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HSA 535 MIDTERM PART 2
•  Question 1
The Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) is responsible for (give the best answer):

			
•  Question 2 
Cyclic variations in the occurrence of pneumonia and influenza mortality may reflect:

			
•  Question 3 
Which of the following activities characterizes a clinical approach (as opposed to an epidemiologic approach)?

			
•  Question 4 
In the Yearly Mortality Bill for 1632, consumption referred to:

			
•  Question 5 
Which of the following is not usually an aim of epidemiology?

			
•  Question 6 
Which of the following activities characterizes an epidemiologic approach (as opposed to a clinical approach)?

			
•  Question 7 
John Snow, author of Snow on Cholera:

			
•  Question 8 
According to the natural history of disease model, the time before the precursors of disease and the host interact is called the period of:

•  Question 9 
Indicate the level of prevention that is represented by immunization against rubella

			
•  Question 10 
Using epidemiology for operational research involves:

			
•  Question 11 
Indicate the level of prevention that is represented by half-way houses for persons recovering from addiction

			
•  Question 12 
Indicate the level of prevention that is represented by pasteurization of milk

			
•  Question 13 
The difference between primary and secondary prevention of disease is:

			
•  Question 14 
Increases in lung cancer mortality, especially among women, illustrate which of the following trends in disease occurrence?

			
•  Question 15 
An epidemiologic survey of roller-skating injuries in Metroville, a city with a population of 100,000 (during the midpoint of the year), produced the following data for a particular year:
 
Number of skaters in Metroville during any given month	12,000
Roller-skating injuries in Metroville	600
Total number of residents injured from roller-skating	1,800
Total number of deaths from roller-skating	90
Total number of deaths from all causes	900

 
The cause-specific mortality rate from roller-skating was:

			
•  Question 16 
The risk of acquiring a given disease during a time period is best determined by:

 
			
•  Question 17 
The fundamental tool for etiologic studies of both acute and chronic diseases. Is this a use for incidence or prevalence data?

			
•  Question 18 
An epidemiologic survey of roller-skating injuries in Metroville, a city with a population of 100,000 (during the midpoint of the year), produced the following data for a particular year:
 
Number of skaters in Metroville during any given month	12,000
Roller-skating injuries in Metroville	600
Total number of residents injured from roller-skating	1,800
Total number of deaths from roller-skating	90
Total number of deaths from all causes	900

 
The proportional mortality ratio (%) due to roller-skating was:

			
•  Question 19 
The incidence of a disease is five times greater in men than in women, but the prevalence shows no sex difference. The most likely explanation is that:

			
•  Question 20 
Beach City has a rising population of 500,000 robust, fertile males and 450,000 robust, fertile females. If there were 4,000 live births, 3 fetal deaths, and 40 maternal deaths, what is the crude birth rate?

			
•  Question 21 
Estimating the frequency of exposure. Is this a use for incidence or prevalence data?

			
•  Question 22 
Blood pressure measurements on adult males 30-39 years of age were obtained in a survey of a representative sample of Twin Cities households. To compare the frequency of hypertension in the white and non-white population surveyed, the most appropriate measure is the:

			
•  Question 23 
Which of the following statements most accurately expresses the downward-drift hypothesis for schizophrenia?

			
•  Question 24 
Descriptive epidemiology has the following characteristics (Choose the incorrect
option):

			
•  Question 25 
Studies of nativity and migration have reported that:

			
•  Question 26 
Reasons for gender differences in mortality may include:

			
•  Question 27 
Age-specific and age-adjusted mortality rates by sex in the United States generally show the following sex differences:

			
•  Question 28 
Which of the following statements most accurately expresses the breeder hypothesis for schizophrenia?
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•  Question 29 
A null hypothesis is most similar to which of the following?

			
•  Question 30 
The use of GIS may be thought of as following the heritage of:

			
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