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1
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A prime example of the international community dental health government is?

A

World Health Organization

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2
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Which level of community dental health government acts on oral health problems of national significance?

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Federal

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3
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What does DHHS stand for?

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Department of Health and Human Services

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4
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Which level of government initiates dental health legislative measures (such as fluoridation)?

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Local

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5
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Refers to the study of health and disease in populations and requires that disease be measured quantitatively?

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Epidemiology

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6
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The estimated population of people who are managing a disease at any given time is called?

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Prevalence

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7
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The annual diagnosis rate or the number of new cases of a particular disease diagnosed each year is called?

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Incidence

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8
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An unexpectedly large number of cases of disease in a particular population at a particular place and time is called?

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Epidemic

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9
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A disease that occurs regularly in a population as a matter of course is known as?

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Endemic

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10
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An outbreak of disease over a wide geographic area; often worldwide is known as?

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Pandemic

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Name the study in which information is collected without changing the environment-nothing is manipulated?

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Descriptive study

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12
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Which study describes the extent of a disease or condition within a population?

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Descriptive/correlational/observational

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13
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What study looks at the characteristics of one group of subjects who already have a certain health outcome ( the cases) and compare them to a similar group of people who do not have the outcome (the controls)?

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Case-control or Retrospective study

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14
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Which study follows large groups of people over a long period of time?

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Cohort or prospective study

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Name the research sample that selects an element according to certain subgroups; accomplished by selecting a proportionate number of participants from each subgroup for the sample.

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Stratified sample

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16
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Name the research sample that selects every nth to participate

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Systematic

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17
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Name the research sample that is chosen based solely on convenience?

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Convenience sample

18
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Which variable is the outcome of interest? It should change in response to some intervention

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Dependent

19
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Name the variable that is manipulated to produce a response to the dependent variable?

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Independent

20
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The difference between the high and low score of a data matrix; affected by extremely high or low scores is ?

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Range

21
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What represents the square root of the sample variance?

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Standard deviation

22
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The degree that a study or procedure can be conclusive yet sufficiently realistic; does the test measure what it claims to be measuring?

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Validity

23
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The extent to which the method of measurement consistently performs is called?

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Reliability

24
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Consistent performance by the same evaluator is known as?

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Intraexaminer reliability

25
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Consistent performance between different examiners; is increased by calibration is known as?

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Interexaminer reliability

26
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The ability of a test to correctly identify the presence of a disease is called?

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Sensitivity

27
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The ability of a test to identify the absence of a disease is called?

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Specificity

28
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What determines the strength of relationship between two variables?

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Correlation coefficient

29
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Which test is used to measure the hypothetical difference between 2 mean scores?

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T-test

30
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Which test is used when comparing the statistical difference between 3 or more mean scores?

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ANOVA

31
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Which test is used when testing a hypothesis?

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P-value

32
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Name the preventative service that involves techniques designed to prevent, reverse or arrest a disease process?

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Primary services

33
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Name the preventative service that treats or controls a disease or condition after it occurs?

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Secondary service

34
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Which service involves replacing lost tissues in order to rehabilitate oral structures?

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Tertiary service

35
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Which type of information delivery is active, lecture, demonstration, discussion, etc?

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Formal delivery

36
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Which type of information delivery is passive, brochures, pamphlets, billboards, video?

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Informal delivery

37
Q

List the 6 stages of learning

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Unawareness
Awareness
Self-interest
Involvement
Action
Habit
38
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Name the type of evaluation that is outcome, measures impact of program/teaching (ex: comprehensive final exam)

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Summative

39
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Name the evaluation that is conducted during the program; making sure audience is engaged?

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Formative

40
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Which level of government coordinates programs for underdeveloped nations and gathers epidemiological data for comparison across nations?

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International

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