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