5/15/2020 Quiz (Formative): Attempt review

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Question 1 Epidemiological research is prone to several errors. It is always essential to minimize random error in any study.
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Mark 1.00 out What is the best way of doing this?
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Select one:
a. Applying robust analytical techniques.
b. Increasing the sample size. 
c. Measuring the variables of interest as accurately as possible
d. Taking a representative sample from the population
e. Using the most appropriate measure of association

Question 2 In interventional research, participants may sometimes switch from the intervention group to the control group or vice versa.
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Mark 1.00 out How would you minimize this phenomenon and the corresponding bias?
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Select one:
a. By ensuring accurate assessment of participants
b. By ensuring allocation concealment 
c. By recruiting a large sample
d. By recruiting a representative sample
e. By using a placebo control

Question 3 A study investigating the association between smoking and Parkinsonʼs Disease (PD) found an Odds Ratio of 0.30
Correct comparing current smokers to never smokers.
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of 1.00 What is the interpretation of this Odds Ratio?
Select one:
a. Current smokers have 30% higher likelihood of having PD compared to never smokers
b. Current smokers have 70% higher likelihood of having PD compared to never smokers.
c. Current smokers have 70% lower likelihood of having PD compared to never smokers 
d. Never smokers have 30% lower likelihood of having PD compared to current smokers
e. Never smokers have 70% lower likelihood of having PD compared to current smokers

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Question 4 A research team wants to investigate whether daily walking is better at alleviating low-back pain compared to use of anti-
Correct inflammatory medication.
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of 1.00 What would be the most suitable study design for investigating this?
Select one:
a. Analytic survey
b. Case-control study.
c. Cohort study.
d. Non-controlled clinical trial.
e. Randomized controlled trial 

Question 5 A study investigated the association between frequency of exposure to sunlight and osteoporosis. The Odds Ratio
Incorrect comparing those with 7 hours or more of sun exposure per week to those with <7 hours/week exposure was 0.89 (0.75;
Mark 0.00 out 1.12).
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What do you conclude about the role of sunlight exposure in osteoporosis?
Select one:
a. It seems to have a strong harmful role.
b. It seems to have a strong protective role.
c. It seems to have a weak harmful role.
d. It seems to have a weak protective role. 
e. We cannot conclude about the role of sunlight on osteoporosis based on the studyʼs findings.

Question 6 Several different measures are used for investigating associations between exposures and outcomes. Some of these are
Correct better suited to investigate the strength of associations and other the impact of an exposure on an outcome.
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of 1.00 Which measure is used for identifying excess risk of the outcome in the exposed?
Select one:
a. Attributable Risk. 
b. Mean difference.
c. Odds Ratio.
d. Population Attributable Risk.
e. Relative Risk.

Question 7
Correct A survey in rural South Africa aimed at detecting HPV vaccine effectiveness among young women. The following results
were observed:
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  Yes No Total
Vaccinated 10 490 500
Unvaccinated 100 400 500
Based on the table above, what is the vaccine effectiveness?
Select one:
a. 2%
b. 9%
c. 20%
d. 90% 
e. 99%
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Question 8 During 2017, 618 new cases of breast cancer were diagnosed in the Republic of Cyprus. The adult population of the country
Incorrect in the specific year was 674,700.
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of 1.00 Which measure of frequency could be calculated from the current data in order to quantify the probability for developing
breast cancer in the Republic of Cyprus?
Select one:
a. Incidence
b. Odds
c. Odds Ratio
d. Prevalence
e. Relative Risk 

Question 9 A prospective study investigating the association between educational attainment and dementia among a sample of elderly
Incorrect individuals in Nigeria. The following results were observed over a duration of 10 years.
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of 1.00 Dementia over follow up
  Yes No Total
No schooling (reference) 400 600 1000
Secondary Education 500 1500 2000
Higher Education 5 95 100
What is the relative risk of dementia in those with higher education as compared to those with no schooling?
Select one:
a. 5-fold higher risk 
b. 8-fold higher risk
c. 40% higher risk
d. 80% lower risk
e. 87% lower risk

Question 10 A study conducted in the UK found that the death rate for cardiovascular disease among people in the age-group 80+
Correct years, was 80 cases per 1000.
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of 1.00 What measure of mortality is reported in the example above?
Select one:
a. Age-specific mortality rate
b. All-cause mortality rate
c. Case-fatality rate
d. Cause- and age-specific mortality rate 
e. Cause-specific mortality rate

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