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HSA 535 Midterm Exam Part 2
 

•	Question 1

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

•	Question 2

	
	Which of the following is not usually an aim of epidemiology?			
			
•	Question 3
John Snow, author of Snow on Cholera:			

			
•	Question 4
Cyclic variations in the occurrence of pneumonia and influenza mortality may reflect:			

•	Question 5
Which of the following activities characterizes a clinical approach (as opposed to an epidemiologic approach)?			

			
•	Question 6
Which of the following activities characterizes an epidemiologic approach (as opposed to a clinical approach)?			
	
			
•	Question 7
The Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) is responsible for (give the best answer):			
	
			
•	Question 8

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

			
•	Question 9
Indicate the level of prevention that is represented by nutritional counseling for pregnant women			
	Selected Answer:	  
Primary Prevention Active
Correct Answer:	  
Primary Prevention Active
			
•	Question 10
The difference between primary and secondary prevention of disease is:			
	
			
•	Question 11
	
	Indicate the level of prevention that is represented by screening for breast cancer			

			
•	Question 12
Indicate the level of prevention that is represented by pasteurization of milk			
	
			
•	Question 13

	
	Indicate the level of prevention that is represented by immunization against rubella			
	
•	Question 14

	
	Indicate the level of prevention that is represented by half-way houses for persons recovering from addiction			
	
			
•	Question 15
The risk of acquiring a given disease during a time period is best determined by:			

			
•	Question 16
The fundamental tool for etiologic studies of both acute and chronic diseases. Is this a use for incidence or prevalence data?			

			
•	Question 17
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 18
To provide a direct estimate of the risk of developing a disease. Is this a use for incidence or prevalence data?			
	
			
•	Question 19	
	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 20

	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:
 


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

			
•	Question 21

	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:
 

 
The crude death rate for all causes was:			
	
			
•	Question 22

	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:
 

		
•	Question 23
	Lung cancer mortality among women is increasing faster than among men. What factor(s) would most likely account for this increased cancer rate?			

•	Question 24

	According to classic studies, age-standardized morbidity rates in the United States for acute conditions, chronic conditions, and disability due to acute conditions show the following sex differences:			

			
•	Question 25
	Age-specific and age-adjusted mortality rates by sex in the United States generally show the following sex differences:			

			
•	Question 26
	
	Which of the following statements most accurately expresses the downward-drift hypothesis for schizophrenia?			

			
•	Question 27
	
	Which of Mill- four canons suggests that there is an association between frequency of disease and the potency of a causative factor?			

			
•	Question 28

	Descriptive epidemiology has the following characteristics (Choose the incorrect
option):			
	
			
•	Question 29

	Which of the following statements most accurately expresses the breeder hypothesis for schizophrenia?			

			
•	Question 30
A null hypothesis is most similar to which of the following?