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BMS 127 FINAL EXAM 2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS| ACE
YOUR GRADES.
1. In cities, people are crowded together and disease can spread
rampantly. In London during this time there were more
__________ __________ than people - correct answer -farm
animals
2. The first floor of most buildings were devoted to __________,
and the floor above are for the people. There was no plumbing.
- correct answer -animals
3. The proper etiquette during this time was for the man to walk
closer to the road and the woman to walk closer to the
buildings, this is so that when __________ came by and
splashed the sewage in the streets then it would hit the man,
and also because people threw their chamber pot waste out of
their windows - correct answer -horses
4. During this time people believed that __________ caused
disease, and that it happened in poor areas. - correct answer -
miasma (bad air)
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5. John Snow was a doctor who didn't believe in the miasma, he
is said to be the founder of __________ - correct answer -
epidemiology
6. He tried to see how disease behaved in a population, he tried
to find patterns and see what they had in common. With the
cholera epidemic, he found out that people were getting their
water from the __________ __________ - correct answer -
same location
7. He convinced officials to __________ the pump and the
epidemic ceased - correct answer -deactivate
8. Different companies were in charge of pumping water out of
the river Thames, __________ was also pumping into the river
- correct answer -sewage
9. After cholera subsided, the handle was replaced and it
happened again, they didnt want to believe that it was due to
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__________ __________ transmission. Diseases can stop
being spread epidemiologically - correct answer -fecal-oral
10. __________ is the study of the occurrence, distribution and
control of disease in populations - correct answer -
Epidemiology
11. __________ is the total number of diseased individuals in a
population, it is cumulative - correct answer -Prevalence
12. __________ is the number of new cases of a disease in a
population in a given time period. - correct answer -Incidence
13. __________ is a disease that is constantly present in a
population - correct answer -Endemic
14. __________ is a disease that occurs infrequently and
irregularly in a population - correct answer -Sporadic
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15. __________ a disease that occurs in unusually high
numbers in a population in a given time period. High numbers
means high relative to normal incidence - correct answer -
Epidemic
16. __________ is a widely distributed epidemic, typically across
multiple continents - correct answer -Pandemic
17. __________ the incidence of death in a population - correct
answer -Mortality
18. __________ is a disease that occurs primarily in non-human
animals, but is occassionally transmitted to humans - correct
answer -Zoonosis
19. __________ is a period of time between infection and onset
of signs and symptoms - correct answer -Incubation
20. __________ __________ are infectious only transiently
(often during disease's incubation period) - correct answer -
Acute carriers
BMS 127 FINAL EXAM 2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS| ACE
YOUR GRADES.
1. In cities, people are crowded together and disease can spread
rampantly. In London during this time there were more
__________ __________ than people - correct answer -farm
animals
2. The first floor of most buildings were devoted to __________,
and the floor above are for the people. There was no plumbing.
- correct answer -animals
3. The proper etiquette during this time was for the man to walk
closer to the road and the woman to walk closer to the
buildings, this is so that when __________ came by and
splashed the sewage in the streets then it would hit the man,
and also because people threw their chamber pot waste out of
their windows - correct answer -horses
4. During this time people believed that __________ caused
disease, and that it happened in poor areas. - correct answer -
miasma (bad air)
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5. John Snow was a doctor who didn't believe in the miasma, he
is said to be the founder of __________ - correct answer -
epidemiology
6. He tried to see how disease behaved in a population, he tried
to find patterns and see what they had in common. With the
cholera epidemic, he found out that people were getting their
water from the __________ __________ - correct answer -
same location
7. He convinced officials to __________ the pump and the
epidemic ceased - correct answer -deactivate
8. Different companies were in charge of pumping water out of
the river Thames, __________ was also pumping into the river
- correct answer -sewage
9. After cholera subsided, the handle was replaced and it
happened again, they didnt want to believe that it was due to
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__________ __________ transmission. Diseases can stop
being spread epidemiologically - correct answer -fecal-oral
10. __________ is the study of the occurrence, distribution and
control of disease in populations - correct answer -
Epidemiology
11. __________ is the total number of diseased individuals in a
population, it is cumulative - correct answer -Prevalence
12. __________ is the number of new cases of a disease in a
population in a given time period. - correct answer -Incidence
13. __________ is a disease that is constantly present in a
population - correct answer -Endemic
14. __________ is a disease that occurs infrequently and
irregularly in a population - correct answer -Sporadic
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15. __________ a disease that occurs in unusually high
numbers in a population in a given time period. High numbers
means high relative to normal incidence - correct answer -
Epidemic
16. __________ is a widely distributed epidemic, typically across
multiple continents - correct answer -Pandemic
17. __________ the incidence of death in a population - correct
answer -Mortality
18. __________ is a disease that occurs primarily in non-human
animals, but is occassionally transmitted to humans - correct
answer -Zoonosis
19. __________ is a period of time between infection and onset
of signs and symptoms - correct answer -Incubation
20. __________ __________ are infectious only transiently
(often during disease's incubation period) - correct answer -
Acute carriers
