Question 1: Which of the following is not usually an aim of epidemiology? 

Question 2: Which of the following activities characterizes a clinical approach (as opposed to an epidemiologic approach)? 

Question 3: Which of the following activities characterizes an epidemiologic approach (as opposed to a clinical approach)? 

Question 4: The Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) is responsible for (give the best  ): 

Question 5: Cyclic variations in the occurrence of pneumonia and influenza mortality may reflect:  both A and B

Question 6: John Snow, author of Snow on Cholera: 

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

Question 8: Indicate the level of prevention that is represented by nutritional counseling for pregnant women

Question 9: In 1900, the death rate per 100,000 members of the population for influenza and pneumonia (I & P) was 202.2; it was 22.4 in 2003. How much did the death rate due to I & P decline? 

Question 10: Indicate the level of prevention that is represented by screening for breast cancer 

Question 11: Using epidemiology for operational research involves: 

Question 12: The difference between primary and secondary prevention of disease is: 

Question 13: Indicate the level of prevention that is represented by half-way houses for persons recovering from addiction 

Question 14: Indicate the level of prevention that is represented by pasteurization of milk 

Question 15: An epidemiologic survey of roller-skating injuries in Metroville, a city with a population of 100,000 (during the midpoint of the year), produced the following data for a particular year:

Number of skaters in Metroville during any given month 12,000 Roller-skating injuries in Metroville 600 Total number of residents injured from roller-skating 1,800 Total number of deaths from roller-skating 90 Total number of deaths from all causes 900

The cause-specific mortality rate from roller-skating was: 

Question 16: Blood pressure measurements on adult males 30-39 years of age were obtained in a survey of a representative sample of Twin Cities households. To compare the frequency of hypertension in the white and non-white population surveyed, the most appropriate measure is the: 

Question 17: Determining workload and planning the scope of facilities and manpower needs, particularly for chronic disease. Is this a use for incidence or prevalence data? 

Question 18: Estimating the frequency of exposure. Is this a use for incidence or prevalence data? 

The risk of acquiring a given disease during a time period is best determined by: 

Question 20: To express the burden or extent of some condition or attribute in a population. Is this a use for incidence or prevalence data? 

Question 21: The fundamental tool for etiologic studies of both acute and chronic diseases. Is this a use for incidence or prevalence data? 

Question 22: Beach City has a rising population of 500,000 robust, fertile males and 450,000 robust, fertile females. If there were 4,000 live births, 3 fetal deaths, and 40 maternal deaths, what is the crude birth rate? 

Question 23: Age-specific and age-adjusted mortality rates by sex in the United States generally show the following sex differences: 

Question 24: A null hypothesis is most similar to which of the following? 

Question 25: Reasons for gender differences in mortality may include: 

Lung cancer mortality among women is increasing faster than among men. What factor(s) would most likely account for this increased cancer rate? 

Men are smoking more

Question 26: Descriptive epidemiology has the following characteristics (Choose the incorrect option): 

Question 27: Studies of nativity and migration have reported that: 

Question 28: Which of the following statements most accurately expresses the downward-drift hypothesis for schizophrenia? 

Question 29: Which of Mill's four canons suggests that there is an association between frequency of disease and the potency of a causative factor?