BIOD 102 TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS COMPLETE REVIEW MATERIAL
●● Population
Answer: Broad term that may refer to people within a certain geographic
location, a specific nationality or race, or those with unique
characteristics, such as the homeless, those infected with HIV or
marginalized persons.
●● Epidemiology
Answer: Study of how disease is distributed within a population and the
identification of the factors that determine that distribution.
●● Basic Objectives of Epidemiology
Answer: 1. Identifying the cause of a disease and important risk factors
2. Determining the burden of disease
3. Studying the natural history of a disease
4. Evaluating preventative and therapeutic models
4. Developing public policy
●● Etiology
Answer: Mechanism that results in or causes disease. Knowing this
allows for development of prevention programs.
,●● Goal of Public Health
Answer: Identify risk factors and intervene to reduce morbidity and
mortality within a population.
●● Morbidity
Answer: Refers to symptoms or disabilities that occur from a disease
Ex. Cancer, pain, disability, permanent SOB, mental health conditions,
brain injury, HTN
●● Mortality
Answer: Refers to the death of a person
●● Primary means of assessing outcomes in populations
Answer: Morbidity and mortality
●● Population
Answer: Any sizable aggregate of people who meet the membership
criteria to be included in a specific person group. When defining a
population 3 metrics must be addressed.
●● 3 Metrics of Population
Answer: Person, place, time
, ●● Person
Answer: Characteristics of age, gender, race, ethnicity and occupation
●● Place
Answer: Physical location of the person - country, state, county, city or
occupational location the person is in.
●● Time
Answer: Certain season, calendar year, life stage, interval time periods,
fixed time periods, or person-years
●● Burden
Answer: Impact of a health problem and the resulting comorbidities. Can
be assessed in a variety of ways - broad economic impact, individual
financial loss, quality of life that may be lost.
●● Natural history of a Disease
Answer: Transmission, development, and outcomes of a given disease.
Can inform treatment for those already impacted or help with
development of therapies aimed at reducing morbidity and mortality.
●● Preventative model or therapeutic model
Answer: Modes and measures of health care delivery
SOLUTIONS COMPLETE REVIEW MATERIAL
●● Population
Answer: Broad term that may refer to people within a certain geographic
location, a specific nationality or race, or those with unique
characteristics, such as the homeless, those infected with HIV or
marginalized persons.
●● Epidemiology
Answer: Study of how disease is distributed within a population and the
identification of the factors that determine that distribution.
●● Basic Objectives of Epidemiology
Answer: 1. Identifying the cause of a disease and important risk factors
2. Determining the burden of disease
3. Studying the natural history of a disease
4. Evaluating preventative and therapeutic models
4. Developing public policy
●● Etiology
Answer: Mechanism that results in or causes disease. Knowing this
allows for development of prevention programs.
,●● Goal of Public Health
Answer: Identify risk factors and intervene to reduce morbidity and
mortality within a population.
●● Morbidity
Answer: Refers to symptoms or disabilities that occur from a disease
Ex. Cancer, pain, disability, permanent SOB, mental health conditions,
brain injury, HTN
●● Mortality
Answer: Refers to the death of a person
●● Primary means of assessing outcomes in populations
Answer: Morbidity and mortality
●● Population
Answer: Any sizable aggregate of people who meet the membership
criteria to be included in a specific person group. When defining a
population 3 metrics must be addressed.
●● 3 Metrics of Population
Answer: Person, place, time
, ●● Person
Answer: Characteristics of age, gender, race, ethnicity and occupation
●● Place
Answer: Physical location of the person - country, state, county, city or
occupational location the person is in.
●● Time
Answer: Certain season, calendar year, life stage, interval time periods,
fixed time periods, or person-years
●● Burden
Answer: Impact of a health problem and the resulting comorbidities. Can
be assessed in a variety of ways - broad economic impact, individual
financial loss, quality of life that may be lost.
●● Natural history of a Disease
Answer: Transmission, development, and outcomes of a given disease.
Can inform treatment for those already impacted or help with
development of therapies aimed at reducing morbidity and mortality.
●● Preventative model or therapeutic model
Answer: Modes and measures of health care delivery
