FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES
GENERAL NURSING SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
GENERAL NURSING SCIENCE
FINAL EXAMINATION PAPER SECOND SEMESTER
OCTOBER 2025
COURSE CODE: CHN214
COURSE TITLE: EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
TIME ALLOWED: 2 HOURS
MARKS: 75
INSTRUCTIONS
1. THERE ARE THREE (3) QUESTIONS IN THIS PAPER 2. ANSWER ALL
THREE (3) QUESTIONS 3. EACH QUESTION IS ALLOCATED 25 MARKS 4.
BEGIN A NEW QUESTION ON A NEW PAGE 5. WRITE LEGIBLY
THIS PAPER IS NOT TO BE OPENED UNTIL THE INVIGILATOR HAS GRANTED
PERMISSION
QUESTION 1
INSTRUCTIONS: For each of the following questions choose the MOST correct response. In the
answer sheet •write the question number and letter that corresponds with the correct response.
What role does public health surveillance play in managing infectious diseases?
A. Eliminating all pathogens completely
1
, B. Monitoring and tracking disease spread and control Ineasures
C. Counting all the possible infectious disease
D. Developing vaccines for the infectious diseases
2. A longitudinal or prospective study is also referred to as
A. Ecological study
B. Cross-sectional study
C. Cohort study
D. Observation study
3. The mode of transmission of an infectious disease through the environment to a
susceptible host is called?
A. Carrier
B. Reservoir
C. Vector
D. Vehicle
4. Which one among the following diseases or infection confers the affected individual with
lasting inununity?
A. Mumps
B. Amoebiasis
C. Measles
D. Shiaellosis
5. Which disease complicates with liver abscess an-long the following water borne
diseases?
A. Alnoebic dysentery
B. Hepatitis A
C. Gastroenteritis
D. Tuberculosis
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GENERAL NURSING SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
GENERAL NURSING SCIENCE
FINAL EXAMINATION PAPER SECOND SEMESTER
OCTOBER 2025
COURSE CODE: CHN214
COURSE TITLE: EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
TIME ALLOWED: 2 HOURS
MARKS: 75
INSTRUCTIONS
1. THERE ARE THREE (3) QUESTIONS IN THIS PAPER 2. ANSWER ALL
THREE (3) QUESTIONS 3. EACH QUESTION IS ALLOCATED 25 MARKS 4.
BEGIN A NEW QUESTION ON A NEW PAGE 5. WRITE LEGIBLY
THIS PAPER IS NOT TO BE OPENED UNTIL THE INVIGILATOR HAS GRANTED
PERMISSION
QUESTION 1
INSTRUCTIONS: For each of the following questions choose the MOST correct response. In the
answer sheet •write the question number and letter that corresponds with the correct response.
What role does public health surveillance play in managing infectious diseases?
A. Eliminating all pathogens completely
1
, B. Monitoring and tracking disease spread and control Ineasures
C. Counting all the possible infectious disease
D. Developing vaccines for the infectious diseases
2. A longitudinal or prospective study is also referred to as
A. Ecological study
B. Cross-sectional study
C. Cohort study
D. Observation study
3. The mode of transmission of an infectious disease through the environment to a
susceptible host is called?
A. Carrier
B. Reservoir
C. Vector
D. Vehicle
4. Which one among the following diseases or infection confers the affected individual with
lasting inununity?
A. Mumps
B. Amoebiasis
C. Measles
D. Shiaellosis
5. Which disease complicates with liver abscess an-long the following water borne
diseases?
A. Alnoebic dysentery
B. Hepatitis A
C. Gastroenteritis
D. Tuberculosis
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