PUBHEPI 2410 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026

PUBHEPI 2410 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026 Which of the following are NOT one of Robert Koch's four postulates? a. the microorganism must reproduce the disease in an animal every time b. the culture should reproduce the disease in an animal c. microorganism must be isolated and grown in pure culture d. the microorganism must be observed in, and recovered from, the experimentally diseased animal e. microorganism must be observed in every case - Answers a. the microorganism must reproduce the disease in an animal every time This city in Massachusetts is the site of one of the largest studies on cardiovascular health. a. Framingham b. Farhampton c. Boston d. Deerfield - Answers a. Framingham The system devised by which man is the antecedent of the modern International Classification of Diseases, which categorizes diseases and causes of death? a. James Lind b. John Graunt c. William Farr d. Robert Koch - Answers c. William Farr Epidemiologists are concerned with learning about_________ a. All answers are correct b. the frequency and geographic distribution of disease c. the causal relationships between diseases d. the causes of disease and how to cure or control the, - Answers a. all answers are correct Epidemiologists examine a health event by looking at what three things? a. person, place, time b. disease, timeline, intervention c. incidence, prevalence, morbidity d. risk factors, mode of transmission, mortality - Answers a. person, place, time Who was the English physician who removed the pump handle from the Broad Street pump during the Cholera outbreak in London during the mid-19th Century? a. Timothy Bisley b. Edward Jenner c. John Snow d. Alexander Flemming e. John Graunt - Answers c. John Snow In the definition of epidemiology, "distribution" refers to (select all that apply): a. where b. why c. when d. who - Answers a, c, d (where, when, who) In the mid-1700's, James Lind conducted one of the earliest experimental studies on the treatment of which condition, a common disease and cause of death at the time? a. smallpox b. dysentery c. scurvy d. cholera - Answers c. scurvy In the definition of epidemiology, "determinants" generally includes: (check all that apply) a. causes b. control measures c. where the disease occurs d. risk factors - Answers a, d (causes, risk factors) T/F: Epidemiology is the study of the occurrence, distribution, and determinants of health related states. - Answers True This person first put forth the theory of epidemiologic transition. a. Ahmad Hamdan b. Jerry Morris c. Abdel Omran d. Austin Bradford Hill - Answers c. Abdel Omran What component of Hill's Aspects of Association asks if the same health effect is observed from an agent at different times, in different locations and under different circumstances. a. consistency b. temporality c. specificity d. coherence - Answers a. consistency The epidemiologic transition refers to the observation that: a. the rate of communicable or infectious diseases is decreasing b. the rate of communicable or infectious diseases is increasing c. the rate of non-communicable or chronic diseases is decreasing d. none of the above - Answers a. the rate of communicable or infectious diseases is decreasing The National Cancer Institute recently conducted a lung cancer screening program. This is an example of: a. tertiary prevention b. quaternary prevention c. primary prevention d. secondary prevention - Answers d. secondary prevention Child car seats would be an example of: a. primary prevention b. tertiary prevention c. secondary prevention d. quaternary prevention - Answers a. primary prevention A researcher is looking at the possible association between a chemical compound and a disease condition. The researcher observes that as exposure increased, so did the risk of developing disease. Which criterion of judgement is the researcher assessing? a. consistency b. experiment c. analogy d. biological gradient - Answers d. biological gradient An exposure associated with a disease is known as a: a. cause b. risk factor c. effect d. disease rate - Answers b. risk factor During this age we would expect high mortality, low life-expectency, and unstable population growth a. Age of Receding Pandemics b. Age of Chronic Morbidity c. Age of Degenerative and Man-Made Diseases d. Age of Pestilence and Famine - Answers d. Age of Pestilence and Famine A person conducting interviews for the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System questionnaire collects information on the age, gender and race/ethnicity of an individual. This is an example of what kind of descriptive variables? a. community infrastructure b. health related outcomes c. demographic and social d. environmental - Answers c. demographic and social An industrial town along the shore of Lake Michigan is known for having poor air quality due to factories and shipping industry near residential areas. This would be an example of what kind of descriptive variable? a. environmental b. health related outcomes c. demographic and social d. community infrastructure - Answers a. environmental A long term care facility that houses 80 residents has an outbreak of an adenovirus. Of those residents, 24 (or 0.3) of the residents have been infected. This is an example of: a. rate b. proportion c. count d. ratio - Answers b. proportion The incidence rate is the: a. number of deaths from a particular disease divided by the total population b. number of new cases of a disease divided by the total population at risk c. number of deaths from a disease in a specific period of time divided by the number of people with the disease d. number of deaths in a year divided by the total population - Answers b. number of new cases of a disease divided by the total population at risk T/F: Because incidence measures a person's transition from a healthy to disease state, time must pass for this change to occur and be observed. - Answers True Which of the following is true of the prevalence measure of morbidity? a. it gives health departments and hospital administrators information for health planning b. it does not give an estimate of the risk of developing a disease c. it is good for describing a health burden d. all of the above are true - Answers d. all of the above are true Membership of which type of population is always defined by a life event? a. catchment population b. dynamic population c. fixed population d. candidate population - Answers c. fixed population The number of accidental deaths among females aged 15-19 years is separated by race. There were 1,333 deaths between African-American females and white females in the age group. Two-hundred and twenty-seven (227), or 17% of these deaths were African-Americans. This calculation of 17% is an example of: a. count b. proportion c. ratio d. rate - Answers b. proportion During the summer 2014 Ebola outbreak, the number of new cases was 579 in Guinea and 972 in Liberia. Which country had a higher cumulative incidence of Ebola during the summer 2014 outbreak? a. Liberia b. the countries had the same cumulative incidence c. Guinea d. can't be determined based on the information given - Answers d. can't be determined based on the information given