HSA 535 MIDTERM EXAM VERSION II PART I
Question 1
5 out of 5 points
A disease or condition that affects a greater than expected (normal) number of individuals within a population, community, or region at the same time is referred to as an ____.
• Question 2
5 out of 5 points
Physical, biological, social, cultural, and behaviors that influence health are known as ____.
• Question 3
5 out of 5 points
The first step in any epidemiological investigation is to ____.
• Question 4
5 out of 5 points
Social epidemiology studies ____.
Answer
Selected Answer:
the effect of community socioeconomic factors on health
Correct Answer:
the effect of community socioeconomic factors on health
• Question 5
5 out of 5 points
HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is currently a ____.
• Question 6
5 out of 5 points
One of the important concepts from the Nuremberg Code is that of ____, which means that the subject understands the scope of the study and can make an informed decision to participate.
• Question 7
5 out of 5 points
Reproductive health studies ____.
• Question 8
5 out of 5 points
Risk factors or exposures that we think might affect the outcome are known as ____.
• Question 9
5 out of 5 points
A test given to people who have no symptoms to check for the presence of a particular disease is known as a ____.
• Question 10
5 out of 5 points
The modern epidemiologic triangle includes groups of populations, causative factors, and ____.
• Question 11
5 out of 5 points
James Lind (1716-1794) observed the effect of time, place, weather, and diet on the spread of disease by ____.
• Question 12
5 out of 5 points
The time between infection and clinical disease is referred to as a(n) ____.
• Question 13
5 out of 5 points
Identifying diseases prior to the clinical stage means that prevention efforts can begin immediately. Because the disease is already present, this is an example of ____ prevention.
• Question 14
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For chronic diseases, the time between exposure and symptoms is called the ____ period, which can range from a few months to many years.
• Question 15
5 out of 5 points
By definition, the disease or condition used to identify a case is determined by the ____.
• Question 16
5 out of 5 points
The representation of a numerator as a fraction of a denominator is known as a(n) ____.
• Question 17
5 out of 5 points
Prevalence equals ____.
• Question 18
5 out of 5 points
A person in the population or study group identified as having the particular disease, health disorder, or condition under investigation is known as a ____.
• Question 19
5 out of 5 points
The number of existing cases of disease divided by the population is known as ____.
• Question 20
5 out of 5 points
Consider a food borne illness that is being investigated from a restaurant during a one week period. Anyone who ate at that restaurant, and had vomiting and diarrhea during that week, could be considered a(n) ____ even if they had not gone to see their doctor.
• Question 21
5 out of 5 points
While many people are used to hearing proportions represented as a percentage, many population samples in epidemiology are often presented per ____.
• Question 22
5 out of 5 points
A table in epidemiology that arranges numbers to allow the comparison of exposure and outcome is called a ____ table.
• Question 23
5 out of 5 points
One of the most important emerging problems with the control of infectious diseases has to do with ____.
• Question 24
5 out of 5 points
Infectious diseases are responsible for ____% of worldwide deaths in children under 15 years old and ____% of deaths in people aged 15-59 years old.
• Question 25
5 out of 5 points
How many new cases of HIV infection were reported in the United States for the year 2009?
• Question 26
5 out of 5 points
The disease carrier of most concern is known as a(n) ____, which is an infected person who never gets clinically ill, but can transmit the etiologic agent to others.
• Question 27
5 out of 5 points
____ is the transmission of a disease from person to person, and may be directly from one person to another, or indirectly from one person through an intermediate item to another person.
• Question 28
5 out of 5 points
There is ____ in the overall crude death rate in the United States from the year 1900 until 1996.
• Question 29
5 out of 5 points
A(n) ____ is an infected individual capable of transmitting disease during and after clinical disease.
• Question 30
5 out of 5 points
The probability of death due to infectious disease in sub-Saharan Africa is ____%, but only ____% in developed countries, such as the United States.
USA 
India