PBH 205 Midterm Review

Question 1

Which of the following diseases is NOT known to be preventable by practicing healthy behavior?

Accepted Answer

Arthritis

Question 2

Which of the following is not true about epidemiology?

Accepted Answer

It is primarily an experimental science

Question 3

Which of the following population health surveys collects the most accurate data?

Accepted Answer

National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Question 4

John Snow discovered what disease on the pump?

Accepted Answer

Cholera

Question 5

I feel prepared for the midterm.

Accepted Answer

False, True

Question 6

The costs of public health measures are easier to calculate than are the benefits.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

What was the name of Henrietta Lacks' doctor?

Accepted Answer

Dr. George Gey

Question 8

A concept used as a measure of premature mortality is:

Accepted Answer

YPLL

Question 9

Poor people have higher mortality rates for all of the following reasons except:

Accepted Answer

Genetics

Question 10

Mammograms to detect breast cancer are an example of...

Accepted Answer

Secondary prevention

Question 11

Informed Consent means...

Accepted Answer

Getting patient permission before a medical procedure

Question 12

Epidemiologic data can be used to directly develop policy and influence population health.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

Which of the following is not part of the epidemiologic triangle?

Accepted Answer

Assessment

Question 14

What does the term "immortal cell line" mean?

Accepted Answer

That your cells continuously divide, forever.

Question 15

Public Health Focuses on populations, whereas medicine focuses on individuals.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

What did the doctor's name Henrietta Lack's cells?

Accepted Answer

HeLA

Question 17

Restricting individual freedoms for public health purposes is unconstitutional.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 18

Which justification for limiting people's freedom is likely to be the most controversial?

Accepted Answer

to prevent someone from harming himself

Question 19

The core functions of public health are...

Accepted Answer

Assessment, policy development, and assurance

Question 20

Which of the following is NOT true of intervention studies?

Accepted Answer

Subjects choose for themselves what their exposure is

Question 21

Which of the following is NOT true about the US census?

Accepted Answer

Includes detailed info about health, employ., and education

Question 22

In the Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, "Night doctors" are...

Accepted Answer

Doctors who kidnap minorities to experiment on them

Question 23

Data that is____contains identifying info that cannot be shared without consent.

Accepted Answer

Confidential

Question 24

A low p-value means:

Accepted Answer

A low probability that the result occurred by chance

Question 25

PH measures contributing to people being healthier today than they were 100 years ago...

Accepted Answer

Sanitation, better nutrition, and occupational safety

Question 26

Primary prevention refers to...

Accepted Answer

Prevention of exposure to risk factors

Question 27

BRFSS stands for...

Accepted Answer

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey

Question 28

PH measures contributing to people being healthier today than they were 100 years ago...

Accepted Answer

Sanitation, better nutrition, and occupational safety

Question 29

Which of the following leading causes of death has decreased over the past century?

Accepted Answer

Microbial Agents

Question 30

Public Health focuses on ____ of disease and ____of health.

Accepted Answer

prevention; promotion

Question 31

Laws requiring childhood vaccines have little effect on deaths from infectious diseases

Accepted Answer

False

Question 32

To compare the mortality rate in FL with that of CA, what should be done with the data?

Accepted Answer

Calculate age-adjusted rates

Question 33

Monitoring interventions is an important part of the PH approach to health problems in the pop.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 34

According to the scientific community, vaccines CAUSE autism.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 35

It is hard to conduct studies with human participants because:

Accepted Answer

All of the above.

Question 36

The Nurse's Health Study is what type of study?

Accepted Answer

Cohort

Question 37

Seat belt laws are an example of:

Accepted Answer

Secondary Prevention

Question 38

Vaccines are an example of...

Accepted Answer

Primary prevention

Question 39

How do you interpret the odds ratio of 3.2?

Accepted Answer

People with diarrhea have 3.2 the odds of eating a burger

Question 40

Which of the following factors is considered the leading actual cause of death in the U.S.?

Accepted Answer

Tobacco

Question 41

Poor diet and inactivity contribute to all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

Infectious diseases

Question 42

To avoid false positives in a screening program to detect pregnancy, a test must be:

Accepted Answer

Highly specific

Question 43

To avoid false negatives in a program to detect breast cancer in women >50, the test must be...

Accepted Answer

Highly sensitive

Question 44

Which of the following is true of public health assessment?

Accepted Answer

Monitor health status to identify community health problems.

Question 45

Environmental health does not include...

Accepted Answer

Treatment of lung cancer

Question 46

The Tuskegee syphilis studies were...

Accepted Answer

All of the above.

Question 47

Which of the following is NOT true of cohort studies?

Accepted Answer

They usually use a placebo

PBH 205 Midterm Review

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PBH 205 Midterm Review

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