HSIA 4130: Midterm Study Guide
1. Which of the following is the lead agency responsible for protecting the health
of the US population?
A. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
B. Department of Health and Human Services
C. Food and Drug Administration
D. Environmental Protection Agency - Department of Health and Human Services
2. Which of the following are unprocessed facts and figures?
A. Numbers
B. Data
C. Statistics
D. Knowledge - Data
3. A piece of information representing the truth is called which of the following?
A. A fact
B. Data
C. A statistic
D. Knowledge - A fact
,4. Health statistics provide information about the health of which of the following?
A. Terminally ill patients
B. Healthcare employees
C. Family practice physicians
D. The population in general - The population in general
5. Which of the following is considered a source of primary data?
A. The master patient index
B. The card catalog
C. The health record
D. The Department of Health and Human Services - The health record
6.A census is defined as which of the following?
A. A collection of data
B. A survey conducted with a small group
C. A bureau of research specialists
D. A count of a particular population - A count of a particular population
7. What is the term given to describe the count of patients present at a specific time
and in a particular place in a hospital setting?
A. An inpatient census
,B. A diagnosis-related group
C. A case-mix report
D. An MS-DRG category - An inpatient census
8. What are statistics called that refer to important events in our lives, such as
births, marriages, deaths, and divorces?
A. Health statistics
B. Vital statistics
C. Human statistics
D. Popular statistics - Vital statistics
9. Which of the following is a single item or datum calculated from and
representing a collection of items?
A. A sample
B. Data
C. A statistic
D. A fact - A statistic
10. Data is the same thing as information.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE - FALSE
, 11. A group of 106 children are seen at the hematology specialty clinic in a week.
Thirty-six have Classic Hemophilia Type A; seventy have other bleeding or blood
disorders. What is the proportion of people in the group that have Classic
Hemophilia Type A? Express in a decimal; round to 2 digits after the decimal.
A. 3.39
B. 0.33
C. 33.96%
D. 0.34 - = 0.34
12. A GYN sees 75 women in one week. Forty-two were seen for their annual
preventive exam and received Pap smears. Express the rate of Pap smears
performed in this week. Express in percent.
A. 5.6 %
B. 74.67%
C. 56%
D. 0.56 - () x 100 = 56%
13. A super group of 225 physicians practiced in Norfolk, Virginia. The following
specialties made up part of that figure. Using the information below, what
percentage of the whole did these specialties make up? Round off to 2 digits after
the decimal.
A. Dermatologists 12
B. Orthopedists 24
C. Cardiologists 18
1. Which of the following is the lead agency responsible for protecting the health
of the US population?
A. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
B. Department of Health and Human Services
C. Food and Drug Administration
D. Environmental Protection Agency - Department of Health and Human Services
2. Which of the following are unprocessed facts and figures?
A. Numbers
B. Data
C. Statistics
D. Knowledge - Data
3. A piece of information representing the truth is called which of the following?
A. A fact
B. Data
C. A statistic
D. Knowledge - A fact
,4. Health statistics provide information about the health of which of the following?
A. Terminally ill patients
B. Healthcare employees
C. Family practice physicians
D. The population in general - The population in general
5. Which of the following is considered a source of primary data?
A. The master patient index
B. The card catalog
C. The health record
D. The Department of Health and Human Services - The health record
6.A census is defined as which of the following?
A. A collection of data
B. A survey conducted with a small group
C. A bureau of research specialists
D. A count of a particular population - A count of a particular population
7. What is the term given to describe the count of patients present at a specific time
and in a particular place in a hospital setting?
A. An inpatient census
,B. A diagnosis-related group
C. A case-mix report
D. An MS-DRG category - An inpatient census
8. What are statistics called that refer to important events in our lives, such as
births, marriages, deaths, and divorces?
A. Health statistics
B. Vital statistics
C. Human statistics
D. Popular statistics - Vital statistics
9. Which of the following is a single item or datum calculated from and
representing a collection of items?
A. A sample
B. Data
C. A statistic
D. A fact - A statistic
10. Data is the same thing as information.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE - FALSE
, 11. A group of 106 children are seen at the hematology specialty clinic in a week.
Thirty-six have Classic Hemophilia Type A; seventy have other bleeding or blood
disorders. What is the proportion of people in the group that have Classic
Hemophilia Type A? Express in a decimal; round to 2 digits after the decimal.
A. 3.39
B. 0.33
C. 33.96%
D. 0.34 - = 0.34
12. A GYN sees 75 women in one week. Forty-two were seen for their annual
preventive exam and received Pap smears. Express the rate of Pap smears
performed in this week. Express in percent.
A. 5.6 %
B. 74.67%
C. 56%
D. 0.56 - () x 100 = 56%
13. A super group of 225 physicians practiced in Norfolk, Virginia. The following
specialties made up part of that figure. Using the information below, what
percentage of the whole did these specialties make up? Round off to 2 digits after
the decimal.
A. Dermatologists 12
B. Orthopedists 24
C. Cardiologists 18
