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The specific morbidity rate is usually the number of:
a. Cases of a specific disease per 1,000,000 population
b. Deaths from a specific disease for a geographical area
c. Cases of a specific disease for a political area
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d. Deaths from a specific disease per 100,000 population
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e. Deaths from a specific disease per 100 cases of that disease
Ans: a. Cases of a specific disease per 1,000,000 population
For the following 2x2 table for a diagnostic test, write out expressions for
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each term:
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Disease + Disease -
Test + a b
Test - c d
Specificity
PPV
Total population
NPV
Prevalence
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Sensitivity
Ans: Specificity = d/(b+d)
PPV = a/(a+b)
Total population = a+b+c+d
NPV = d/(c+d)
Prevalence = (a+c)/(a+b+c+d)
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Sensitivity = a/(a+c)
The amount of health disorder existing in a population at one particular
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time, regardless of time of onset is known at the:
a. Prevalence
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b. Incidence
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c. Morbidity rate
d. Mortality rate
e. Attack rate
Ans: a. Prevalence
In prospective study or cohort type of epidemiologic study, two types of
cohorts are selected. One of these is the exposed and the other is______;
the measure of effect used in this study is _________
a. Cases; odds ratio
b. Susceptible; risk ratio
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c. Affected ; relative risk
d. Non-exposed; incident rate ratio
e. Immune populations; odds ratio
Ans: d. Non-exposed; incident rate ratio
The duration of a chronic disease process may complicate the
epidemiologic study of its prevalence because of:
a. Loss of people or animals from the study by death from other causes
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b. Changes in diagnostic techniques during the period of study
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c. Changes in medical or veterinary care during the period of study
d. Decrease in interest level on the part of workers in the study
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e. All of the above
Ans: e. All of the above
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When an epidemiologist is called to investigate a communicable disease
emergency, the first thing he/she should try to determine is:
a. Possible sources of infection
b. Methods of transmission
c. Accuracy of the diagnosis
d. Methods of control
e. Extent of spread
Ans: c. Accuracy of the diagnosis
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The occurrence in a community or region of cases of an illness in the
human population clearly in excess of normal expectancy and derived
from a common propagated source is an:
a. Epidemic
b. Endemic
c. Pandemic
d. Epizootic
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e. Anthropozoonosis
Ans: a. Epidemic
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Which of the following agent characteristics is most likely to be seen in a
disease which occurs in epidemic proportions:
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a. High infectivity
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b. High pathogenicity
c. High virulence
d. Low antigenicity
e. Viability
Ans: a. High infectivity
In a study of alcohol and oral cancer the relative risk is 2.0 for men and
2.0 for women but 4.0 for both sexes combined. This suggests that:
a. There is confounding by sex in these data
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The specific morbidity rate is usually the number of:
a. Cases of a specific disease per 1,000,000 population
b. Deaths from a specific disease for a geographical area
c. Cases of a specific disease for a political area
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d. Deaths from a specific disease per 100,000 population
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e. Deaths from a specific disease per 100 cases of that disease
Ans: a. Cases of a specific disease per 1,000,000 population
For the following 2x2 table for a diagnostic test, write out expressions for
2026
each term:
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Disease + Disease -
Test + a b
Test - c d
Specificity
PPV
Total population
NPV
Prevalence
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Sensitivity
Ans: Specificity = d/(b+d)
PPV = a/(a+b)
Total population = a+b+c+d
NPV = d/(c+d)
Prevalence = (a+c)/(a+b+c+d)
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Sensitivity = a/(a+c)
The amount of health disorder existing in a population at one particular
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time, regardless of time of onset is known at the:
a. Prevalence
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b. Incidence
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c. Morbidity rate
d. Mortality rate
e. Attack rate
Ans: a. Prevalence
In prospective study or cohort type of epidemiologic study, two types of
cohorts are selected. One of these is the exposed and the other is______;
the measure of effect used in this study is _________
a. Cases; odds ratio
b. Susceptible; risk ratio
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c. Affected ; relative risk
d. Non-exposed; incident rate ratio
e. Immune populations; odds ratio
Ans: d. Non-exposed; incident rate ratio
The duration of a chronic disease process may complicate the
epidemiologic study of its prevalence because of:
a. Loss of people or animals from the study by death from other causes
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b. Changes in diagnostic techniques during the period of study
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c. Changes in medical or veterinary care during the period of study
d. Decrease in interest level on the part of workers in the study
2026
e. All of the above
Ans: e. All of the above
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When an epidemiologist is called to investigate a communicable disease
emergency, the first thing he/she should try to determine is:
a. Possible sources of infection
b. Methods of transmission
c. Accuracy of the diagnosis
d. Methods of control
e. Extent of spread
Ans: c. Accuracy of the diagnosis
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The occurrence in a community or region of cases of an illness in the
human population clearly in excess of normal expectancy and derived
from a common propagated source is an:
a. Epidemic
b. Endemic
c. Pandemic
d. Epizootic
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e. Anthropozoonosis
Ans: a. Epidemic
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Which of the following agent characteristics is most likely to be seen in a
disease which occurs in epidemic proportions:
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a. High infectivity
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b. High pathogenicity
c. High virulence
d. Low antigenicity
e. Viability
Ans: a. High infectivity
In a study of alcohol and oral cancer the relative risk is 2.0 for men and
2.0 for women but 4.0 for both sexes combined. This suggests that:
a. There is confounding by sex in these data
