Deck 18: Oral Epidemiology

Question 1

Establishing risk is the same as establishing causality.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Choose the item that best matches each item of the following:
The number of new cases of a disease or condition over a given period of time

A)Morbidity
B)Endemic
C)Epidemic
D)Pandemic
E)Validity
F)Index
G)Incidence
H)Epidemiology
I)Prevalence
J)Disease rates
K)Mortality
L)Causality
M)Etiology
N)Risk factors
O)Reliability
P)Surveillance

Answer 2

Incidence

Question 3

Choose the item that best matches each item of the following:
Methods or systems used to monitor disease and morbidity in a population

A)Morbidity
B)Endemic
C)Epidemic
D)Pandemic
E)Validity
F)Index
G)Incidence
H)Epidemiology
I)Prevalence
J)Disease rates
K)Mortality
L)Causality
M)Etiology
N)Risk factors
O)Reliability
P)Surveillance

Answer 3

Surveillance

Question 4

What source contains oral epidemiological data from around the world?

A) Prevention International
B) Federation Dentaire Internationale
C) Global Oral Data Bank
D) International Federation of Dental Hygienists
E) None of the above

Question 5

A risk marker is an attribute that is associated with the increased probability of disease but is not considered to have a causal role.

Question 6

Choose the item that best matches each item of the following:
The ratio of the number of deaths from a given disease or condition

A)Morbidity
B)Endemic
C)Epidemic
D)Pandemic
E)Validity
F)Index
G)Incidence
H)Epidemiology
I)Prevalence
J)Disease rates
K)Mortality
L)Causality
M)Etiology
N)Risk factors
O)Reliability
P)Surveillance

Question 7

The prevention agenda for the United States is discussed in which publication?

A) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
B) Healthy People 2010
C) Global Oral Data Bank
D) Prevention USA
E) None of the above

Question 8

Observational studies can be conducted to infer causality.

Question 9

What publication is a compilation of cogent issues currently studied?

A) Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Report
B) Healthy People 2000
C) Call to Action
D) Healthy People 2010
E) None of the above

Question 10

Choose the item that best matches each item of the following:
Often called an "outbreak" of disease

A)Morbidity
B)Endemic
C)Epidemic
D)Pandemic
E)Validity
F)Index
G)Incidence
H)Epidemiology
I)Prevalence
J)Disease rates
K)Mortality
L)Causality
M)Etiology
N)Risk factors
O)Reliability
P)Surveillance

Question 11

Choose the item that best matches each item of the following:
A numerical expression of the number of all existing cases of a disease or condition measured at a given period of time

A)Morbidity
B)Endemic
C)Epidemic
D)Pandemic
E)Validity
F)Index
G)Incidence
H)Epidemiology
I)Prevalence
J)Disease rates
K)Mortality
L)Causality
M)Etiology
N)Risk factors
O)Reliability
P)Surveillance

Question 12

Choose the item that best matches each item of the following:
The study of the amount, distribution, determinants, and control of disease and health conditions among given populations

A)Morbidity
B)Endemic
C)Epidemic
D)Pandemic
E)Validity
F)Index
G)Incidence
H)Epidemiology
I)Prevalence
J)Disease rates
K)Mortality
L)Causality
M)Etiology
N)Risk factors
O)Reliability
P)Surveillance

Question 13

Causality means that a particular exposure results in a particular outcome.

Question 14

Choose the item that best matches each item of the following:
Characteristics of an individual or population that may increase the likelihood of experiencing a given health problem

A)Morbidity
B)Endemic
C)Epidemic
D)Pandemic
E)Validity
F)Index
G)Incidence
H)Epidemiology
I)Prevalence
J)Disease rates
K)Mortality
L)Causality
M)Etiology
N)Risk factors
O)Reliability
P)Surveillance

Question 15

Choose the item that best matches each item of the following:
A relatively low, but constant, level of occurrence of a disease or condition in a population

A)Morbidity
B)Endemic
C)Epidemic
D)Pandemic
E)Validity
F)Index
G)Incidence
H)Epidemiology
I)Prevalence
J)Disease rates
K)Mortality
L)Causality
M)Etiology
N)Risk factors
O)Reliability
P)Surveillance

Question 16

The study of disease in a target population is called ________.

A) Etiology
B) Causality
C) Epidemiology
D) Naturalization
E) All of the above

Question 17

The theory that a disease can be attributed to many factors is termed ________.

A) Multifactorial
B) Cause-and-effect
C) Dimensional
D) Naturalization
E) None of the above

Question 18

Choose the item that best matches each item of the following:
Widespread outbreaks of a disease or condition across a region

A)Morbidity
B)Endemic
C)Epidemic
D)Pandemic
E)Validity
F)Index
G)Incidence
H)Epidemiology
I)Prevalence
J)Disease rates
K)Mortality
L)Causality
M)Etiology
N)Risk factors
O)Reliability
P)Surveillance

Question 19

A risk indicator is a modifiable attribute that is known to be associated with a health condition.

Question 20

Choose the item that best matches each item of the following:
The study of the cause(s) of disease

A)Morbidity
B)Endemic
C)Epidemic
D)Pandemic
E)Validity
F)Index
G)Incidence
H)Epidemiology
I)Prevalence
J)Disease rates
K)Mortality
L)Causality
M)Etiology
N)Risk factors
O)Reliability
P)Surveillance

Question 21

Choose the item that best matches each item of the following:
The ratio of "sick" or affected individuals to well individuals

A)Morbidity
B)Endemic
C)Epidemic
D)Pandemic
E)Validity
F)Index
G)Incidence
H)Epidemiology
I)Prevalence
J)Disease rates
K)Mortality
L)Causality
M)Etiology
N)Risk factors
O)Reliability
P)Surveillance

Question 22

Choose the item that best matches each item of the following:
These are often "adjusted" to make valid comparisons and detect trends

A)Morbidity
B)Endemic
C)Epidemic
D)Pandemic
E)Validity
F)Index
G)Incidence
H)Epidemiology
I)Prevalence
J)Disease rates
K)Mortality
L)Causality
M)Etiology
N)Risk factors
O)Reliability
P)Surveillance

Question 23

Choose the item that best matches each item of the following:
The theory of causation for a disease or condition

A)Morbidity
B)Endemic
C)Epidemic
D)Pandemic
E)Validity
F)Index
G)Incidence
H)Epidemiology
I)Prevalence
J)Disease rates
K)Mortality
L)Causality
M)Etiology
N)Risk factors
O)Reliability
P)Surveillance

Question 24

Choose the item that best matches each item of the following:
Degree to which a research study measured what it was supposed to measure (internal) and can be generalized to the entire population (external)

A)Morbidity
B)Endemic
C)Epidemic
D)Pandemic
E)Validity
F)Index
G)Incidence
H)Epidemiology
I)Prevalence
J)Disease rates
K)Mortality
L)Causality
M)Etiology
N)Risk factors
O)Reliability
P)Surveillance

Question 25

Choose the item that best matches each item of the following:
A standardized method used to describe the status of an individual or group with respect to a given condition

A)Morbidity
B)Endemic
C)Epidemic
D)Pandemic
E)Validity
F)Index
G)Incidence
H)Epidemiology
I)Prevalence
J)Disease rates
K)Mortality
L)Causality
M)Etiology
N)Risk factors
O)Reliability
P)Surveillance