Submitted by Asia Tajo…

Date: 30 6 2019

 Screening
Choose the correct option from the following:

1. Screening is the…..

a. Early detection of disease

b.precursors of disease

c.susceptibility to disease

d.all of the above

2.which type of screening can detect a risk of a disease..

a.primary screening

b.personality screening

c.disease screening

d.disease screening

3.which one of the following is not the characteristic of screening…

a.asymptomatic

b.less expensive

c.less accurate

d.basic to treatment
4.diagnostic test is for single subject while screening is for…

a.small group

b.specific group

c.large group

d.none of the above

5.the usefulness of screening test in a community is depends on its….

a.specificity

b.sensitivity

c.reability

d.predictive value

6.the purpose of screening is….

a.reducing disease burden

b.classifying people to likelihood of having a particular disease

c.mean of identifying high risk groups who warrant further evaluation

d.all of the above

7.name one type of screening described by ogden(2012)…

a.private screening

b.opportunistic screening

c.community screening

d.home screening
8.application of screening test to large,unselected population
is………..screening…

a.mass screening

b.high risk screening

c.opportunistic screening

d.multipurpose screening

9.screening fetus for down’s syndrome in a mother who already has a

baby with down’s syndrome is an example of …………. Screening

a.high risk screening

b.multipurpose screening

c.opportunistic screening

d.mass screening

10.the screening of a population by more than one test done

simultaneously to detect more than one disease is known as …….
Screening

a.high risk screening

b.multipurpose screening

c.opportunistic screening

d.mass screening

11.the screening in which various diagnostic procedure are employed

during the same screening programe is………..
 a.high risk screening

b.multipurpose screening

c.multiphasic screening

d.mass screening

12.in which screening the main objective is to decect disease and bring
patient to treatment……

a.high risk screening

b.multipurpose screening

c.multiphasic screening

d.opportunistic screening

13.opportunistic screening is also known as…….screening

a.selective screening

b.case finding screening

c.tragted screening

d.none of the above

14.which of the following is the criteria for successful screening test….

a.reliable

b.valid

c.very safe

d.cost effective
 e.all of the above

15.getting the same result when the test is repeated in same target
individuals in the same setting is defination for……

a.sensitivity

b.specifity

c.reliability

d.validity

16.ability of a test to distinguish between who has the disease and who
doesnot have is ………..

a.sensitivity

b.specifity

c.reliability

d.validity

17.sensitivity of the test is…..

a. the ability of the test to be correctly positive among those who are
known to have the disease

b. ability of the test to be correctly positive or correctly negative

c. ability of the test to correctly predict the presence of disease

d. ability of the test to be correctly negative among those who are

known to be without disease

18. specificity of the test is ……………..

 a. the ability of the test to be correctly positive among those who are
known to have the disease

b. ability of the test to be correctly positive or correctly negative

c. ability of the test to correctly predict the presence of disease

d. ability of the test to be correctly negative among those who are

known to be without disease

19 . true positive is …………….

a. Person who have disease and are test positive

b. Person without disease but with positive test
c. Person who don’t have disease and have test negative
d. Person with disease but negative test

20 . true negative is…………..

a. Person who have disease and are test positive

b. Person without disease but with positive test
c. Person who don’t have disease and have test negative
d. Person with disease but negative test

21 . false negative is ………….

a. Person who have disease and are test positive

b. Person without disease but with positive test
c. Person who don’t have disease and have test negative
d. Person with disease but negative test

22. false positive is……………

a. Person who have disease and are test positive

b. Person without disease but with positive test
 c. Person who don’t have disease and have test negative
d. Person with disease but negative test

23.sensitivity can be calculated by…..

a.d/(a+c)

b.a/(a+c)

c.a/(a+b)

d.d/(b+d)

24.specificity can be calculated by…….

a.d/(a+c)

b.a/(a+c)

c.a/(a+b)

d.d/(b+d)

25. diastolic hypertension

Screening Yes No
test
positive 36 25 61
negative 9 230 239
45 255 300
Sensitivity is……%

a.70%

b.60%

c.80%
 d.90%

26.specificity is……%

a.70%

b.60%

c.90%

d.50%

27.parameters of sensitivity and and specificity are used for assessing…

a.criterion validity

b.construct validity

c.discriminant validity

d.content validity

28.a diagnostic test for a particular disease has a sensitivity of 0.90 and
a specificity of 0.80.a single test is applied to each subject in the
population in which the disease population is 30%.what is the
probability that a person,negative to this test,has no disease…..

a.less than 50%

b.70%

c.95%

d.72%

29.a new test is developed for the detection of carcinoma of the

prostate.when it is tested in a group of 113 patients with prostatic
cancer,79 have a positive test.in a group of 217 individuals without
prostatic cancer, 10 have a positive test.

What is the specificity of the test?

a.50%

b.70%

c.95%

d.60%

30.what is the sensitivity of the test?

a.70%

b.50%

c.80%

d.60%

keys……

1.d 4.c 7.b 10.b 13.b 16. d 19. a 22. b 25. c 28. c
2.a 5.b 8.a 11.c 14. e 17. a 20. c 23. b 26. c 29. c

3.d 6.d 9.a 12.d 15. c 18. d 21. d 24. d 27. a 30. a