1|Page
CIC CERTIFICATION EXAM- SURVEILLANCE AND
EPIDEMIOLOGIC INVESTIGATION EXAM NEWEST
2026 ACTUAL EXAM| COMPLETE REAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS/
ALREADY GRADED A+ (MOST RECENT!!)
What type of rate would the IP want to calculate to give feedback to the
surgeons at her facility?
A. Procedure-specific
B. Provider-specific
C. Unit-specific
D. Device-specific - Correct Answer - B. Provider-specific
On a normally distributed data set, what percentage of values lies within
three standard deviations from the mean?
A. 68.2
B. 95.5
C. 92.4
D. 99.7 - Correct Answer - D. 99.7
Which statistical test is used when the data are small in numbers?
A. Fisher's exact
B. t test
C. Chi-test
D. z test - Correct Answer - A. Fisher's exact
,2|Page
Statistical process control (SPC) charts are used for all of the following
purposes except:
A. Monitor the process of care
B. Facilitate the determination of variation
C. Eliminate natural variation
D. Monitor outcomes - Correct Answer - C. Eliminate natural variation
A measure of dispersion that reflects the variability in values around the
mean is called the:
A. Variance
B. Standard deviations
C. Range
D. Bell curve - Correct Answer - B. Standard deviations
In any normal distribution, the proportion of observations that are within
two standard deviations of the mean is closet to:
A. 0.50
B. 0.68
C. 0.95
D. 0.98 - Correct Answer - C. 0.95
Which of the following steps are not included in hypothesis testing?
A. State the null and alternative hypothesis
B. Set the significance level
C. Eliminate outliers
,3|Page
D. Compare the probability value to the significance level - Correct
Answer - C. Eliminate outliers
The IP monitors all patients who have coronary artery bypass graft
surgery for infectious and pneumonia. The probability or likelihood of
an event occurring is the:
A. Risk
B. Attack rate
C. Host factor
D. Incidence - Correct Answer - A. Risk
The term for an extraneous variable that systematically varies with the
independent variable and influences the dependent variable is a:
A. Predictor variable
B. Moderating variable
C. Experimental variable
D. Confounding variable - Correct Answer - D. Confounding variable
Which of the following viruses is the causative agent in Kaposi's
sarcoma?
A. Herpes zoster virus
B. Human herpesvirus B
C. Epstein-Barr virus
D. Human papillomavirus (HPV) - Correct Answer - B. Human
herpesvirus B
, 4|Page
The IP wished to know the proportion of a disease that could be
prevented by eliminating the exposure in the entire study population. In
order to determine this information, the IP will need to calculate the:
A. Attributable fraction
B. Attributable risk
C. Population attributable risk %
D. Negative predictive value - Correct Answer - C. Population
attributable risk %
The precision of an estimate of a relative risk depends on which of the
following:
A. Generalizability
B. Size of the study
C. Validity of the study
D. Presence of bias - Correct Answer - B. Size of the study
The most common reservoir for highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1
virus is:
A. Migratory birds
B. Pigeons and doves
C. Water fowl
D. Domestic poultry - Correct Answer - D. Domestic poultry
Indirect and direct causes of disease may form a complex network of
events that determines the level of disease in a community. Which of the
following is the term for this interrelation of events?
CIC CERTIFICATION EXAM- SURVEILLANCE AND
EPIDEMIOLOGIC INVESTIGATION EXAM NEWEST
2026 ACTUAL EXAM| COMPLETE REAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS/
ALREADY GRADED A+ (MOST RECENT!!)
What type of rate would the IP want to calculate to give feedback to the
surgeons at her facility?
A. Procedure-specific
B. Provider-specific
C. Unit-specific
D. Device-specific - Correct Answer - B. Provider-specific
On a normally distributed data set, what percentage of values lies within
three standard deviations from the mean?
A. 68.2
B. 95.5
C. 92.4
D. 99.7 - Correct Answer - D. 99.7
Which statistical test is used when the data are small in numbers?
A. Fisher's exact
B. t test
C. Chi-test
D. z test - Correct Answer - A. Fisher's exact
,2|Page
Statistical process control (SPC) charts are used for all of the following
purposes except:
A. Monitor the process of care
B. Facilitate the determination of variation
C. Eliminate natural variation
D. Monitor outcomes - Correct Answer - C. Eliminate natural variation
A measure of dispersion that reflects the variability in values around the
mean is called the:
A. Variance
B. Standard deviations
C. Range
D. Bell curve - Correct Answer - B. Standard deviations
In any normal distribution, the proportion of observations that are within
two standard deviations of the mean is closet to:
A. 0.50
B. 0.68
C. 0.95
D. 0.98 - Correct Answer - C. 0.95
Which of the following steps are not included in hypothesis testing?
A. State the null and alternative hypothesis
B. Set the significance level
C. Eliminate outliers
,3|Page
D. Compare the probability value to the significance level - Correct
Answer - C. Eliminate outliers
The IP monitors all patients who have coronary artery bypass graft
surgery for infectious and pneumonia. The probability or likelihood of
an event occurring is the:
A. Risk
B. Attack rate
C. Host factor
D. Incidence - Correct Answer - A. Risk
The term for an extraneous variable that systematically varies with the
independent variable and influences the dependent variable is a:
A. Predictor variable
B. Moderating variable
C. Experimental variable
D. Confounding variable - Correct Answer - D. Confounding variable
Which of the following viruses is the causative agent in Kaposi's
sarcoma?
A. Herpes zoster virus
B. Human herpesvirus B
C. Epstein-Barr virus
D. Human papillomavirus (HPV) - Correct Answer - B. Human
herpesvirus B
, 4|Page
The IP wished to know the proportion of a disease that could be
prevented by eliminating the exposure in the entire study population. In
order to determine this information, the IP will need to calculate the:
A. Attributable fraction
B. Attributable risk
C. Population attributable risk %
D. Negative predictive value - Correct Answer - C. Population
attributable risk %
The precision of an estimate of a relative risk depends on which of the
following:
A. Generalizability
B. Size of the study
C. Validity of the study
D. Presence of bias - Correct Answer - B. Size of the study
The most common reservoir for highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1
virus is:
A. Migratory birds
B. Pigeons and doves
C. Water fowl
D. Domestic poultry - Correct Answer - D. Domestic poultry
Indirect and direct causes of disease may form a complex network of
events that determines the level of disease in a community. Which of the
following is the term for this interrelation of events?
