Question

Which of the following describes a highly influential person in a social network who has high
connectivity, a lot of persuasiveness and expertise in a specific content area?

		Homophilous
		Superdiffuser
		has brokerage
		Laggard

Which of the following terms describes when people share a relationship that is two sided and involves both individuals giving and taking in a reciprocal manner.

		Homophily
		Mutuality
		Centrality
		Connectivity

Which of the following terms describes when people share similar backgrounds, occupations, gender, racial/ethnic groups, belief systems, interests, etc.

		Homophily
		Mutuality
		Centrality
		Connectivity

Why are social networks so important to public health efforts?

		Almost every individual is essentially connected to another, either directly or indirectly.
		Information, knowledge, ideas, and attitudes can spread through interconnected networks of people.
		Infectious and chronic disease can spread through interconnected networks of people.
		All of the above

Answer 1

1. Answer. Option. B Superdiffuser

Option B is correct as superdiffuser has the trait to lead the opinion and have a higher influence in a social network with high connectivity. These superdiffusers also excel in the specific area of a filed or a content and possess higher persuasiveness whicl leads to have more influence on people and affects their opinion on a larger scale.

Option A is incorrect as homophily is he tendency of the individual to find a common ground and bond with others ad this type of people love similarity for bonding

Option C is incorrect as borkerage has motive based connection for a particular task through connection but lacks in connectivity and persuasiveness with expertise.

Option D is incorrect as laggards are the individuals who are reluctant and slow to adapt to newer technologies and have lower influence in social network and connectivity

2. Answer. Option B. Mutuality

Option B is correct as mutuality does involve who individuals reciprocate with each other through interaction and friendship by communication in a social network

Option A is incorrect as homophily is the connection of the individuals based on similarity and assortativity in a social network

Option C is incorrect as centrality is a calculative metric terms used to quantify the importance of a social network node

Option D is incorrect as connectivity is the the ability, state and quality of the connection in a social network

3. Answer. Option A. Homophily

Option A is correct as in homophily in this type of connection in social network the connection is based on the commonality or homogeneous nature in terms of similar backgrounds, occupations, gender, racial/ethnic groups, belief systems, interests, etc.

Option B is incorrect as mutuality is the reciprocation and interaction in the connection in social network

Option C is incorrect as centrality is the metric terms and not based on similarity

Option D is incorrect as connectivity has no correlation to the social network and people share similar backgrounds

4. Answer Option. B. Information, knowledge, ideas, and attitudes can spread through interconnected networks of people

Option B is correct as in public health the spread of information, ideas and knowledge is key to the public awareness and preventative strategies which can be effectively reached at a wider level through the medium of interconnected networks f people who can contribute in propagation of the information which can have larger impact on public health efforts

Option A is incorrect as it is not correct to assume that all the individuals who are directly or indirectly connected will share the information and this can benefit the public health efforts

Option C is incorrect as infections and chronic disease can spread through interconnected networks of people but when it comes to public health efforts this networks have to be broken so as to avoid the spread

Option D is incorrect as not all of the above options are correct