NSG 522 FINAL EXAM 2026 COMPREHENSIVE
MOCK TEST FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND
BIOSTATISTICS WITH PRACTICE SCENARIOS
◉ What does the Web of Causation tell us?
Answer: There are many different factors that make up chronic
diseases and negative health conditions. Risk factors do not
guarantee someone will get a disease.
◉ What does Spectrum of Disease describe?
Answer: The Severity of Disease
◉ the severity of disease can vary from?
Answer: Mild to fatal
◉ What does the natural history of disease describe?
Answer: The progression of the disease process over time in an
untreated individual. Describes the STAGES of Disease
◉ What are the different stages of disease?
Answer: Susceptibility
Preclinical
,Clinical
Recovery, Disability, Death
◉ Preclinical is also known as?
Answer: Subclinical, Presymptomatic or latent disease
◉ What stage of disease does exposure take place ?
Answer: Stage of Preclinical/Subclinical/Presymptomatic/Latent
Disease
◉ When stage do the onset of symptoms take place?
Answer: Stage of Clinical Disease
◉ When stage do pathologic changes occur?
Answer: Preclinical/Subclinical/Presymptomatic/Latent Disease
◉ What stage is the usual time of diagnosis?
Answer: Stage of Clinical Disease
◉ What stage may pathology be detected by screening?
Answer: Subclinical Disease
, ◉ What is true of infectious diseases in the stage of subclinical
disease?
Answer: This is their incubation period
◉ What is true of chronic diseases in the stage of subclinical
disease?
Answer: This is their latency period.
◉ What stage is the typical onset of Symptoms?
Answer: Stage of Clinical Disease
◉ What stage is primary prevention used in?
Answer: The Stage of susceptibility
◉ What is the focus of primary prevention?
Answer: To protect against disease:
Place the host in good health
Immunizations
Public health measures
◉ What stage of disease is Secondary Prevention used in?
Answer: During the preclinical and early clinical stages of disease
MOCK TEST FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND
BIOSTATISTICS WITH PRACTICE SCENARIOS
◉ What does the Web of Causation tell us?
Answer: There are many different factors that make up chronic
diseases and negative health conditions. Risk factors do not
guarantee someone will get a disease.
◉ What does Spectrum of Disease describe?
Answer: The Severity of Disease
◉ the severity of disease can vary from?
Answer: Mild to fatal
◉ What does the natural history of disease describe?
Answer: The progression of the disease process over time in an
untreated individual. Describes the STAGES of Disease
◉ What are the different stages of disease?
Answer: Susceptibility
Preclinical
,Clinical
Recovery, Disability, Death
◉ Preclinical is also known as?
Answer: Subclinical, Presymptomatic or latent disease
◉ What stage of disease does exposure take place ?
Answer: Stage of Preclinical/Subclinical/Presymptomatic/Latent
Disease
◉ When stage do the onset of symptoms take place?
Answer: Stage of Clinical Disease
◉ When stage do pathologic changes occur?
Answer: Preclinical/Subclinical/Presymptomatic/Latent Disease
◉ What stage is the usual time of diagnosis?
Answer: Stage of Clinical Disease
◉ What stage may pathology be detected by screening?
Answer: Subclinical Disease
, ◉ What is true of infectious diseases in the stage of subclinical
disease?
Answer: This is their incubation period
◉ What is true of chronic diseases in the stage of subclinical
disease?
Answer: This is their latency period.
◉ What stage is the typical onset of Symptoms?
Answer: Stage of Clinical Disease
◉ What stage is primary prevention used in?
Answer: The Stage of susceptibility
◉ What is the focus of primary prevention?
Answer: To protect against disease:
Place the host in good health
Immunizations
Public health measures
◉ What stage of disease is Secondary Prevention used in?
Answer: During the preclinical and early clinical stages of disease
