Question 1 of 101 Points 1. A survey of 1000 women over age 75 in Embarrass, MN, in 2015. In the year following the survey, 5 cases of uterine cancer were diagnosed among the survey participants. Assuming none of the women died of other causes and none was lost to follow-up, what was the uterine cancer incidence? [Choose the ONE best answer]:

A. 5% B. 500 per 100,000 people C. 3.3% D. 333 per 100,000 people 2. When comparing health conditions between two or more locations, which of the following measures is best to use [Choose the ONE best answer]:

A. Crude death rate B. Case-fatality rate C. Adjusted death rate D. Annual mortality rate 3. In 2001, the neonatal mortality rate in Buttzville, NJ was 3.8 per 1,000 live births. In the same year, the neonatal mortality in Hazardville, CT. was 10.7 per 1,000 live births. Calculate the ratio of the infant mortality rate in Buttzville, NJ to that in Hazardville, CT. [Choose the ONE best answer]: A. 0.36 B. 3.0 C. 3:1 D. 1:3 4. Epidemiologists may perform the following duties: compare the frequency of brain cancer among chemical plant workers with the frequency of brain cancer in the general population. This activity describes a key term found in the definition of epidemiology. [Choose the ONE best answer]:

A. Distribution B. Adjustment C. Determinants D. Application 5. When there is an imbalance between the agent and the host and the host gains an advantage, it will result in [Choose the ONE best answer]:

A. The occurrence of disease will be stable over time B. The occurrence of disease will decrease over time C. The occurrence of disease will decrease and then increase over time D. The occurrence of disease will increase and then decrease over time Question 6 of 101 Points 6. The epidemiologic triad of disease causation refers to [Choose the ONE best answer]:

A. Agent, host, environment B. Time, place, person C. Who, what, why D. Endemic, epidemic, pandemic

7. The number of deaths due to a disease that occur among persons who are afflicted with the disease is known as the [Choose the ONE best answer]:

A. Crude death rate. B. Case-fatality. C. Cause-specific rate. D. Prevalence 8. Generally, biostatisticians make inference from the population to the sample: [Choose the ONE best answer]:

A. True B. False C. Undefined D. Can't tell, need more information 9. There are 150 children under five years in Whitefish, Montana and 50 of them develop Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) at a daycare in one year. The attack rate for RSV would be [Choose the ONE best answer]:

A. 0.333% B. 3.33% C. 33.3% D. 333% 10. Of the 37,461 motor vehicle, traffic fatalities in 2016 there were 18,590 that occurred in rural areas, 17,656 that occurred in urban areas, and 1,215 that occurred in areas of unknown type. What proportion of motor vehicle traffic fatalities occurred in rural and areas of unknown type? [Choose the ONE best answer]:

A. 50% B. 47% C. 51% D. 53%