Epidemiology Final Exam| 98 questions| with complete solutions

Which of the following answers the who, when, and where questions of epidemiology? correct answer: Distribution He was the first to quantify patterns of birth, death and disease by use of demographics correct answer: John Graunt Any departure or deviation from a state of physiological well being (sickness, illness, disability) is called morbidity correct answer: True He performed one of the first experimental studies on the treatment for scury correct answer: Lind how many core or measurable objectives does healthy people 2030 have? correct answer: 355 which of the following describes the rate of new cases of a disease in a defined population, over a defined period of time? correct answer: Incidence Rate a county may normally record only a few cases of tuberculosis each year; this represents the _______, or the background level, in a population correct answer: Endemic level Observed women in maternity wards had a high rate of dying from puerperal fever, put into place practice of hand washing and of tools correct answer: Semmelweis the diagnostic discipline of public health uses observational science to investigate causes of disease and evaluate the effectiveness of medical and public health interventions correct answer: Epidemiology the first major epidemiological study of chronic disease identified high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and smoking as risk factors for heart disease. correct answer: Framingham Heart Study All of the following are communicable diseases in which quarantine and isolation may be authorized by the executive order of the US President except: correct answer: Measles Sickness absence records are not reliable surveillance sources so should never be used in epidemiology correct answer: False the following report is the CDC's primary vehicle for scientific publication providing useful public health information and recommendations correct answer: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report all are true for active surveillance except correct answer: It requires very few resources epidemiologic trends indicate that chronic diseases are the number one cause of morbidity and mortality in the US correct answer: true