Question

Please select a TRUE or FALSE answer for the following questions.  

1. T F News headlines about health rates can be part of epidemiologic surveillance

2. T F Malaria has developed resistance to drugs, which has made it expensive and difficult to treat

3. T F The CDC is the key health agency involved in protecting health in the United States.

4. T F A p-value is statistically significant if the value is ≥0.05

5. T F “ObamaCare” is an example of a policy.

6. T F Chikungunya is the infectious disease that started in China but quickly spread to 37 countries through air travel.

7. T F Polio is an infectious disease that has been eradicated from the Western Hemisphere

Answer 1

1. Epidemiological survaillance doesn't depend on The news headlines to know about the heslth rates.
2. The microbes have started resistance to the drugs used for malaria globally which leads to expensive treatment .(True)
3. The main aim of the CDC in US is to protect public health and safety in controlling and prevention of disease.
4. The p- value should be less than 0.05 for rejecting a null hypothesis but when it is greater than or equal to 0.05,it means Null hypothesis cannot be rejected(false)