Reference no: EM133274499
Question 1
Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well being and not merely the absence of disease of infirmity; as defined by what organization?
The American Public Health Association
The American Heart Association
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The World Health Organization
Question 2
Quality of Life is a measurement that represents...
An overall feeling of healing
An overall feeling of well being
An overall feeling of complete understanding
An overall feeling of goodness
Question 3
Which study of epidemiology focuses on describing the amount of disease in a population and the characteristics and traits of the people within the population?
Behavioral Epidemiology
Genetic Epidemiology
Social Epidemiology
Descriptive Epidemiology
Question 4.
Which of the following statements accurately describes the natural history of a disease?
A description of the progression of a disease from the first symptom to recovery or death.
Predicting whether an individual will recover from a given disease.
Describing the amount of a disease occurring in a population by the population's characteristics (age, geographic location, time)
All of the answers given are correct
Question 5.
According to the lesson, a vehicle-borne transmission happens when diseases are transmitted by ____________ and ________.
Contaminated water and people.
Contaminated food and air.
Contaminated water and air.
Contaminated food and water.
Question 6.
According to the lesson, descriptive epidemiology is defined by 3 types of variables: Time variables, personal variables, and
Indirect variables
Object variables
Sequential variables
Place variables
Question 7.
According to the lesson, what is the greatest contribution of descriptive epidemiology? It allows for the development of
Hypotheses
Resolutions
Samples
Definitions
Question 8.
Which one of the following public health data systems is designed to collect information about health behaviors that affect the causes of death, disability, and social problems among youths and young adults in the United States?
Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS)
Vital statistics
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
Census
Question 9.
The following is NOT a demographic risk, as discussed in your lesson:
Age
Height
Race
Socioeconomic Status
Question 10.
Inheriting the BRCA gene that increases risk of breast cancer is a _________ for the development of breast cancer.
component cause
sufficient cause
necessary cause
necessary and sufficient cause