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EPIDEMIOLOGY EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
Indicate whether the school nurse should consider each factor relevant or irrelevant to
investigating an outbreak in a school. - ANSWER-Relevant:
-Increased number of cases
-Possible exposure routes of pathogens
-Potential zoonotic or human component
-More severe disease progression
Irrelevant:
-Illnesses outside of the school
-Weather and climate changes
The nurse should first followed by - ANSWER-interview students and staff affected with
clinical manifestations, implementing control and prevention measures
After considering potential solutions to the outbreak at the school, the nurse decided to
send all affected persons with clinical manifestations home. The nurse's decision
making met which one of the following public health actions and interventions? -
ANSWER-Prevention and control
After gathering information from multiple sources, the nurse hypothesized that the
source of the illness was potential food contamination from the school cafeteria. For
each nursing action, click to specify whether the intervention is indicated or
contraindicated. Select only one answer for each row. - ANSWER-Indicated:
-Remove the ill food handler
-Communicate with the families of the students
-Decontaminate the school cafeteria
Contraindicated:
-Close the school
-Provide an alternative meal for affected students
The school nurse is evaluating the effectiveness of the intervention. Which outcomes
indicate the intervention was successful? - ANSWER--Heightened awareness of food
safety issues
-A new school policy for outbreak prevention
-A food safety education program started
-No further hospitalizations
Match each of the following terms with its definition. - ANSWER-Death-Mortality
Illness-Morbidity
Course of a disease over time from onset to resolution-Natural life history
Occurrence of new cases of a disease-Incidence
EPIDEMIOLOGY EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
Indicate whether the school nurse should consider each factor relevant or irrelevant to
investigating an outbreak in a school. - ANSWER-Relevant:
-Increased number of cases
-Possible exposure routes of pathogens
-Potential zoonotic or human component
-More severe disease progression
Irrelevant:
-Illnesses outside of the school
-Weather and climate changes
The nurse should first followed by - ANSWER-interview students and staff affected with
clinical manifestations, implementing control and prevention measures
After considering potential solutions to the outbreak at the school, the nurse decided to
send all affected persons with clinical manifestations home. The nurse's decision
making met which one of the following public health actions and interventions? -
ANSWER-Prevention and control
After gathering information from multiple sources, the nurse hypothesized that the
source of the illness was potential food contamination from the school cafeteria. For
each nursing action, click to specify whether the intervention is indicated or
contraindicated. Select only one answer for each row. - ANSWER-Indicated:
-Remove the ill food handler
-Communicate with the families of the students
-Decontaminate the school cafeteria
Contraindicated:
-Close the school
-Provide an alternative meal for affected students
The school nurse is evaluating the effectiveness of the intervention. Which outcomes
indicate the intervention was successful? - ANSWER--Heightened awareness of food
safety issues
-A new school policy for outbreak prevention
-A food safety education program started
-No further hospitalizations
Match each of the following terms with its definition. - ANSWER-Death-Mortality
Illness-Morbidity
Course of a disease over time from onset to resolution-Natural life history
Occurrence of new cases of a disease-Incidence
