EPI Exam 1 Questions And Correct Answers
True - ANSWER True or False? Molecular epidemiology applies the techniques of
molecular biology to epidemiologic studies.
True - ANSWER True or False? One of William Farr's contributions to public health and
epidemiology included the development of a more sophisticated system for codifying
medical conditions.
Description of specific signs and symptoms in a patient - ANSWER Which of the
following activities characterizes a clinical approach (as opposed to an epidermiologic
approach)?
Surveillance of population - ANSWER Which of the following activities characterizes an
epidemiologic approach-as opposed to a clinical approach?
False - ANSWER True or False? In current thinking, the term epidemic is used only to
describe outbreaks of infectious disease.
False - ANSWER True or False? In the United States, anthrax usually affects livestock,
some wild animals, and humans.
Seasonal variations influenza - ANSWER Cyclic variations in the occurrence of
pneumonia and influenza mortality may reflect:
True - ANSWER True or False? Koch published Die Aetiologie der Tuberkulose in 1882, a
breakthrough that led to improved classification of disease by specific causal
organisms.
Kansas - ANSWER It was theorized that the flu began in which US state in 1918?
, October - ANSWER Which month in 1918 was the cruelest as far as the number of
deaths from the flu in the United States?
True - ANSWER True or False? The 1918 Influenza Pandemic is also known as "the
Mother of All Pandemics."
False - ANSWER True or False? Most of the time, epidemiologic researchers confront a
problem that has a clear etiologic basis.
True - ANSWER True or False? Molecular epidemiology applies the techniques of
molecular biology to epidemiologic studies.
False - ANSWER True or False? John Snow is credited with developing the smallpox
vaccination.
False - ANSWER True or False? Socrates popularized the notion that the environment is
associated with human disease.
True - ANSWER True or False? John Graunt is known as the Columbus of biostatistics.
False - ANSWER True or False? In the United States, anthrax most often affects
livestock, some wild animals, and humans.
True - ANSWER True or False? The Framingham Heart Study, begun in 1948, pioneered
research into coronary heart disease risk factors.
young and healthy adults - ANSWER Which of the following populations was most at risk
for death during the flu epidemic of 1918?
Prepathogenesis - ANSWER According to the model of natural history of disease, the
True - ANSWER True or False? Molecular epidemiology applies the techniques of
molecular biology to epidemiologic studies.
True - ANSWER True or False? One of William Farr's contributions to public health and
epidemiology included the development of a more sophisticated system for codifying
medical conditions.
Description of specific signs and symptoms in a patient - ANSWER Which of the
following activities characterizes a clinical approach (as opposed to an epidermiologic
approach)?
Surveillance of population - ANSWER Which of the following activities characterizes an
epidemiologic approach-as opposed to a clinical approach?
False - ANSWER True or False? In current thinking, the term epidemic is used only to
describe outbreaks of infectious disease.
False - ANSWER True or False? In the United States, anthrax usually affects livestock,
some wild animals, and humans.
Seasonal variations influenza - ANSWER Cyclic variations in the occurrence of
pneumonia and influenza mortality may reflect:
True - ANSWER True or False? Koch published Die Aetiologie der Tuberkulose in 1882, a
breakthrough that led to improved classification of disease by specific causal
organisms.
Kansas - ANSWER It was theorized that the flu began in which US state in 1918?
, October - ANSWER Which month in 1918 was the cruelest as far as the number of
deaths from the flu in the United States?
True - ANSWER True or False? The 1918 Influenza Pandemic is also known as "the
Mother of All Pandemics."
False - ANSWER True or False? Most of the time, epidemiologic researchers confront a
problem that has a clear etiologic basis.
True - ANSWER True or False? Molecular epidemiology applies the techniques of
molecular biology to epidemiologic studies.
False - ANSWER True or False? John Snow is credited with developing the smallpox
vaccination.
False - ANSWER True or False? Socrates popularized the notion that the environment is
associated with human disease.
True - ANSWER True or False? John Graunt is known as the Columbus of biostatistics.
False - ANSWER True or False? In the United States, anthrax most often affects
livestock, some wild animals, and humans.
True - ANSWER True or False? The Framingham Heart Study, begun in 1948, pioneered
research into coronary heart disease risk factors.
young and healthy adults - ANSWER Which of the following populations was most at risk
for death during the flu epidemic of 1918?
Prepathogenesis - ANSWER According to the model of natural history of disease, the
