QUESTION AND ANSWERS PART 4

Question 1

___________ measures the amount of variation or dispersion in a set of values.

a. Standard Deviation
b. Variance
c. Mean
d. Median

Answer 1

Standard Deviation or Variance

Question 2

Which of the following statements are accurate when discussing the mode as a measure of central tendency?

a. There can be 5 modes in a series of data elements
b. They can be tri modal
c. All
d. They can be bi modal

Answer 2

All

Question 3

TRUE/FALSE: Rates have a numerator and denominator and are usually in the form of a %

Answer 3

TRUE

Question 4

TRUE/FALSE: If newborn discharges and deaths are included in the numerator for gross death rate, they are also included in the denominator

Answer 4

TRUE

Question 5

TRUE/FALSE: 113 people die from lung cancer in Palm Tree, LA. The population of Palm Tree, LA is 145689. The cancer fatality rate is .00078%.

Answer 5

FALSE

Question 6

TRUE/FALSE: A rank of 34th out of a set of data elements and being at the 34th percentile are the same.

Answer 6

FALSE

Question 7

TRUE/FALSE: The numerator is the same for both gross death rate and net death rate

Answer 7

FALSE

Question 8

A neonatal death refers to a death of a liveborn infant within the neonatal period of _____________ from the moment of birth.

Answer 8

27 days, 23 hours and 59 minutes

Question 9

TRUE/FALSE: There are only 2 stages of fetal death, intermediate and late.

Answer 9

FALSE

Question 10

TRUE/FALSE: Fetal deaths are included in the hospital death rates

Answer 10

FALSE