PHC6001: EXAM 1 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
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One of the 10 great achievements of public health in the 20th century was:
a. Inclusion of seat belts in all cars
b. New electronic cigarettes
c. Challenges to the Measles, Mumps, and Rubella vaccine
d. Emerging infectious diseases Answer - a. Inclusion of seat belts in all cars
Epidemiologists are interested in learning about:
a. All of these
b. The frequency and distribution of diseases and health conditions.
c. The causes of disease and ways to control or cure them
d. The causal relationships between diseases health conditions Answer - a. All
of these
Determinants of disease:
a. Are any factors that influence whether or not a health condition occurs
b. Are causal factors of the health condition only
c. Do not include individual risk factors
,d. All of these Answer - a. Are any factors that influence whether or not a
health condition occurs
Disease distribution refers to:
a. The who, when, and where of a disease
b. How many cases of a disease occur
c. A group of people with common characteristics
d. Disease determinants Answer - a. The who, when, and where of a disease
What work/discovery is Semmelweis known for? Answer - Hand hygiene and
the prevention of Purperal fever
What work/discovery is Lind known for? Answer - Conducting an experimnetal
study on diet and scurvy
What work/discovery is Graunt known for? Answer - Publishing an analysis of
the Bills of Mortality
What work/discovery is Farr known for? Answer - Combining data on births,
marriages, and deaths for the General registry Offices to account for changes in
populations and health conditions
What work/discovery is Snow known for? Answer - Studying outbreaks of
cholera using epidemiologic methods
What work/discovery is Doll known for? Answer - studying the relationship
between tobacco smoking and lung cancer
,When cases of an illness, specific health-related behavior, or other health-
related events, suddenly occur in excess of normal expectancy within a
geographic delimited area, we can define the increase of cases as having a/an
____________ pattern.
a. Endemic
b. Epidemic
c. Pandemic
d. Hyperendemic Answer - b. Epidemic
Other than an epidemic, what else could prompt an increase in reported cases
of an illness, specific health-related behavior, or other health-related event?
a. Sudden increase in population size
b. Increased awareness
c. Changes in the surveillance system, for example changes in reporting
procedures
d. All the options apply Answer - d. All the options apply
When conducting an outbreak investigation which strategies would be
appropriate for case finding?
a. Review records at the local health department
b. All the options apply
c. Contact healthcare providers/laboratories
d. Public awareness - media
e. Interview reported cases Answer - b. All the options apply
, Which of the following is NOT true about epidemic curves?
a. Epidemic curves depict the number of cases on the horizontal axis and the
time on the vertical axis.
b. Epidemic curves are histograms that show the distribution of incident cases
over time.
c. The shape of the resulting epidemic curve can be used to propose
hypotheses on the nature of the disease and its mode of transmission.
d. Trace the evolution of a population outbreak. Answer - a. Epidemic curves
depict the number of cases on the horizontal axis and the time on the vertical
axis.
Based on the data provided which Township/City showed the highest attack
rates of jaundice?
a. Logan
b. West Branch Township
c. Ogemaw
d. Edwards Answer - b. West Branch Township
Based on the data provided which age/sex group showed the highest attack
rates of jaundice?
a. 15 to 19 y.o. females
b. 30 to 34 y.o. males
c. 15 to 19 y.o. males
d. 10 to 19 y.o. males Answer - c. 15 to 19 y.o. males
VERIFIED 100% CORRECT!!
One of the 10 great achievements of public health in the 20th century was:
a. Inclusion of seat belts in all cars
b. New electronic cigarettes
c. Challenges to the Measles, Mumps, and Rubella vaccine
d. Emerging infectious diseases Answer - a. Inclusion of seat belts in all cars
Epidemiologists are interested in learning about:
a. All of these
b. The frequency and distribution of diseases and health conditions.
c. The causes of disease and ways to control or cure them
d. The causal relationships between diseases health conditions Answer - a. All
of these
Determinants of disease:
a. Are any factors that influence whether or not a health condition occurs
b. Are causal factors of the health condition only
c. Do not include individual risk factors
,d. All of these Answer - a. Are any factors that influence whether or not a
health condition occurs
Disease distribution refers to:
a. The who, when, and where of a disease
b. How many cases of a disease occur
c. A group of people with common characteristics
d. Disease determinants Answer - a. The who, when, and where of a disease
What work/discovery is Semmelweis known for? Answer - Hand hygiene and
the prevention of Purperal fever
What work/discovery is Lind known for? Answer - Conducting an experimnetal
study on diet and scurvy
What work/discovery is Graunt known for? Answer - Publishing an analysis of
the Bills of Mortality
What work/discovery is Farr known for? Answer - Combining data on births,
marriages, and deaths for the General registry Offices to account for changes in
populations and health conditions
What work/discovery is Snow known for? Answer - Studying outbreaks of
cholera using epidemiologic methods
What work/discovery is Doll known for? Answer - studying the relationship
between tobacco smoking and lung cancer
,When cases of an illness, specific health-related behavior, or other health-
related events, suddenly occur in excess of normal expectancy within a
geographic delimited area, we can define the increase of cases as having a/an
____________ pattern.
a. Endemic
b. Epidemic
c. Pandemic
d. Hyperendemic Answer - b. Epidemic
Other than an epidemic, what else could prompt an increase in reported cases
of an illness, specific health-related behavior, or other health-related event?
a. Sudden increase in population size
b. Increased awareness
c. Changes in the surveillance system, for example changes in reporting
procedures
d. All the options apply Answer - d. All the options apply
When conducting an outbreak investigation which strategies would be
appropriate for case finding?
a. Review records at the local health department
b. All the options apply
c. Contact healthcare providers/laboratories
d. Public awareness - media
e. Interview reported cases Answer - b. All the options apply
, Which of the following is NOT true about epidemic curves?
a. Epidemic curves depict the number of cases on the horizontal axis and the
time on the vertical axis.
b. Epidemic curves are histograms that show the distribution of incident cases
over time.
c. The shape of the resulting epidemic curve can be used to propose
hypotheses on the nature of the disease and its mode of transmission.
d. Trace the evolution of a population outbreak. Answer - a. Epidemic curves
depict the number of cases on the horizontal axis and the time on the vertical
axis.
Based on the data provided which Township/City showed the highest attack
rates of jaundice?
a. Logan
b. West Branch Township
c. Ogemaw
d. Edwards Answer - b. West Branch Township
Based on the data provided which age/sex group showed the highest attack
rates of jaundice?
a. 15 to 19 y.o. females
b. 30 to 34 y.o. males
c. 15 to 19 y.o. males
d. 10 to 19 y.o. males Answer - c. 15 to 19 y.o. males
