Assignment: Studying Infectious Communicable

Assignment: Studying Infectious Communicable Disease
Assignment: Studying Infectious Communicable Disease
Question 1
Epidemiology involves studying infectious communicable disease, not events like injury, obesity, mental health disorders, and seat belt use.
[removed]True
[removed]False
1.6 points
Question 2
The Framingham study was a:
[removed] a. Retrospective cohort study.
[removed] b. Case-control study.
[removed] c. Cross-sectional study.
[removed] d. Prospective cohort study.
1.7 points
Question 3
Epidemiology includes the study of:
[removed] a. Human behavior
[removed] b. Accidents
[removed] c. Disease
[removed] d. All of the above
[removed] e. None of the above
1.7 points
Question 4
The definition of epidemiology involves all of the following EXCEPT:
[removed] a. Identification of determinants
[removed] b. Measuring the distribution of disease
[removed] c. Individuals
[removed] d. Application
[removed] e. The definition includes all of the above
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1.7 points
Question 5
Who evaluated the Bills of Mortality?
[removed] a. William Farr
[removed] b. John Graunt
[removed] c. Hippocrates
[removed] d. George Soper
1.7 points
Question 6
Who helped to establish the germ theory of disease?
[removed] a. James Lind
[removed] b. John Snow
[removed] c. Louis Pasteur
[removed] d. Florence Nightingale
1.7 points
Question 7
Who showed that poor diet could result in scurvy?
[removed] a. James Lind
[removed] b. John Snow
[removed] c. Louis Pasteur
[removed] d. Florence Nightingale
1.7 points
Question 8
The web of causation includes host and environmental determinants.
[removed]True
[removed]False
1.6 points
Question 9
A cause of disease is an event, condition, or characteristic that preceded the disease and without which the disease would either not have occurred or would have occurred later.
[removed]True
[removed]False
1.6 points
Question 10
Which sequence below represents the chronological evolution of disease causation approaches in epidemiology (from oldest to newest)?
[removed] a. Web of causation -> Germ theory -> Body humor imbalance-> Ecosocial framework
[removed] b. Germ theory -> Body humor imbalance -> Ecosocial framework -> Web of causation
[removed] c. Body humor imbalance -> Germ theory -> Web of causation -> Ecosocial framework
[removed] d. Body humor imbalance -> Web of causation -> Ecosocial framework -> Germ theory
1.7 points