Essentials Of Human Disease 2nd Edition by Leonard Crowley

Exercise 6

Select the correct answer. A government agency proposes a pilot program to screen a population for a disease by means of a blood test. The characteristics of the disease and the screening test are listed. Which of these statements indicates that the proposed screening test is unlikely to be worthwhile?
A) The disease occurs with moderate frequency in the population (about 1 per 1000).
B) The disease progresses very slowly in affected persons.
C) No specific method of treatment is available at the present time.
D) The test is relatively inexpensive (about $15.00).
E) The test is quite specific and produces very few false-positive and false-negative results.