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Epidemiology Exam Questions Questions
Question 1 of 5
What does a dose-response relationship indicate in epidemiology?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Dose-response (C) shows risk rising with exposure (e.g., more smoking, more cancer). A, B, and D misinterpret.
Question 2 of 5
Overconsumption of refined sugar has been shown to cause
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Sugar contributes to obesity indirectly; no direct causation for B-D.
Question 3 of 5
Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disorder of eccrine and exocrine gland function. All the following statements about cystic fibrosis are true EXCEPT
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: High sweat chloride confirms CF, not absence.
Question 4 of 5
Compared with persons without kidney disease, patients on chronic dialysis for renal failure have an increased incidence of all the following EXCEPT
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Hypernephroma (renal cancer) isn’t dialysis-related; others are.
Question 5 of 5
The reasons for the poor 5-year survival rate for pancreatic cancer include all the following EXCEPT
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Diabetes is a risk, not a survival factor; others limit prognosis.