Question 1
The Framingham Heart Study is an example of:
Question options:
A case-control study
A retrospective cohort study
a
A prospective cohort study
Both a cohort and case-control study
Question 2
An after-school program was established to provide struggling elementary students with free tutoring. The program was located far from the school, making it difficult for the students to engage in the program. This program is said to:
Question options:
Be efficacious
Lack elaborateness
Be effective
a
Lack effectiveness
Question 3
The chain of infection describes disease transmission beginning with:
The pathogen beginning of the life cycle
The pathogen entering the host through a portal of entry
The pathogen exiting the host through a portal of entry
a
The pathogen leaving the reservoir
Question 4
The "Father of Epidemiology" is:
Hippocrates
Edward Jenner
a
John Snow
c
John Grault
Question 5
A woman has a fever, sore throat, and fatigue. She thinks she has the West Nile virus, but she has not been to a doctor to confirm her diagnosis. She is considered a:
Primary case
Index case
Secondary case
a
Suspect case
Question 6
The first person to conduct a large-scale case-control study on the epidemiology of breast cancer was:
a
Edgar Sydenstricker
a
Janet Lane-Claypon
Bernardino Ramazzini
Alice Hamilton
Question 7
By comparing public health problems in certain places disparate geographic locations can be meaningfully compared.
Absolute numbers of
C
Hospitalizations resulting from
a
Proportions and percentages of
c
Incubation periods of
Question 8 The factors that contribute to a disease or public health outcome include:
c
The role of the host and the agent or pathogen
The agent or pathogen and environmental circumstances
a
Environmental circumstances, timing of events, host, and ag