening !|Programs
Chapter !|19 !|Epidemiology !|and !|Public !|Policy
Chapter !|20 !|Ethical !|and !|Professional !|Issues !|in !|Epidemiology
,Chapter !|01: !|Introduction
Celentano: !|Gordis !|Epidemiology, !|6th !|Edition !|Test !|Bank
MULTIPLE !|CHOICE
1. Which !|of !|the !|following !|is !|an !|example !|of !|tertiary !|prevention?
a. Vaccination !|for !|rotavirus !|for !|children !| younger !|than !|the !|age !|of !|1 !|year
b. Surgical !|amputation !|of !|an !|extremity!|with !|osteosarcoma !|(bone !|cancer)
c. Screening !|for !|gestational !|diabetes !|after !|24 !|weeks !|of !|pregnancy
d. Sexual !|education !|program !|in !|elementary !|schools
e. Increasing !|taxes !|for !|buying !|cigarettes
ANS: !|B
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Surgical !|amputation !|of !|an !|extremity !|with !|osteosarcoma !|(bone !|cancer) !|is !|an !|example !|in
!|which !|when !|a !|disease !|is !|present !|the !|treatment !|(amputation) !|is !|done !|to !|reduce !|the !|impact !|of
!|disease !|by !|preventing !|the !|tumor !|from !|dissemination. !|Vaccination !|for !|rotavirus !|for !|children
!|younger !|than !|the !|age !|of !|1 !|year, !|sexual !|education !|program !|in !|elementary !|schools, !|and
!|increasing !|taxes !|for !|buying !|cigarettes !|represent !|examples !|of !|primary !|prevention. !|Screening
!|for !|gestational !|diabetes !|after !|24 !|weeks !|of !|pregnancy !|is !|an !|example !|of !|secondary !|prevention.
2. This !|historic !|character !|observed !|that !|childbed !|fever !|mortality !|more !|common !|among !|women
!|treated !|by !|physicians !|and !|medical !|students !|compared !|with !|women !|treated !|by !|midwives.
!|Based !|on !|his !|observations, !|he !|implemented !|a !|hand !|wash !|policy !|that !|resulted !|in !|adecrease !|in
!|mortality. !|Name !|the !|character !|that !|we !|are !|talking !|about.
a. John !|Snow
b. Edward !|Jenner
c. D.A. !|Henderson
d. Leon !|Gordis
e. Ignaz !|Semmelweis
ANS: !|E
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Ignaz !|Semmelweis !|identified !|that !|medical !|students !|and !|physicians !|transmitted !|the !|disease
!|by !|not !|washing !|their !|hands !|after !|examining !|bodies !|at !|autopsies !|and !|conducting !|multiple
!|examinations !|in !|the !|clinic.
3. Thanks !|to !|the !|contributions !|of !|Edward !|Jenner, !|the !|following !|disease !|was !|eradicated
!|later !|by !|efforts !|organized !|by !|D.A. !|Henderson:
a. Cholera
b. Smallpox
c. Chickenpox
d. Polio
e. Zika
!|
, ANS: !|B
Smallpox !|was !|eradicated !|in !|1980. !|Edward !|Jenner !|vaccinated !|James !|Phipps !|in !|1796
!|against !|smallpox. !|Almost !|200 !|years !|later, !|the !|World !|Health !|Organization !|(WHO)
!|commissioned
D.A. !|Henderson !|to !|lead !|the !|efforts !|to !|eradicate !|the !|disease.
4. Over !|the !|past !|century, !|a !|marked !|decline !|in !|the !|mortality !|rates !|of !|many !|infectious
!|diseases !|has !|been !|observed. !|Which !|of !|the !|following !|is !|the !|most !|likely !|reason !|for !|the
!|observed !|decline !|in !|mortality !|rates !|from !|common !|infectious !|diseases?
a. Development !|of !|penicillin
b. Development !|of !|insulin
c. Development !|of !|vaccines
d. Improvement !|in !|social !|conditions
e. Worse !|sanitation !|and !|unsafe !|water
ANS: !|D
!|
Although !|medical !|treatments !|potentially !|helped !|in !|the !|decrease !|of !|infectious !|diseases, !|the
!|advancement !|in !|social !|conditions !|played !|a !|major !|role. !|These !|improvements !|include
!|better !|sanitation, !|safe !|disposal !|of !|waste, !|better !|nutrition, !|and !|improvement !|in !|housing
!|conditions.
!|
GORDIS !|
EPIDEMIOLOGY
!|
6th Edition By Celentano
! | ! | ! |
TEST BANK ! |
,Test !|Bank !|for !|Gordis !|Epidemiology !|6th !|Edition !|by !|Celentano !|
Table !|of !|Contents:
Chapter !|1 !|Introduction
Chapter !|2 !|The !|Dynamics !|of !|Disease !|Transmission
Chapter !|3 !|The !|Occurrence !|of !|Disease
Chapter !|4 !|The !|Occurrence !|of !|Disease
Chapter !|5 !|Assessing !|the !|Validity !|and !|Reliability !|of !|Diagnostic !|and !|Screening !|Tests
Chapter !|6 !|The !|Natural !|History !|of !|Disease
Chapter !|7 !|Observational !|Studies
Chapter !|8 !|Cohort !|Studies
Chapter !|9 !|Comparing !|Cohort !|and !|Case-Control !|Studies
Chapter !|10 !|Assessing !|Preventive !|and !|Therapeutic !|Measures
Chapter !|11 !|Randomized !|Trials
Chapter !|12 !|Estimating !|Risk
Chapter !|13 !|More !|on !|Risk
Chapter !|14 !|From !|Association !|to !|Causation
Chapter !|15 !|More !|on !|Causal !|Inference
Chapter !|16 !|Identifying !|the !|Roles !|of !|Genetic !|and !|Environmental !|Factors !|in !|Disease !|Causation
Chapter !|17 !|Using !|Epidemiology !|to !|Evaluate !|Health !|Services
Chapter !|18 !|Epidemiologic !|Approach !|to !|Evaluating !|Screening !|Programs
Chapter !|19 !|Epidemiology !|and !|Public !|Policy
Chapter !|20 !|Ethical !|and !|Professional !|Issues !|in !|Epidemiology
,Chapter !|01: !|Introduction
Celentano: !|Gordis !|Epidemiology, !|6th !|Edition !|Test !|Bank
MULTIPLE !|CHOICE
1. Which !|of !|the !|following !|is !|an !|example !|of !|tertiary !|prevention?
a. Vaccination !|for !|rotavirus !|for !|children !| younger !|than !|the !|age !|of !|1 !|year
b. Surgical !|amputation !|of !|an !|extremity!|with !|osteosarcoma !|(bone !|cancer)
c. Screening !|for !|gestational !|diabetes !|after !|24 !|weeks !|of !|pregnancy
d. Sexual !|education !|program !|in !|elementary !|schools
e. Increasing !|taxes !|for !|buying !|cigarettes
ANS: !|B
!|
Surgical !|amputation !|of !|an !|extremity !|with !|osteosarcoma !|(bone !|cancer) !|is !|an !|example !|in
!|which !|when !|a !|disease !|is !|present !|the !|treatment !|(amputation) !|is !|done !|to !|reduce !|the !|impact !|of
!|disease !|by !|preventing !|the !|tumor !|from !|dissemination. !|Vaccination !|for !|rotavirus !|for !|children
!|younger !|than !|the !|age !|of !|1 !|year, !|sexual !|education !|program !|in !|elementary !|schools, !|and
!|increasing !|taxes !|for !|buying !|cigarettes !|represent !|examples !|of !|primary !|prevention. !|Screening
!|for !|gestational !|diabetes !|after !|24 !|weeks !|of !|pregnancy !|is !|an !|example !|of !|secondary !|prevention.
2. This !|historic !|character !|observed !|that !|childbed !|fever !|mortality !|more !|common !|among !|women
!|treated !|by !|physicians !|and !|medical !|students !|compared !|with !|women !|treated !|by !|midwives.
!|Based !|on !|his !|observations, !|he !|implemented !|a !|hand !|wash !|policy !|that !|resulted !|in !|adecrease !|in
!|mortality. !|Name !|the !|character !|that !|we !|are !|talking !|about.
a. John !|Snow
b. Edward !|Jenner
c. D.A. !|Henderson
d. Leon !|Gordis
e. Ignaz !|Semmelweis
ANS: !|E
!|
Ignaz !|Semmelweis !|identified !|that !|medical !|students !|and !|physicians !|transmitted !|the !|disease
!|by !|not !|washing !|their !|hands !|after !|examining !|bodies !|at !|autopsies !|and !|conducting !|multiple
!|examinations !|in !|the !|clinic.
3. Thanks !|to !|the !|contributions !|of !|Edward !|Jenner, !|the !|following !|disease !|was !|eradicated
!|later !|by !|efforts !|organized !|by !|D.A. !|Henderson:
a. Cholera
b. Smallpox
c. Chickenpox
d. Polio
e. Zika
!|
, ANS: !|B
Smallpox !|was !|eradicated !|in !|1980. !|Edward !|Jenner !|vaccinated !|James !|Phipps !|in !|1796
!|against !|smallpox. !|Almost !|200 !|years !|later, !|the !|World !|Health !|Organization !|(WHO)
!|commissioned
D.A. !|Henderson !|to !|lead !|the !|efforts !|to !|eradicate !|the !|disease.
4. Over !|the !|past !|century, !|a !|marked !|decline !|in !|the !|mortality !|rates !|of !|many !|infectious
!|diseases !|has !|been !|observed. !|Which !|of !|the !|following !|is !|the !|most !|likely !|reason !|for !|the
!|observed !|decline !|in !|mortality !|rates !|from !|common !|infectious !|diseases?
a. Development !|of !|penicillin
b. Development !|of !|insulin
c. Development !|of !|vaccines
d. Improvement !|in !|social !|conditions
e. Worse !|sanitation !|and !|unsafe !|water
ANS: !|D
!|
Although !|medical !|treatments !|potentially !|helped !|in !|the !|decrease !|of !|infectious !|diseases, !|the
!|advancement !|in !|social !|conditions !|played !|a !|major !|role. !|These !|improvements !|include
!|better !|sanitation, !|safe !|disposal !|of !|waste, !|better !|nutrition, !|and !|improvement !|in !|housing
!|conditions.
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