Exam 1 review

Epidemiology is the study of disease in the population.

Incidence, prevalence, and trends of major health problems affecting
populations
Risk factors that contribute to major health problems
Evidence base for prioritizing health needs of the populations.

1.
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B
C
D

One of the fundamental premises underlying the study of

epidemiology is
disease, illness and ill health are randomly distributed in a
population.
disease, illness and ill health are not randomly distributed in
a population.
Disease, illness and ill health are only randomly distributed in
large populations.
Disease, illness and ill health are very rarely distributed in large
populations.
2.

A
B
C
D

During the 20th century, the ?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns

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/U.S.experienced a change in leading causes of death
from primarily infectious diseases to primarily chronic
diseases.
From primarily chronic diseases to infectious diseases
Due to increases in infant mortality and decreases in diseases
affecting the elderly.
Due to decreases in infant mortality and decreases in diseases
affecting the elderly.
3.

B
C
D

Fluoridation of water would be an example of

A. A primary prevention strategy
A secondary prevention strategy
A tertiary prevention strategy
It is not a prevention strategy
4.

During the 19thcentury, John Snow

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B
C
D

proved his miasmatic theory of disease using shoe leather

epidemiology.
proved that cholera was spread through contaminated water
by conducting natural experiments.
was the first anesthesiologist to use chloroform on a woman in
labor.
hypothesized that cholera was primarily due to overcrowded
conditions and malnutrition.
5.

A
B
C
D

Point Prevalence
Period prevalence
Cumulative Incidence
Incidence Density
6.

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B
C
D

A researcher is interested in recording the number of

individuals in a particular geographic region who have a
common cold at some point during the month of February
2001. Which of the following measures of morbidity would be
most appropriate in answering this question?

A researcher is interested in knowing how many new cases

of the measles developed at St. Theresas Elementary School
in April 2001. Assuming that no children enrolled during that
month, and no children moved during that month (all children
were followed for the entire month), which measure of
morbidity would be most appropriate in answering this
question?

Prevalence
Point prevalence
Cumulative Incidence
Incidence Density
7.

Which of the following is not a primary requirement for

conducting screening for disease control

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B
C
D

Prevalence of the disease should be high in the population under

study
There should be a favorable prognosis for early treatment of the
disease
The government should fund the program.
The disease should be serious
8.

A
B
C
D

A
B
C
D

It is assumed that diseases can be transmitted directly or

indirectly. A vector such as a mosquito is an example of
direct disease transmission
indirect disease transmission
single exposure
common vehicle exposure
9.
The resistance of a population to an attack by a disease to
which a large proportion of the members of the group are
immune is referred to as
group resistance
population immunogenesis
herd immunity
the Panum Effect
10. The attack rate in susceptible people who have been exposed
to a primary case is referred to as

A
B
C

The attack rate

The post primary attack rate
The secondary attack rate
The person-to-person attack rate
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