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The "Framingham study" is a good example of what type of evidence?
a. Clinical
b. Skeptical
c. Epidemiological
d. Experimental
e. Biased CORRECT ANSWERS c. Epidemiological
Which ONE of the following best expresses the meaning of the word "model" as used in
this course?
a. An example of the correct way of doing things
b An occupation - especially female - at high risk of eating disorders
c. A celebrity whose behaviour is copied by young people
d. A representation or way of looking at things
e. Subjects who volunteer for scientific experiments CORRECT ANSWERS b. Impact
factor
"My friend takes a sauna every day, and she hasn't been sick in years" is an example of
which type of evidence?
a. Clinical
b. Experimental
c. Epidemiological
d. Random
e. Anecdotal CORRECT ANSWERS e. Anecdotal
Which of the following is the branch of science concerned with the distribution and
determinants of disease in a population?
a. Epidemiology
b. Kinesiology
c. Cardiology
d. Mortality
e. Pathology CORRECT ANSWERS a. Epidemiology
Which ONE of the following measures how frequently other authors cite articles in a
particular scientific journal?
a. Peer review
b. Impact factor
c. Specificity rating
d. Number of website hits
e. Scientific credibility CORRECT ANSWERS b. Impact factor
, "People who smoke half a pack of cigarettes a day have five times the risk of lung
cancer as non-smokers. Pack-a day smokers have 10 times the risk as non-smokers.
Risk for those who smoke two packs a day is 20 times the risk of non-smokers." This is
an example of:
a. Consistency
b. Dose-response
c. Specificity
d. Strength of association
e. Biological plausibility CORRECT ANSWERS b. Dose-response
"Killed or weakened forms of a pathogen given to people so that they will be ready for a
subsequent invasion of a 'live wild' pathogen." These are
a. antibodies
b. antigens
c. antibiotics
d. pathogens
e. vaccines CORRECT ANSWERS e. vaccines
Which of the following is the best definition of "antigen."
a. disease causing agent such as a virus or bacteria
b. bumps that have specific shapes on the surface of cells
c. drug used to fight infections caused by bacteria
d substance that causes a mutation to genes
e. proteins produced by the immune system to fight infections CORRECT ANSWERS b.
bumps that have specific shapes on the surface of cells
"Washing your hands often." This strategy works at what place in the chain of infection?
a. pathogen
b. establishment of disease in new host
c. portal of entry
d. portal of exit
e. transmission CORRECT ANSWERS e. transmission
The "latent period" is the time
a. between exposure to a disease-causing agent and the appearance of symptoms of
the disease
b. before a vaccination becomes effective
c. during which a person can pass a communicable disease to another person.
d. it takes to recover once you have been infected with a communicable disease.
e. a bacterium can live outside of a warm, moist environment CORRECT ANSWERS a.
between exposure to a disease-causing agent and the appearance of symptoms of the
disease
"Covering your mouth when you sneeze." This strategy works at what place in the chain
of infection?
a. pathogen
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