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PUBH 6003 Final Exam- George Washington University

,PUBH 6003 Final Exam- George Washington University
Final

ExamQ 1

Question 1

Having a model or framework for the different factors involved in disease causation:



Select one:

a. is important for understanding how a disease could be prevented. Correct

b. is always triangular.

c. only applies to infectious diseases.

d. emphasizes that environment is the most important issue.

Q2

Question 2

Which of the following variables is often considered the most important factor in health studies?



Select one:

a. SES

b. Gender

c. Race

d. Age Correct

e. Place

Q3

Question 3

If records showed that over the past thirty years the one-year cumulative incidence of a disease was
stable, but the point prevalence appeared to be increasing, which of the following statements, would be
the best explanation?



Select one:

a. The duration of disease is becoming shorter.

b. The case-fatality rate of this disease is increasing.

, PUBH 6003 Final Exam- George Washington University
c. Treatment (but not cure) for the disease is improving Correct

d. Efforts to prevent new cases of this disease are becoming more successful

e. The risk of the disease has decreased over the past 30 years.

Q4

Question 4

In a meat processing plant with 1,200 employees in an impoverished county, records showed that there
were 20 deaths over a one-year period. Analyses showed that in a similarly aged population (of the same
size) in a nearby town, one would have only expected to see 16 deaths. How would one describe
mortality at this plant in such a way as to account for the workers’ ages?



Select one:

a. As a mortality rate of 1.7%

b. As a mortality rate of 1667 per 100,000

c. SMR=125 Correct

d. SMR=66.7

e. You would need to know the person years at the plant.

Q5

Question 5

An example of the observational unit in an ecological study might be any of these except:



Select one:

a. Hospitals

b. Individuals Correct

c. Counties

d. Continents

e. Calendar years

Q6

Question 6

Which of the following is not an example of a vector in disease transmission?

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