Question 1

Leading causes of death in the United States around 1900 were

Accepted Answer

A)   communicable diseases
B)   degenerative diseases
C)   chronic diseases
D)   all of these
E)   none of these A

Question 2

The leading cause of deaths in the U.S. in 2007 was

Accepted Answer

A)   cancer
B)   accidents
C)   homicide
D)   suicide
E)   diseases of the heart E

Question 3

Communicable diseases often produce the following symptoms:

Accepted Answer

A)   diarrhea and sudden, unanticipated deaths
B)   vomiting, nausea, and fever
C)   those that develop slowly over time but often go unnoticed until they result in a sudden, unanticipated death
D)   the slow, long-term wearing out of bodily organs
E)   none of these B

Question 4

In terms of the biblical promise of "three score and ten" years (that is, 70 years), average human life expectancy in the United States

Accepted Answer

A)   exceeded that figure early in the 20th century
B)   surpassed that figure during the latter portion of the 20th century
C)   did not reach that figure until the first few years of the 21st century
D)   has not yet achieved that figure
E)   is a limit that no individual can surpass

Question 5

The dying trajectory

Accepted Answer

A)   of communicable diseases is often shorter than that of degenerative diseases
B)   is unusually similar in both degenerative and communicable diseases
C)   can often be more easily foreseen or predicted in degenerative diseases than in communicable diseases
D)   all of these
E)   none of these

Question 6

Death rates

Accepted Answer

A)   indicate how long a typical person in a society is likely to live
B)   are inversely related to the number of deaths that occurred in a specific society
C)   reflect the number of people in a specific group who die during a particular time period
D)   all of these
E)   none of these

Question 7

Which of the following has the greatest influence on encounters with death in our society today?

Accepted Answer

A)   safe driving techniques
B)   firearms
C)   risky sexual behavior
D)   illicit drug use
E)   diet and physical activity patterns

Question 8

The crude or unadjusted death rate for males in the United States in 2007

Accepted Answer

A)   was 8.1 per 1,000
B)   nearly 50 percent higher than the comparable rate for females
C)   reached a new low of 760.2 deaths per 100,000
D)   was significantly lower than the comparable rate for females
E)   none of these

Question 9

In 1900 overall death rates for infants (newborns and children under 1 year of age) in the United States were

Accepted Answer

A)   roughly equal to those similar rates in 2007
B)   approximately 10 times higher than similar rates in 2007
C)   17 times higher than similar rates in 2007
D)   nearly 24 times higher than similar rates in 2007
E)   nearly 50 times higher than similar rates in 2007

Question 10

From 1900 to 2007 in the United States, overall death rates

Accepted Answer

A)   decreased by about 25 percent
B)   decreased by over 50 percent
C)   increased by approximately 10 percent
D)   increased by about 30 percent
E)   none of these

Question 11

In the United States in 2007, the deaths of 548 pregnant women and women in the process of giving birth or immediately after childbirth led to a maternal mortality rate of

Accepted Answer

A)   3.3 per 100,000 live births
B)   7.1 per 100,000 live births
C)   12.7 per 100,000 live births
D)   608 per 100,000 live births
E)   none of these

Question 12

Diseases with patterns of gradually losing control over one's bodily functions and mental capacities are most likely to be

Accepted Answer

A)   communicable diseases with a long dying trajectory
B)   communicable diseases with a short dying trajectory
C)   degenerative diseases with a long dying trajectory
D)   degenerative diseases with a short dying trajectory
E)   none of these

Question 13

Changes in American death rates can be revealed

Accepted Answer

A)   by studying death rates among specific American populations, such as gender groups or socio-economic classes
B)   by comparing death rates in different age groups in the society
C)   by observing alterations in infant mortality rates over time
D)   all of these
E)   none of these

Question 14

In the United States, average life expectancy

Accepted Answer

A)   is likely to continue to increase at the same rate it did in the early parts of the 20th century
B)   increased more rapidly between 1950 and 1999 than it did between 1900 and 1950
C)   increased throughout the twentieth century primarily due to advances in medical technology
D)   all of these
E)   none of these

Question 15

You learn that a person with whom you have had unprotected sex during the past month has been diagnosed as infected with HIV. You immediately have yourself tested and the results
Are negative for HIV infection. This means

Accepted Answer

A)   you are not infected with the HIV at this time
B)   you are not a carrier of the HIV and cannot pass the infection onto others
C)   you do not need to have further HIV testing (unless you engage in additional unprotected sex with someone who is HIV positive) 
D)   all of these
E)   none of these

Question 16

Death rates in the United States are or have been lowest for

Accepted Answer

A)   males in 1900
B)   males in 2007
C)   females in 1900
D)   females in 2007
E)   none of these

Question 17

The second leading cause of death in the U.S. in 2007 was

Accepted Answer

A)   cancer
B)   cerebrovascular diseases
C)   chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
D)   diseases of the heart
E)   cerebrovascular diseases.

Question 18

In 2009, reliable sources estimated that the number of persons newly infected or living with HIV disease around the world was

Accepted Answer

A)   4.9 million
B)   just under 27.9 million
C)   over 33.2 million
D)   nearly 40 million
E)   75.6 million

Question 19

During the year 2007 in the United States, there were

Accepted Answer

A)   more than 2.4 million deaths
B)   just over 1.6 million deaths
C)   nearly 10 million deaths
D)   approximately 5 million deaths
E)   188 million deaths

Question 20

During the year 2007, approximately how many males died in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)   just over 1.2 million
B)   approximately 2.4 million
C)   750,000 thousand
D)   13.4 million
E)   6 million

Exam 2: Changing Encounters With Death