Question: What is the most effective strategy to screen for the eating disorder anorexia nervosa, using the test discussed in the preceding questions?
Answer Choices:
Use the screening test on a lower-risk population, which is likely to have a lower prevalence of undiagnosed disease.
Use the screening test on a higher-risk population, which is likely to have a higher prevalence of undiagnosed disease.
Administer the screening test several times on all of the students.
None of the above
Answer: Use the screening test on a higher-risk population, which is likely to have a higher prevalence of undiagnosed disease.
Question: Choose the pair of words/phrases among the choices that exhibits the same logical relationship as the words/phrases in the following pair:
building: blueprint
Answer Choices:
A. ship: sea
B. cake: recipe
C. bridge: island
D. guitar: song
Answer: B. cake: recipe
Question: To earn one point, you must:
Answer Choices:
A. You must submit the tracking number you receive from the Writing Center to the week 3 “Draft Review” Assignment.
B. Paper and tracking number submissions are due Friday, day four of class.
Answer: D. All of the above
Question: The first paper linking asbestos to mesothelioma:
Answer Choices:
Reported on a rare tumor among workers in the South African asbestos industry.
Reported on American sailors who worked with asbestos in shipyards during WWII.
Reported on workers from the Manhattan Project who also worked with asbestos to prevent fires during testing.
Reported on asbestos workers in Britain who already had silicosis.
Answer: Reported on a rare tumor among workers in the South African asbestos industry.
Question: Rotavirus causes severe gastroenteritis and is a major cause of death in children under 5 years of age worldwide. The rotavirus vaccine has been linked to:
Answer Choices:
An increased risk of intussusception in infants.
Protection from intussusception in older children.
Concerns about congenital defects.
Hepatobiliary carcinoma.
Answer: An increased risk of intussusception in infants.
Question: The London Fog of 1952:
Answer Choices:
Increased deaths from bronchitis by 5 times in one week.
Was deadliest in the first week of the event.
Increased mortality primarily among children under 5 years of age.
Caused an increased incidence of lung cancer.
Answer: Increased deaths from bronchitis by 5 times in one week.
Question: Expressing anger, if done in a healthy way, can be productive if it helps partners realize how important an issue is and how the frustration has become unsustainable.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: Which of the following may be represented by a tall, pointed population pyramid?
Answer Choices:
High birth rate.
High mortality rate, resulting in lower average life expectancy.
Poor medical care conditions and/or lack of public health measures.
Economically developing countries.
All of the above may be represented by a tall, pointed population pyramid.
Answer: All of the above may be represented by a tall, pointed population pyramid.
Question: Which sentence does not properly cite the source of paraphrased information in APA style?
Answer Choices:
A) Experts agree that writing skills are essential for promotion in the workplace (Lacevedo, 2013, p. 93).
B) Professor Jimenez (2012) at Hidalgo University found that student writing proficiency was a statistically significant predictor of college success.
C) Students who write well tend to receive higher grades and report more enjoyment in upper-division college courses (Jamerson and Wallis, 2012).
D) Research indicates that frequent reading can positively impact an individual’s ability to write well (Berrott, Nguyen, & Lugones, 2014).
Answer: B) Professor Jimenez (2012) at Hidalgo University found that student writing proficiency was a statistically significant predictor of college success.
Question: Cross-sectional study designs are a good design for determining:
Answer Choices:
Prevalence.
Incidence.
Causality.
All of the above.
Answer: Prevalence.
Question: Finding a statistically significant difference in a large study reveals a true difference, but the finding may not be clinically important.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: As part of its reorganization, company X created five new positions within the company. However, after the reorganization was complete, company X had fewer employees than before the reorganization.
Which one of the following, if true, would best explain the result described above?
Answer Choices:
A. Some employees of the company were switched into new departments to fill the new positions.
B. Some employees who quit over dissatisfaction with the reorganization were immediately replaced by new hires.
C. The new positions were created to respond to a greater demand for company X’s products.
D. Some employees were laid off as a number of old positions were eliminated in the reorganization.
Answer: D. Some employees were laid off as a number of old positions were eliminated in the reorganization.