HLTH 485 Quiz 1 Foundations

HLTH 485 Quiz 1: Foundations to Descriptive Epidemiology

1. Application of the study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events in order to prevent and control health problems is not included in the role of epidemiology.
2. Antibiotics are toxic to humans.
3. The Chinese observed that getting a weaker strain of smallpox was protective against encountering a stronger form of the diseases. What is this called?
4. In the epidemiology triangle, the term agent is equivalent to which of the following?
5. Infectious disease is best defined as:
6. What is an appropriate technique for adjusting for confounding when the dependent variable is dichotomous?
7. In the United States, for which of the following is the age- adjusted cause-specific death rate for males least-similar to females?
8. Married individuals have been shown to experience lower mortality than nonmarried individuals, regardless of the whether the nonmarried persons were never married, divorced, separated, or widowed.
9. Who invented a vaccine against smallpox based on careful observation?
10. We sometimes classify epidemics by how they spread through a population. Which of the following is NOT an example of a point source epidemic?
11. Which of the following best defines a fomite?
12. Who advanced useful treatment and remedies (which other physicians rejected at the time) such as exercise, fresh air, and a healthy diet?
13. In the United States, for which disease is the age-adjusted death rate higher among Hispanics than Whites?
14. Who developed and applied the case-control study design?
15. In the United States, education has the largest impact on which of the following?
16. Evaluation cannot be effectively performed in descriptive studies because of confounding.
17. Whose report set forth the importance of establishing state and local boards of health in the United States?
18. Which of the following is NOT a type of immunity?
19. The correlation coefficient is useful for measuring associations among variables in ecologic studies.
20. How does a proportion differ from a rate?
21. Who used an experimental study design to determine that dietary factors were influential in treating and preventing scurvy?
22. Which of the following best defines pathogen?
23. A subclinical case is the same as which of the following?
24. Completing the clinical picture involves all of the following, EXCEPT:
25. Which of the following stages is associated with the incubation period?