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Emilio Aguinaldo College of Medicine

Department of Family & Community Medicine

STUDENTS REVIEWER(Theoretical Phase)

___1.) The following statement/s is/are TRUE regarding

the measures of central tendency EXCEPTA. It includes the variance

___2.) The MEAN is any of the following EXCEPTA. It is not sensitive to extreme values

___3.) Properties of the mean, EXCEPT

A. It is the most ideal for ranked or ordinaldata

___4.) In the calculation of the grade point average ofseveral subjects with different unit loads, the

teacher usually is doing the

A. Weighted mean____5.) The data set is 4,5,5,6,6. The mean is

A. 5.2____6.) TRUE statements concerning the median

A. It is the middle value of a data setB. Divides the data set into two equal halvesC. Used when the data is ordinalD. All of the above

____7.) In the calculation of the medianA. You need to arrange the data firstB. You need to determine its locationC. Identify whether the data is grouped or

ungroupedD. All of the above

____8.) The MODE is any of the following EXCEPT:A. It is the most reliable when compared to the

mean and median

____9.) In a data set: 4,5,3,2,1,5, the median isA. Its between the 3rd and 4th element

____10.) If the median is greater than the mean value,

the distribution is said to beA. Skewed to the left

____11.) Subtracting the lowest value from the highestvalue is the

A. Range___12.) In qualitative data, the appropriate measure of

central tendency is:

D.) the mode

___13.) A data set is the following: 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

persons. The measure of centraltendency to be used is

A.) Mean

___14.) When comparing variation between two datawith two different units of measurement,

then one will use the:

D.) coefficient of variation

___15.) A normal distribution curve is computedmathematically by the:

D.) mean and standard deviation

___16.) The set of systolic BP readings: 120, 130, 140,150, 160, 180, 210 mmHg. The followingstatement/s is/are CORRECT, EXCEPT

A.) The median is 150B.) The mean is the sum of the readings divided by 7C.) There is no mode

D.) The distribution is skewed to the leftE.) None of the above

___17.) TRUE of the standard deviationA.) It is the root of the squared deviations of the individu

observations from the mean

___18.) Which of the following types of graph bestdepict the age-sex distribution of the population?

D. deviation bar graph

__19.) Which one is sample mean ?

A.)

B.)

C.) None of the above

__20.) Which one is measure of variability ?

A. RangeB. Standard deviationC. VarianceD. Coefficient of variationE. All of the above

__21.) If the data is said to be homogenous, it is alsosaid to have

A. Low variability

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__22.) If the variability of the data set is SMALL, we can

say thatA. More uniformly distributed

__23.) Also known as the is the square of the standard

deviationA. Variance

__24.) Dr Tess, wanted to know, if the heightmeasurements in centimetres are more variable when

compared to the weight data of children in kg . The bestmethod of variability to be used is the

A. Coefficient of variation__25.) The range

A. The difference between the highest and thelowest value of the data set

B. It is sometimes unreliableC. Cannot be used with very large sample sizesD. Is easy to calculate, if the data were fewE. All of the above

__26.) It is the average of the squared deviation fromthe mean

A. Variance__27.) The following is/are TRUE concerning theinterpretation of the standard deviation

A. It can be used in comparing two sets of datawith different units

B. If the data is too large, it becomes difficult tocalculate it

C. The higher the SD, the more spread the dataD. All of the aboveE. B and C only

__28.) The ratio of the standard deviation to the mean

is calledA. The CV

__29.) Which statistic can be used for grouped data

A. Standard deviationB. RangeC. MeanD. All of the aboveE. A and C only

__30.) A group of 100 children had a 75th percentileheight of 143 cms for ages between males and femalesaged 4 to 8 years old. This means that

A. Only 25% of the total number of children hadages above 143 cms

B. 75% of the children have heights equal andbelow 143 cms

C. If a child has a height equal 120 cms, she isnormal

D. A and B onlyE. All of the above

___31.) Which among the following rates measure how

fast people are added to the population bybirths?

C. general fertility rate

___32.) Which among the following rates is affected by

fertility, marriage patterns, practices of a place, and thesex and age composition of a population?

B. age-specific fertility rate

___33.) Which among the following is/are NOTconsidered an error in the analysis of rates?

D. comparing two events from the same periods in time

___34.) The following are principal uses of populationdata in health administration:A. in computing for the vital statisticsB. in the assignment of fundsC. in setting up target of activities coverage

D. all of the above

___35.) The following is/are included in the infantmortality rate EXCEPT:A.) a measles death in a 26-day old baby

___36.)The following statement/s is/are TRUE of theinfant mortality rate EXCEPT:

B.) it is higher in the developed countries

___37.) The following are included in the maternalmortality rate EXCEPT:D.) the ideal denominator is the number live births

___38.) The following rates have total live births astheir denominator EXCEPTA.) Crude birth rate

___39.) Used to describe the relative importance of diffefatal diseases in the population in terms of age, sex, occupation etc.

D.) proportionate mortality rate

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___40.) The TRUE mortality trend of a disease declineswhen there is:

A.) improved recognition of the diseaseB.) better treatment of the diseaseC.) better prevention of the diseaseD.) All of the above

___41.) The denominator of this/these rate/s is themidyear population of the community:B.) Crude death rate

___42.) A low maternal mortality rate suggests thefollowing EXCEPT:

D.) Better accident prevention programs

__43.) In a community, the diseases that would havehigh prevalence rate are those with

D.) long period of latency

___44.) Two diseases have the same incidence but

different prevalence. This is due to:B.) difference in disease duration

___45.) Morbidity rate refers to:

A.) Incidence C.) Attack rateB.) Prevalence D.) All of the above