Epidemiology Final Exam
Questions with Accurate Answers
-1 or +1 deviations away from the mean correct answer 34.13% and 68.26%
-2 or +2 deviations away from the mean correct answer 13.59% and 95.44%
-3 or +3 deviations away from the mean correct answer 2.14% and 99.72%
"Gender" is considered which type of variable? correct answer nominal
(T/F) A spot map is useful in identifying the geographic distribution of illness AND
environmental factors that could explain the cause of disease correct answer true
(T/F) Descriptive epidemiology is essential for "characterizing the outbreak" by
time, place, and person, but has little bearing on the analytic epidemiology.
correct answer false
(T/F) Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is not used in epidemiology because
satellites are not good at tracking people, only locations. correct answer False
(T/F) Health-care providers might be important sources of surveillance data used
by public health officials, and they should receive feedback to close the
surveillance loop as a courtesy; however, the results almost never have any
relevance to patient care provided by those health-care providers. correct answer
false
, (T/F) Ideally, a case definition is 100% accurate in identifying who does and does
not have the disease in question, but in reality few case definitions achieve this
ideal. correct answer true
(T/F) If a particular outbreak presents an unusual opportunity to learn more about
the disease and its epidemiology by conducting a study, but early disease control
measures would interfere with the study, one should conduct the study quickly,
then implement control measures immediately afterwards. correct answer false
(T/F) In general, before you create a graph to display data, you should put the
data into a table. correct answer True
(T/F) Jenner was the scientist who invented Sensitivity and Specificity testing
correct answer false
(T/F) Notifiable disease surveillance usually focuses on morbidity from the
diseases on the list and does not cover mortality from those diseases. correct
answer false
(T/F) Once a case definition for an outbreak investigation has been established, it
should not be changed. correct answer true
(T/F) Public health surveillance is only conducted by public health agencies.
correct answer false
(T/F) Syndromic surveillance is the most accurate of all surveillance methods.
correct answer false
Questions with Accurate Answers
-1 or +1 deviations away from the mean correct answer 34.13% and 68.26%
-2 or +2 deviations away from the mean correct answer 13.59% and 95.44%
-3 or +3 deviations away from the mean correct answer 2.14% and 99.72%
"Gender" is considered which type of variable? correct answer nominal
(T/F) A spot map is useful in identifying the geographic distribution of illness AND
environmental factors that could explain the cause of disease correct answer true
(T/F) Descriptive epidemiology is essential for "characterizing the outbreak" by
time, place, and person, but has little bearing on the analytic epidemiology.
correct answer false
(T/F) Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is not used in epidemiology because
satellites are not good at tracking people, only locations. correct answer False
(T/F) Health-care providers might be important sources of surveillance data used
by public health officials, and they should receive feedback to close the
surveillance loop as a courtesy; however, the results almost never have any
relevance to patient care provided by those health-care providers. correct answer
false
, (T/F) Ideally, a case definition is 100% accurate in identifying who does and does
not have the disease in question, but in reality few case definitions achieve this
ideal. correct answer true
(T/F) If a particular outbreak presents an unusual opportunity to learn more about
the disease and its epidemiology by conducting a study, but early disease control
measures would interfere with the study, one should conduct the study quickly,
then implement control measures immediately afterwards. correct answer false
(T/F) In general, before you create a graph to display data, you should put the
data into a table. correct answer True
(T/F) Jenner was the scientist who invented Sensitivity and Specificity testing
correct answer false
(T/F) Notifiable disease surveillance usually focuses on morbidity from the
diseases on the list and does not cover mortality from those diseases. correct
answer false
(T/F) Once a case definition for an outbreak investigation has been established, it
should not be changed. correct answer true
(T/F) Public health surveillance is only conducted by public health agencies.
correct answer false
(T/F) Syndromic surveillance is the most accurate of all surveillance methods.
correct answer false
