Chapters 7, 8, and 11 Quiz (6th edition)

Question 1

True or False? The greater the confidence interval, the lower the likelihood of random error.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

An unusual concentration of some kind of cancer, such as childhood leukemia, that alarms everyone in the community is referred to as which of the following?

Answer 2

Cancer cluster

Question 3

True or False? Risk assessment ends when events and exposures have been identified

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Developed as a result of the apparent irrationality of the public in response to the risks that the experts estimated to be small

Answer 4

Risk Perception

Question 5

Identifies events and exposures that may be harmful to humans and estimates the probabilities of their occurrence as well as the extent of harm they may cause

Answer 5

Risk assessment

Question 6

Weighs the estimated cost of implementing a policy against the estimated benefit

Answer 6

Cost‐ benefit analysis

Question 7

Compares the efficiency of different methods of attaining the same objective

Answer 7

Cost-effectiveness analysis

Question 8

True or False? Cost–benefit analysis usually bases itself on perceived benefit in terms of social interactions.

Answer 8

False

Question 9

Part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the primary agency that collects, analyzes, and reports data on the health of Americans

Answer 9

National Center for Health Statistics

Question 10

Part of the Department of Commerce, collects data regarding the American population

Answer 10

U.S. Census Bureau

Question 11

Was able to save the American Community Survey which provides important economic data for business planning as well as government decision making

Answer 11

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Question 12

In the past decades, many states have added a question regarding the mother’s use of _______________ to the birth certificate.

Answer 12

tobacco

Question 13

The most egregious example of a breach of census data privacy involved _______________ Americans during World War II.

Answer 13

Japanese

Question 14

Carries out surveillance for health hazards in the environment including air pollutants and releases of toxic chemicals

Answer 14

Environmental Protection Agency

Question 15

Coordinates a program called Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End-Results (SEER)

Answer 15

National Cancer Institute

Question 16

Maintains billing records which are useful for research on utilization and outcomes of medical care

Answer 16

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Question 17

Collects reports of adverse reactions to drugs after they have been approved and are on the market, sometimes recommending recalls if a serious problem appears that was not noted during pre-approval testing

Answer 17

Food and Drug Administration

Question 18

True or False? The information on death certificates is subject to a number of uncertainties, depending on how well the informant knew the deceased and the circumstances of the death.

Answer 18

True

Question 19

True or False? In experiments on human subjects, scientists can carefully control the conditions so that cause-and-effect relationships can be clearly proven.

Answer 19

False

Question 20

True or False? Cancer can be seen as a collection of a large number of very distinct diseases.

Answer 20

True

Question 21

Which of the following refers to the presence of high blood pressure without a known cause?

Answer 21

Essential hypertension

Question 22

True or False? An actively growing cancerous tumor must have attracted blood vessels to itself to supply needed nutrients.

Answer 22

True