HLTH 503 Quiz 1

HLTH 503 Quiz 1: Components of Epidemiology

1. True or False? Molecular epidemiology applies the techniques of molecular biology to epidemiologic studies.
2. True or False? The 1918 Influenza Pandemic is also known as “the Mother of All Pandemics.”
3. True or False? The study of diseases linked to harmful physical energy, such as ionizing radiation, would be outside the scope of epidemiology.
4. True or False? Socrates popularized the notion that the environment is associated with human disease.
5. True or False? Environmental and occupational health problems are a specialization of epidemiology.
6. Which of the following activities characterizes a clinical approach (as opposed to an epidermiologic approach)?
7. Cyclic variations in the occurrence of pneumonia and influenza mortality may reflect:
8. True or False? Most of the time, epidemiologic researchers confront a problem that has a clear etiologic basis.
9. True or False? One of William Farr’s contributions to public health and epidemiology included the development of a more sophisticated system for codifying medical conditions.
10. True or False? John Snow is credited with developing the smallpox vaccination.
11. True or False? The Framingham Heart Study, begun in 1948, pioneered research into coronary heart disease risk factors.
12. Which of the following activities characterizes an epidemiologic approach (as opposed to a clinical approach)?
13. True or False? An example of operations research is using epidemiology to plan the placement of health services in a community.
14. True or False? An important risk factor for the population is always important for the individual.
15. True or False? The National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey is a continuing probability survey of physicians who practice in public settings such as V.A. centers.
16. True or False? High firearm death rates and homicide rates are indicators of adverse conditions within the community.
17. What factors should be considered in measuring long-term changes in disease frequency over time?
18. The phases of the policy cycle include:
19. True or False? The existence of a dose-response relationship, that is, an increase in disease risk with an increase in the amount of exposure, does not support the view that an association is a causal one.
20. The difference between primary and secondary prevention of disease is:
21. There has been an increase in the number of epidemiologic studies reported in medical journals because:
22. According to the natural history of disease model, the time before the precursors of disease and the host interact is called the period of:
23. True or False? John Cassel argued that the agent, host, and environment triad provided an adequate explanation for chronic diseases of non-infectious origin.
24. Using epidemiology for operational research involves:
25. Increases in lung cancer mortality, especially among women, illustrate which of the following trends in disease occurrence?