Question: Even if a screening test has efficacy, it may be underutilized due to social reasons.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: Select the correct interpretation of an Odds Ratio of 5.0x.
Answer Choices:
Cases were 400% more likely to have been exposed than controls.
Cases were 500% more likely to have been exposed than controls.
Cases were 600% more likely to have been exposed than controls.
Cases were 700% more likely to have been exposed than controls.
Answer: Cases were 400% more likely to have been exposed than controls.
Question: The following year (2012), the same 3000 residents were surveyed again and 50 new cases of osteoporosis were diagnosed. What is the incidence proportion of osteoporosis in this population in 2012? (Recall that in the January to December 2011 study, 100 of the residents were diagnosed with osteoporosis.)
Answer Choices:
(50/3000)*1000 = 1.7%
(50/3000)*100 = approx. 1.7%
(50/3000)*100 = approx. 1.7 per 1000 person-years
(50/2500)*100 = approx. 2% per 1000 person-years
None of the above
Answer: (50/2500)*100 = approx. 2% per 1000 person-years
Question: Lead levels in children’s and adults’ blood:
Answer Choices:
Are no longer a public health threat because of Congressional actions taken after the Muskie Hearings.
Remain as high as in the 1970s because of lead in paint.
Remain high because of lobbying by Herbert Needleman to keep lead in gasoline.
Dropped in direct relationship to the reduction of lead in gasoline.
Answer: Dropped in direct relationship to the reduction of lead in gasoline.
Question: The only movement allowed between the first two cervical vertebrae is flexion.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: False
Question: Extracapsular ligaments stabilizing the knee include ________.
Answer Choices:
the patellar ligament extending from femur to patella
the oblique popliteal crossing the knee anteriorly
lateral and medial collateral ligaments preventing lateral or medial angular movements
cruciate ligaments, which help secure the articulating bones together
Answer: lateral and medial collateral ligaments preventing lateral or medial angular movements
Question: Who applied experimental methods to test if citrus such as oranges and lemons were effective remedies for scurvy?
Answer Choices:
Hippocrates
James Lind
John Snow
John Graunt
William Farr
Answer: James Lind
Question: Which of the following is NOT a consequence of a second validated incidence of plagiarism at Ashford?
Answer Choices:
a failing grade in the class
a formal conversation with the dean
suspension from Ashford University
expulsion from Ashford University
Answer: a formal conversation with the dean
Question: In this paper, an introduction is not required.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: False
Question: Which of the following is NOT a threshold concept as put forth by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)?
Answer Choices:
Searching as strategic exploration
Information creation as a process
Creative thinking as a means for discovery
Research as inquiry
Answer: Creative thinking as a means for discovery
Question: Which of Hill’s Criteria would be best supported by the following data? “Lung cancer occurred more frequently among heavy smokers than it did among moderate or light smokers; among smokers, those with the lowest risk smoked less than half a pack of cigarettes a day.”
Answer Choices:
Strength of association
Consistency of observed association
Temporality
Biological gradient
Answer: Biological gradient
Question: Which of the following is NOT a popular online tool specifically for note taking?
Answer Choices:
Google Drive
Evernote
Mendeley
OneNote
Answer: Google Drive
Question: The equity theory of relationships asserts that:
Answer Choices:
A. We seek to balance our own with the rewards of our partners by paying attention to each other during a conversation.
B. We seek to balance our own rewards with the rewards of our partners by getting a joint checking account.
C. We seek to balance our own rewards with the rewards of our partners by matching life choices with our partners.
D. We seek to balance our own rewards with the rewards of our partner so that we put in and obtain similar relationship rewards.
Answer: D. We seek to balance our own rewards with the rewards of our partner so that we put in and obtain similar relationship rewards.
Question: Which APA-style reference is incorrect?
Answer: MacMillon, L., & Silver, D. (2015). Diffusion of impaired driving laws among US states. American Journal of Public Health, 105(9), 1893-1900. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2015.302700
Question: Please complete the following sentence by choosing the correct verb:
Edward is the only student who ______ lived up to the potential described in the yearbook.
Answer Choices:
have
has
Answer: has
Question: Who is associated with the discovery of Congenital rubella syndrome?
Answer Choices:
Rolf Ljungstrom
Norman Gregg
Louis Pasteur
Edward Jenner
Jonas Salk
Answer: Norman Gregg
Question: James decides to research the use of new online presentation tools. As he goes along, he takes notes on a select few. When James gets ready to develop a realistic quote for presentation tools as most impressive, he realizes he wrote down nearly every word of the lecture to use, but he doesn’t know who said it, why that person said it, or where he or she said it. James remembers finding the source online. Unfortunately, he thought he would be able to remember the writer’s name as well as the website. What did James do wrong in his research process?
Answer Choices:
He didn’t write down ideas or thoughts he had while reading.
He lost track of a research article or source he read.
He didn’t take notes at the time he found a source because he thought he would remember the information and where he located it.
None of the above.
Answer: None of the above
Question: Career counselor: It is best for artists to build a practical and safe career that will guarantee them a secure income, and then pursue their art in their spare time. That way, they will be motivated to work hard at their day jobs to support their art making, and both their career and their art will thrive.
Which one of the following, if true, would most weaken the argument?
Answer Choices:
A. Some forms of art making are expensive and require a good deal of money to pursue.
B. Many people who aren’t artists prefer to pursue practical and safe careers.
C. Having the time and money to make art doesn’t guarantee an artist commercial success.
D. Splitting time between two pursuits in life often causes both to suffer.
Answer: D. Splitting time between two pursuits in life often causes both to suffer.
Question: It’s rare that we see age related differences or variation in specific disease rates. In other words, people are just as likely to get a disease when they are old as when they are young.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: False
Question: The gliding motion of the wrist uses ________ joints.
Answer Choices:
plane
hinge
pivot
condyloid
Answer: plane