1. In what year did global population size reach 2 billion?

a. 1870

b. 1830

c. 1930

2. According to the United Nations'World Population Prospects,in what year will global population size reach 8 billion?

a. 2026

b. 2028

c. 2022

d. 2024

3. Which of the following statements about the Demographic Transition are correct? (choose all that are correct)

a. The changes associated with the Demographic Transition led to rapid population growth and population aging

b. During the Demographic Transition, a population experiences mortality decline followed by fertility decline

c. All nations will eventually experience the Demographic Transition

d. The Demographic Transition is the shift from infectious diseases to chronic diseases as primary causes of mortality

e. Every nation in the world has completed the Demographic Transition

4. Which of the following statements about the current global population are correct? (choose all that are correct)

a. The population is growing faster than it did for most of human history

b. The number of people over age 65 is higher than the number of people under age 5

c. The percentage of international migrants is three times higher than in 1970

d. The share of the population living in large urban areas is increasing

5. Which of the following are the primary sources of demographic data? (choose three)

a. Government Administrative Records

b. Cohort Studies

c. Census

d. Vital Registration

e. Sample Surveys

f. Randomized Controlled Trials

6. In the 2010s, approximately what percentage of the world's children under age five had their births registered in a vital statistics system?

a. 85%

b. 75%

c. 65%

7. In 2021, the death rate for females ages 60-64 in Vietnam was .0079. Which of the following interpretations is correct? (choose one)

a. In 2021, 7.9% of Vietnamese females who reached age 60 died before they reached age 65

b. In 2021, there were there were 7.9 deaths per 1,000 person years lived among Vietnamese females ages 60-64,

c. In 2021, the probability of death in the age interval 60-64 among Vietnamese females was .0079

8.

Why are some demographic rates called "crude" rates?

a. They do not adjust for population composition

b. They are estimates of the true population rates

c. They do not include persons who emigrated from the population

9. Which of these statements about rates and probabilities are correct? (choose all that are correct)

a. The denominator of a probability is the number of people at risk of the event

b. The denominators of a rate and a probability are the same

c. The denominator of a rate is person-years of exposure to risk of an event

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10. In 2022, the Total Fertility Rate in India is 2.03 births per female. This means that Indian females who are of reproductive age in 2022 will bear an average of 2.03 children.

a. True

b. False

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11. Replacement-level fertility is defined as a Net Reproduction Rate of 1. The corresponding value of the Total Fertility Rate is:

a. 2.1

b. 2

c. 1.9

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12. Which of the following could change a population's level of fertility? (choose all that are correct)

a. A decline in the the average duration of breastfeeding

b. An increase in the average age at which females become sexually active

c. A ban on the practice of induced abortion

d. An increase in the proportion of females using effective methods of contraception

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13. The background determinants of fertility: (select all that are correct)

a. Can include reproductive health programs such as national family planning programs

b. Affect fertility through their effect on one or more of the proximate determinants

c. Include social, economic, and cultural features of populations that are related to fertility behavior

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14.Some populations have Total Fertility Rates that are lower or higher than would be expected given their contraceptive prevalence (% of females using contraception). Which of the following are possible explanations for these outliers? (choose all that are correct)

a. High failure rates among users of effective methods of contraception

b. Childbearing is culturally appropriate only among married women and women marry at relatively high ages

c. A high proportion of women using less effective methods of contraception

d. Widespread use of abortion for fertility control

e. Unreliable reporting of contraceptive use

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15.Increases over time in the average years of education attained by reproductive-age women in a population are associated with:

a. Declines in the Total Fertility Rate

b. Increases in the Total Fertility Rate

c. No change in the Total Fertility Rate

Provisional data for 2020 showed that overall life expectancy in the United States was 1.5 years lower than it was in 2019. Which of the following statements is true?

a. US babies born in 2020 will live 1.5 years less than babies born in 2019.

b. All members of the 2020 US population will now live 1.5 fewer years.

c. Increases in mortality due to COVID-19 lowered life expectancy in the US by 1.5 years.

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16

A survival curve constructed from a life table shows: (choose one)

a. The percentage of the hypothetical cohort dies before each exact age

b. The percentage of the hypothetical cohort that survives to each exact age

c. The percentage of survivors to each exact age x in the hypothetical cohort who then survive to exact age x+1

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17

Approximately what percentage of the global population were international migrants in 2019?

a. 3.5%

b. 5%

c. 7%

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18

Which of the following statements describes an irregular migrant? (choose all that are correct)

a. A non-national who enters or stays in a country without appropriate documentation

b. A person who is seeking international protection

c. A person who has crossed an international border but is not authorized to enter or stay in the receiving country

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19

Why is migration the most challenging of the three components of population change to analyze? (choose all that are correct)

a. Data about migration are not uniform and are often incomplete

b. Causal forces exist at both the macro (societal) and micro (individual) levels

c. Unlike births and deaths, migration can be difficult to define

d. Characteristics of both the sending and receiving populations are relevant

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20

Nations within the same global region have very similar patterns of net international migration.

a. True

b. False