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HLTH 4200 /HLTH 4200 Week 6 Final Exam. Questions With Answers. Latest 2021

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Course HLTH-4200-2,Principles of Epidemiology.2018 Summer Qtr 05/29-08/19-PT3 Test HLTH_4200_Week6_Exam Started 7/5/18 7:03 PM Submitted 7/5/18 7:43 PM Due Date 7/9/18 1:59 AM Status Completed A... ttempt Score 120 out of 125 points Time Elapsed 39 minutes out of 4 hours Instructions Please answer each question below and click Submit when you have completed the Quiz. Results Displayed Submitted Answers, Correct Answers, Feedback  Question 1 5 out of 5 points Statistical power is the ability of a study to demonstrate an association if one exists Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True Response Feedback: For a discussion of this topic, see pps. 354-355 and 373 of your textbook.  Question 2 5 out of 5 points Which of the following IS NOT a characteristic that would make a disease appropriate for screening? Selected Answer: The positive predictive value of the screening test should be low. Correct Answer: The positive predictive value of the screening test should be low. Response Feedback: see Chapter 11, p. 415 of your text  Question 3 5 out of 5 points You are interested in finding out whether middle-aged men who have irregular heartbeats are at greater risk of developing a myocardial infarction (heart attack) than men whose heartbeats are regular. Electrocardiogram (ECG) examinations are performed on all male office employees 35 years of age or older who work for oil companies in Houston. The ECG tracings are classified as irregular or regular. Five years later, myocardial infarction rates are compared between those with and those without baseline ECG irregularities. This is an example of what type of study? Selected Answer: Prospective cohort Correct Answer: Prospective cohort Response Feedback: See Ch. 6,7, and 8—p. 301  Question 4 5 out of 5 points The physical examination records of the incoming freshman class of 1935 at the University of Minnesota were examined in 1980 to see whether their recorded height and weight at the time of admission to the university are related to their chance of developing coronary heart disease by 1980. This is an example of what type of study? Selected Answer: Retrospective cohort Correct Answer: Retrospective cohort Response Feedback: See Ch. 6, 7, and 8—p. 302-393  Question 5 5 out of 5 points Research participants were children enrolled in a health maintenance organization. At 18 months of age each child was randomly assigned to one of two groups. Each group was given one of two types of vaccine against Haemophilus influenza. Parents were asked to record any side effects on a card and mail it back after two weeks. This study would be characterized as: Selected Answer: Clinical trial Correct Answer: Clinical trial Response Feedback: See Chapters 6, 7, and 8 (pp. 262-264) of your text.  Question 6 5 out of 5 points Research participants with a confirmed diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome were compared to a comparable group without carpal tunnel syndrome. Both groups were asked about their prior occupational and recreational exposures. This study could be characterized as [Show More]

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