Epidemiology Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
Which of the following is not involved in the WHO definition of HEALTH?
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a) Physical and mental well being
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b) Social and mental well being
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c) Social and physical well being
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d) All of the above are involved - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D
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Which of the following is an objective of Epidemiology?
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a) Identify the frequency of the disease
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b) Identify the population of the disease
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c) Identify the etiology of the disease
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d) All of the above - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D
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Who is credited with founding epidemiology as a result of linking a
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cholera outbreak in London to a public water pump?
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a) Hippocrates
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b) John Graunt
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c) John Snow
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,d) Robert Koch - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-C
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For screening to be possible, there is need for :
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| a. Suitable disease
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| b. Suitable test
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| c. Suitable screening program
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| d. All of the above. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D
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Diagnostic tests are essentially the same as screening tests.
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| a. True |
| b. False - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-B
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A public nurse provides vaccine to clients at immunization clinic This is
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and example of a _______ level of prevention.
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a) Primary
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b) Secondary
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c) Tertiary - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A
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According to Framingham Study, disease patterns have shifted from
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infectious to chronic (in the US)? | | | | |
a) True |
b) False - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A
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,Which of the following is a good definition of epidemiology?
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a) It is the study of the determinants and distribution of disease
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b) It is the study of epidemics
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c) It is the study of medicine and its effect on disease
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d) It is the study of biological agents that cause disease - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-A
In epidemiology, analysis of disease pattern is done by all except
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a) Person
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b) Place
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c) Time
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d) Situation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D
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A disease that crosses international borders is an example of a/an
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a) Endemic
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b) Epidemic
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c) Pandemic - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-C
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Mr. Arnold goes to local clinic for his annual prostate screening, this is
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an example of a _________ level of prevention
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a) Primary
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, b) Secondary
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c) Tertiary - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-B
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Which of the following is a formula for "Attack Rate" (x 100)?
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a) AR = No. of people at risk/
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| Total no. of people
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b) AR = No. of people at risk who get disease/
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| Total no. of people
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c) AR = No. of people at risk who get disease/
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| Total no. of people at risk
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d) AR = No. of people at risk/
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| Total no of people not at risk - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-C
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Why is age-adjustment necessary for this example?
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a) Age adjustment is necessary in order to remove the confounding
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effect of age from the observations made about the population.
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b) Age adjustment is not needed in this example because of
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disproportionate death rate among the elderly. | | | | | |
c) Age adjustment is necessary because crude death rates are often
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skewed towards the average. | | | |
Correct Answers
Which of the following is not involved in the WHO definition of HEALTH?
| | | | | | | | | | | |
a) Physical and mental well being
| | | | |
b) Social and mental well being
| | | | |
c) Social and physical well being
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d) All of the above are involved - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D
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Which of the following is an objective of Epidemiology?
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a) Identify the frequency of the disease
| | | | | |
b) Identify the population of the disease
| | | | | |
c) Identify the etiology of the disease
| | | | | |
d) All of the above - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D
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Who is credited with founding epidemiology as a result of linking a
| | | | | | | | | | | |
cholera outbreak in London to a public water pump?
| | | | | | | |
a) Hippocrates
|
b) John Graunt
| |
c) John Snow
| |
,d) Robert Koch - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-C
| | | | |
For screening to be possible, there is need for :
| | | | | | | | |
| a. Suitable disease
| | |
| b. Suitable test
| |
| c. Suitable screening program
| | |
| d. All of the above. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D
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Diagnostic tests are essentially the same as screening tests.
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| a. True |
| b. False - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-B
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A public nurse provides vaccine to clients at immunization clinic This is
| | | | | | | | | | | |
and example of a _______ level of prevention.
| | | | | | |
a) Primary
| |
b) Secondary
|
c) Tertiary - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A
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According to Framingham Study, disease patterns have shifted from
| | | | | | | | |
infectious to chronic (in the US)? | | | | |
a) True |
b) False - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A
| | | |
,Which of the following is a good definition of epidemiology?
| | | | | | | | |
a) It is the study of the determinants and distribution of disease
| | | | | | | | | | |
b) It is the study of epidemics
| | | | | |
c) It is the study of medicine and its effect on disease
| | | | | | | | | | |
d) It is the study of biological agents that cause disease - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-A
In epidemiology, analysis of disease pattern is done by all except
| | | | | | | | | |
a) Person
| |
b) Place
|
c) Time
|
d) Situation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D
| | | |
A disease that crosses international borders is an example of a/an
| | | | | | | | | |
a) Endemic
| |
b) Epidemic
|
c) Pandemic - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-C
| | | |
Mr. Arnold goes to local clinic for his annual prostate screening, this is
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
an example of a _________ level of prevention
| | | | | | |
a) Primary
|
, b) Secondary
| |
c) Tertiary - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-B
| | | |
Which of the following is a formula for "Attack Rate" (x 100)?
| | | | | | | | | | |
a) AR = No. of people at risk/
| | | | | | |
| Total no. of people
| | |
b) AR = No. of people at risk who get disease/
| | | | | | | | | |
| Total no. of people
| | |
c) AR = No. of people at risk who get disease/
| | | | | | | | | |
| Total no. of people at risk
| | | | |
d) AR = No. of people at risk/
| | | | | | | |
| Total no of people not at risk - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-C
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Why is age-adjustment necessary for this example?
| | | | | | |
|
a) Age adjustment is necessary in order to remove the confounding
| | | | | | | | | | |
effect of age from the observations made about the population.
| | | | | | | | |
b) Age adjustment is not needed in this example because of
| | | | | | | | | | |
disproportionate death rate among the elderly. | | | | | |
c) Age adjustment is necessary because crude death rates are often
| | | | | | | | | | |
skewed towards the average. | | | |
