Epidemiology | Midterm Study Set Questions and Answers with 100% Correct Answers | Latest Version

Epidemiology | Midterm Study Set Questions and Answers with
100% Correct Answers | Latest Version

Question 1.
Which of the following is NOT part of understanding the distribution of a disease?
A. Who
B. Risk factors
C. Where
D. When

Correct Answer: risk factors


Question 2.
What are the two assumption which guide epidemiology?
A. Disease has causal and preventative factors that can be identified through systematic
study of populations.
B. Disease does not occur at random
C. Only the good die young
D. Disease is unpredictable

Correct Answer: Disease has causal and preventative factors that can be
identified through systematic study of populations. Disease does not occur at
random.


Question 3.
Epidemiology studies disease occurrence among:
A. populations
B. individuals
C. health phenomena
D. causative agents

Correct Answer: populations


Question 4.
The ultimate goal of epidemiology is to [x] and [y] disease in populations:
A. prevent and concede
B. prevent and control
C. stop and control
D. prevent and limit
E. encourage and promote

Correct Answer: prevent and control


Question 5.
In epidemiology, a determinant is a factor or event capable of bringing about a change in
health.

Correct Answer: true

,Question 6.
Seeks to lower the occurrence of disease: health promoting behavior, health education,
protective equipment, vaccination

Correct Answer: primary prevention


Question 7.
Seeks to diagnose disease early and begin treatment; screening

Correct Answer: secondary prevention


Question 8.
Seeks to promote rehabilitation, restoring patients to a maximum optimal functional level

Correct Answer: tertiary prevention


Question 9.
Compares a group of individuals who have the disease of interest with a group who does
not have the disease

Correct Answer: case control study


Question 10.
Compares a group of individuals free of disease against a variety of exposures that are
hypothe- sized to increase or decrease the chance of getting the outcome.

Correct Answer: cohort study


Question 11.
Which discipline is NOT part of the "Epi Onion"?
A. Medicine
B. Microbiology
C. Mortician
D. Sociology

Correct Answer: mortician


Question 12.
Another word for "determinants" of disease is "risk factors". True False

Correct Answer: True


Question 13.
Correct Answer: True


Question 14.
Who is the "father" of Epidemiology?

, Correct Answer: John Snow


Question 15.
Select all that apply to a population at risk in epidemiology:
A. People who use the same resources
B. People who live in a certain geographic area
C. People who share life styles/life events
D. People who have the disease you are interested in studying/preventing
E. A group with common characteristics
F. People who cannot get the disease you are interested in studying/preventing.

Correct Answer: A. People who use the same resources
B. People who live in a certain geographic area
C. People who share life styles/life events
E. A group with common characteristics


Question 16.
Select all that apply Which of the following represent the aspect of 'place' in descriptive
epidemiology?
A. All of the above
B. Geography of an area
C. None of the above
D. What month it is
E. Latitude, longitude, and climate
F. How many people live in a household

Correct Answer: geography of an area latitude, longitude, and climate


Question 17.
The three key elements of descriptive epidemiology

Correct Answer: person, place, and time


Question 18.
The theory that there IS an association between the exposure an the outcome

Correct Answer: alternate hypothesis


Question 19.
The "normal" or expected amount of disease occurrence.

Correct Answer: endemic


Question 20.
The theory that there is no association between the exposure and the outcome.

Correct Answer: null hypothesis