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1.Question: If the incidence rate of a very serious disease is 25/100,000 person-years and the prevalence of this disease in the population is 75/100,000, what is the average survival time of individuals who contract this disease? 2.Question: A report of a clinical trial of a new drug versus...

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PUBH 8035 Module 7 Final Exam
Course : PUBH 8035 Epidemiology: Uncovering the Science of
Public Health

, QUESTION 1
1. If the incidence rate of a very serious disease is 25/100,000 person-years and the
prevalence of this disease in the population is 75/100,000, what is the average
survival time of individuals who contract this disease?
a
1 year
.
b
3 years
.
c3
. months
d4
. months

5 points
QUESTION 2
1. A report of a clinical trial of a new drug versus a placebo noted that the new drug
gave a higher proportion of successes than did the placebo (70% versus 40%). The
report ended with the statement that the p value associated with this finding was
equal to 0.05. This means that 5 out of 100 patients did not benefit from the new
drug.

True

False

5 points
QUESTION 3
1. When a new prevention measure for a disease is developed, both the incidence and
prevalence of the disease will decrease over the long term.

True

False

5 points
QUESTION 4
1. What can randomization do that no other method to control confounding can do?
a
It can control for known confounders
.
b
It can assure there is no bias in the study results
.
c
It can automatically assess effect modification
.
d It can prevent self-selection of subjects into the groups

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