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Module 7: Costs of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

Test Your Knowledge Questions Pretest - Module 7

Pretests are designed to gauge your knowledge. Click in the circle next to the correct answer. A posttest will be at the end of the module so you can see what you've learned.

1. In the United States, the costs associated with caring for persons with FAS may be as high as:
$2 million
$6 million
$16 million
$6 billion

2. The lifetime cost of each individual with FAS is $2 million or more.
True
False

3. Most information related to the cost of FAS falls into which of the following categories?
Total national cost of FAS
Lifetime cost of each child born with FAS
A and B
None of the above

4. There is a large amount of data related to both the cost of FAS and costs related to alcohol-related birth defects.
True
False

5. An issue relevant to estimating costs for FAS is:
Incidence or prevalence rate to use
Health effects and associated care and services to include
Adjustment for differences in value of current dollars versus future dollars
All of the above
None of the above

6. There is well-documented research about the State and local costs of FAS.
True
False

7. States can estimate their prevalence of FASD and associated costs through a cost calculator available from the Online Clinic run by Dr. Larry Burd.
True
False

8. Calculating true costs for FAS is very difficult due to the many variables associated with service delivery.
True
False

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