Deck 12: Prevention, Detection, and Monitoring of Disease

Question 1

Which of the following entities makes recommendations to practitioners regarding various preventative services?

A) Center for Disease Control
B) National Center for Health Statistics
C) United States Preventative Services Task Force
D) The Office of the Surgeon

Answer 1

C

Question 2

This type of prevention aims to arrest or alter the course of a disease through early detection and intervention.

A) Primary
B) Secondary
C) Tertiary
D) Quaternary

Answer 2

B

Question 3

The purpose of _____________ is to identify asymptomatic disease in individuals to improve health outcomes through early intervention.

A) Clinical examination
B) Patient education
C) Screening
D) Expert opinion

Answer 3

C

Question 4

In the context of screening tests, _____________ refers to whether or not a screening test does what is intended to do.

A) Validity
B) Dependability
C) Specificity
D) Reliability

Question 5

This type of validity refers to whether a survey instrument appears to measure what it purports to measure.

A) Criterion validity
B) Construct validity
C) Face validity
D) Content validity

Question 6

_______________ refers to the ability of a screening test to correctly identify those with asymptomatic preclinical disease.

A) Reliability
B) Validity
C) Specificity
D) Sensitivity

Question 7

_______________ Refers to the progression of disease to a level of irreversibility and serious consequences including disability and death.

A) Critical point
B) Severity point
C) Serious point
D) Perilous point

Question 8

The probability that a test-positive individual actually has the disease for which the person was tested is known as the:

A) Probability value negative
B) Predictive value negative
C) Probability value positive
D) Predictive value positive

Question 9

This type of surveillance focuses on a small number of carefully selected hospitals, practitioners, or laboratories to gather information on a specific event or disease.

A) Sentinel surveillance
B) Active surveillance
C) Syndromic surveillance
D) Passive surveillance

Question 10

____________ was developed to facilitate efficient and secure data transfer from healthcare providers to local and state public health departments and from public health agencies to the CDC.

A) National Nosocomial Infection Surveillance System
B) National Electronic Disease Surveillance System
C) National Electronic Syndromic Surveillance System
D) National Syndromic Surveillance System

Question 11

Tertiary prevention focuses on restoration of function and avoidance of permanent disability.

Question 12

Screening is important to prevent the occurrence of disease.

Question 13

When considering candidate diseases for a screening program, treatability of the disease should be an important consideration.

Question 14

Clinical validity is the ability of a test to correctly identify a property or characteristic in a specimen.

Question 15

The purpose of____________________ is to prevent the occurrence of a disease in the first place.

Question 16

____________________ pertains to the ability of the screening test to rule out correctly those without a detectable disease for which screening is being done.

Question 17

The overestimation of the survival time of those detected by a screening program because of the overrepresentation of slow-progressing cases is known as ______________.

Question 18

Which of the following are factors that must be taken into account when considering candidate diseases for implementing a screening program?

A) Severity of disease
B) Availability of Healthcare Centers
C) Insurance Coverage
D) Prevalence of the Disease

Question 19

Which of the following are examples of secondary prevention?

A) Fluoridation of water
B) Screening newborns for congenital disorders
C) Colorectal cancer screening
D) Psychological evaluation after a traumatic event

Question 20

Unscramble the letters to get the type of surveillance that is intended for early detection of highly contagious infectious disorders in the population being monitored.
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