Chapters 4-6, 6th Edition

Question 1

True or False? The initially identified outbreak of Legionnaires’ Disease occurred in 1976 in Denver.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

A county may normally record only a few cases of hepatitis each year, this represents the ________ (2 words), the background level in a population.

Answer 2

endemic level

Question 3

True or False? Except for the clear link between smoking and lung cancer, most chronic diseases cannot be attributed to a single cause.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Epidemiology is used to perform what function of public health?

Answer 4

Assessment

Question 5

The first epidemiological study of a chronic disease

Answer 5

Framingham Heart Study

Question 6

Included 5000 children and the spouses of the original participants of the Framingham Heart Study

Answer 6

Framingham offspring study

Question 7

Instituted in 1994 and included a more diverse sampling of Framingham residents

Answer 7

Omni cohort

Question 8

Added in 2002 and enrolled grandchildren of the original participant of the Framingham Heart study

Answer 8

Third generation study

Question 9

The physicians health study looked at prevention of both cancer and _______ disease.

Answer 9

heart

Question 10

Group that is exposed to the intervention

Answer 10

Case group

Question 11

Group the it not exposed tot the intervention

Answer 11

Control group

Question 12

Inactive substance similar in appearance to the drug or vaccine being tested

Answer 12

Placebo

Question 13

Neither the patient nor the doctor are aware who is receiving the treatment

Answer 13

Double blind

Question 14

Information on the distribution of disease gives clues about the ______ of disease.

Answer 14

Determinants

Question 15

In defining a disease to be studied, epidemiologists use the term “disease” broadly; _____________ (2 words) is a more accurate but cumbersome description of what is to be studied.

Answer 15

Health outcome

Question 16

When calculating the rate of a disease, which is the following is generally the denominator of the calculation?

Answer 16

Population at risk

Question 17

Most epidemiologic studies are ________ and have little potential for harm.

Answer 17

Observational

Question 18

True or False? Epidemiologic evidence is more convincing if there is a known biological explanation for an association between an exposure and a disease.

Answer 18

True

Question 19

True or false? It is unrealistic to expect to succeed at a randomized controlled trial that requires people to alter their behavior over a significant period of time.

Answer 19

True

Question 20

True or False? If a hospital will receive more government grants should a study show that a therapy invented at that hospital helps cure AIDS, that hospital would have a conflict of interest in doing such a study.

Answer 20

True

Question 21

True or False? The more widely a therapy is already used, the easier it is to do a randomized controlled study.

Answer 21

False