MPH515 Week 1 Quiz Latest 2021 July

Module 1: Quiz Instructions

Purpose

The purpose of this quiz is to assess your understanding as epidemiology as a profession, the history and scope of epidemiology, and the importance of biostatistics. The quiz will also assess your ability to apply critical thinking to questions associated with these items.

Course Outcomes

This quiz provides documentation of student ability to meet the following course outcomes:

•             CO1: Apply probabilistic, biostatistical, and epidemiological terminology and core concepts to public health issues.

•             CO3: Critique proposed, ongoing and/or completed epidemiological studies or research.

•             CO6: Explain the importance of epidemiology for informing scientific, ethical, economic, and policy development related to public health issues.

•             CO7: Examine epidemiologic, biologic, social, and behavioral aspects of infectious and chronic diseases.

Question 1The epidemiologic and clinical descriptions of a disease are different.

True

 False

Question 2Koch published Die Aetiologie der Tuberkulose in 1882, a breakthrough that led to improved classification of disease by specific causal organisms.

True

 False

Question 3 E. coli O157:H7 is not considered a threat to the food supply of the United States.

True

 False

Question 4 The Framingham Heart Study, begun in 1948, pioneered research into coronary heart disease risk factors.

True

False

Question 5 Education in epidemiology can be obtained via special summer session programs and online programs.

True

False

Question 6 The study of diseases linked to harmful physical energy, such as ionizing radiation, would be outside the scope of epidemiology.

True

 False

 Question 7 In the Yearly Mortality Bill for 1632, consumption referred to:

smallpox.

edema.

tuberculosis.

dysentery.

Question 8 Which of the following is not usually an aim of epidemiology?

To fund new public health programs

To describe the health status of the population

To explain the etiology of disease

To predict the occurrence of disease

To control the distribution of disease

Question 9 The Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) is responsible for:

printing epidemiologic reports for members of the community.

reporting suspicious bioterrorism agents to governmental agencies.

collecting routine epidemiologic data for local health departments.

 tracking down disease outbreaks in the United States and foreign countries.

Question 10 John Snow, in Snow on Cholera:

established postulates for transmission of infectious disease.

was the father of modern biostatistics.

 argued that the environment was associated with diseases such as malaria.

was an early epidemiologist who used natural experiments.

Question 11 Cyclic variations in the occurrence of pneumonia and influenza mortality may reflect:

the fact that influenza is a disappearing disorder.

seasonal variations in cases of influenza and the fact that influenza is a disappearing disorder.

seasonal variations in cases of influenza.

long-term changes in mortality trends.

 Question 12 According to The Association of Schools of Public Health, competencies in epidemiology to be achieved by Master of Public Health degree candidates in public health include:

evaluating the strengths and limitations of epidemiologic reports and calculating basic epidemiology measures.

evaluating the strengths and limitations of epidemiologic reports.

calculating basic epidemiology measures.

evaluating the strengths and limitations of epidemiologic reports, communicating epidemiologic information to lay and professional audiences, and calculating basic epidemiology measures.

communicating epidemiologic information to lay and professional audiences.

Question 13 Which of the following activities characterizes a clinical approach (as opposed to an epidemiologic approach)?

Demonstration of geographic variations in disease frequency

Examination of disease occurrence among population groups

Description of seasonal trends in disease occurrence

Description of specific signs and symptoms in a patient

Question 14 Career roles for epidemiologists include: (select all that apply.)

surveillance workers at various levels.

healthcare planners.

researchers.

academic workers.

 Question 15 Which of the following activities characterizes an epidemiologic approach (as opposed to a clinical approach)?

Surveillance of a population

Treatment of a patient with diagnosed illness

Description of a single individual’s symptoms and treatment of a patient with a diagnosed

Description of a single individual’s symptoms

Question 16 The research process is comprised of five stages. Which of the following is not one of those stages?

Dispersion

Generate theory

Analysis

Data collection

Question 17 Quantitative research involves the use of which of the following?

Numbers

Description

Letters

Language

 

Question 18 Calculate the upper quartile for the following data:

12, 16, 20, 2, 16, 15, 20, 18, 7, 9, 7, 18, 20, 17, 4, 19, 22, 19, 27, 22

4

8

12

20

Question 19 (Source: http://www.hesonline.nhs.uk/Ease/servlet/ContentServer?siteID=1937&categoryID=955)

What does the data in the chart demonstrate?

A higher incidence of cancer occurs in men across most age groups.

Cancer affects everyone.

The incidence of cancer is highest among women aged 55–59.

 The incidence of childhood cancer is highest in girls.

 Question 20 Calculate the mode using the following data points:

12, 16, 20, 2, 16, 15, 20, 18, 7, 9, 7, 18, 20, 17, 4, 19, 22, 19, 27, 22

20

16.5

15.5

16