EBCOG Part 1 Platinum – Epidemiology

1. Which of the following factors as shown to decrease ovarian cancer risk?

A. High Coffee consumption
B. Older age at menarche
C. Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
D. Taking statins
E. Low Vitamin D levels

2. Which of the following is known to increase the risk of endometrial cancer?

A. Aspirin use
B. Mirena coil insertion
C. Coffee consumption
D. SLE E) PCOS
E. PCOS

3. A new test for Group B strep has been designed and the results are shown above. Which of the
below represents the Specificity?

A. 0.93
B. 0.95
C. 0.97
D. 15.5
E. 18.6

4. Negative Predictive Value is

A. A/A+B
B. A/A+C
C. B/B+D
D. D/C+D
E. D/B+D

5. WHO defines the perinatal mortality rate as

A. The number of stillbirths and deaths in the first week of life per 100,000 live births
B. The number of stillbirths per year
C. The number of stillbirths and deaths in the first week of life per 1000 live births
D. The number of stillbirths per 1000 births
E. The number of still births and deaths within 24 hours of delivery per year

6. Which of the following is a parametric test used to test correlation?

A. Spearman
B. Pearson
C. Mann Whitney
D. Chi‐squred
E. T‐test

7. What is the incidence of placenta accreta (including increta and percreta) in the UK?

A. 1.0 per 1000 deliveries
B. 2.3 per 1000 deliveries
C. 7 per 1000 deliveries
D. 1.7 per 10,000 deliveries
E. 17 per 10,000 deliveries

8. A small study shows the lifetime incidence of breast cancer in smokers to be 20 in 100. In non
smokers the incidence is 10 in 100. Which of the following represents the absolute risk of
breast cancer in smokers?

A. 10%
B. 20%
C. 2
D. 100%
E. 0.1

9. What is the prevalence of antiphospholipid syndrome in patients with recurrent miscarriage?

A. <0.5%
B. 2.5%
C. 7.5%
D. 15%
E. 30%

10. What is the incidence of molar pregnancy in the UK?

A. 1 in 100 pregnancies
B. 1 in 1,000 pregnancies
C. 1 in 10,000 pregnancies
D. 1 in 100,000 pregnancies
E. 5 in 100,000 pregnancies

11. Study Z gets funding to increase the population size from 1000 to 2000 patients. What effect is
this likely to have on the results?

A. Decrease type 1 errors
B. Decrease type 2 errors
C. Increase confidence intervals
D. Increase sensitivity of testing
E. Increase specificity of testing

12. Which of the following studies is most appropriate to assess a prognosis of a disease?

A. Randomised Control Study
B. Case Control Studies
C. Cross Sectional Analysis
D. Cohort Study
E. Longitudinal study

13. What is the incidence rate of ovarian cancer per 100,000 females in the UK?

A. 2
B. 7
C. 15
D. 22
E. 37

14. What is the incidence of obstetric cholestasis in England?

A. 0.7%
B. 2.2%
C. 4.5%
D. 6.7%
E. 23%

15. Which of the following studies is most appropriate to assess a diagnostic test?

A. Randomised Control Trial
B. Case Control Studies
C. Regression Analytics
D. Cohort Study
E. Cross Sectional Analysis