HLTH 503 Quiz 1 UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Epidemiology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- ____ is concerned with the occurrence,
distribution, and determinants of "health-related states or events." (p. 8)
Framingham Heart Study - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The ongoing ____, begun in 1948, is
one of the pioneering research investigations of risk factors for coronary heart disease. (p. 41)
John Snow - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- ____ work, a classic study that linked the cholera
epidemic to contaminated water supplies, is noteworthy because it utilized many of the
features of epidemiologic inquiry: a spot map of cases and tabulation of fatal attacks and
deaths. (p. 30)
Determinants - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- ____ are factors or events that are capable of
bringing about a change in health. (p. 8)
Population - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Epidemiology examines disease occurrence among
____ groups rather than among individuals. (p. 13)
Morbidity, Mortality - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The former, ____, designates illness,
whereas the latter, ____, refers to death. (p. 14)
Quantification - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- ____ refers to the translation of qualitative
impressions into numbers. (p. 17)
Qualitative - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- ____ sources of information about disease may be,
for example, a physician's observations derived through medical practice about the types of
people among whom a disease seems to be common. (p. 17)
Epidemic - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- An ____ refers to an excessive occurrence of a
disease. (p. 18)
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Epidemiology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- ____ is concerned with the occurrence,
distribution, and determinants of "health-related states or events." (p. 8)
Framingham Heart Study - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The ongoing ____, begun in 1948, is
one of the pioneering research investigations of risk factors for coronary heart disease. (p. 41)
John Snow - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- ____ work, a classic study that linked the cholera
epidemic to contaminated water supplies, is noteworthy because it utilized many of the
features of epidemiologic inquiry: a spot map of cases and tabulation of fatal attacks and
deaths. (p. 30)
Determinants - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- ____ are factors or events that are capable of
bringing about a change in health. (p. 8)
Population - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Epidemiology examines disease occurrence among
____ groups rather than among individuals. (p. 13)
Morbidity, Mortality - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The former, ____, designates illness,
whereas the latter, ____, refers to death. (p. 14)
Quantification - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- ____ refers to the translation of qualitative
impressions into numbers. (p. 17)
Qualitative - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- ____ sources of information about disease may be,
for example, a physician's observations derived through medical practice about the types of
people among whom a disease seems to be common. (p. 17)
Epidemic - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- An ____ refers to an excessive occurrence of a
disease. (p. 18)
