PUBLIC HEALTH 150 MIDTERM? EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS.
A primary goal of public health is to: correct answers assure the *conditions* under which a
person can live a healthy life
pubic health is NOT concerned with reducing violence correct answers False
3 major functions of public health correct answers assessment, public policy, assurance
Which one of the following policies have been very successful in the US? correct answers
answer: anti-smoking policies
other options: food and drug act, clean water act, policy on STDs
Epidemiology is concerned with correct answers distribution of diseases in populations,
efficient use of medical care, prevention of communicable and non-communicable diseases,
determining case etiology
Epidemiology is the accumulated knowledge of disease characteristics from years of
experience correct answers FALSE (not a body of knowledge)
In epidemiological studies, time, place and persons are used to characterize the relationship
between correct answers agent, host and environment
Investigation of outbreaks of unknown origin requires gathering of evidence, development of
hypotheses, prioritization of hypothesis and testing of hypotheses correct answers True
Used to characterize the spread of an infection disease correct answers Incidence (rate)
Professor Detels asserts that the ultimate truth in epidemiology is correct answers
Denominator
Which one of the following parameters does NOT need to include a specific time interval
correct answers Answer: Prevalence
Wrong: incidence, mortality rate, morbidity rate, DALYS
The numerator of prevalence of a disease in a population at a particular point in time is
correct answers # of existing cases (new and old) of the disease in a population at a particular
point in time
Which parameter is the most useful to measure the impact of diseases that rarely cause death
correct answers Disability-adjusted life years
Which of the following parameters is most useful for health officers planning the need for
high blood pressure clinics in their jurisdiction? correct answers Prevalence
What 3 diseases are currently the primary targets of international efforts? correct answers
HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria
, Under-nutrition contributes to what proportion of infant deaths worldwide? correct answers
54%
The observation of clustering of capillary cases in families in the study in the Philippines
described by Prof Detels suggest that capillariasis is correct answers a communicable disease
The majority of chronic diseases globally occur in correct answers Developing countries (just
bc there are more of them)
According to the info available in 2001, the four most common causes of death do not
include correct answers Answer: perinatal conditions
True: cardiovascular diseases, infectious diseases and parasitic infestations, malignancies
most common associated factor for under-five year mortality in 2001 was correct answers
malnutrition
Which one of the following had the highest number of under-five mortality rate in 2003
correct answers Sub-Saharan Africa
Which of the following was the worldwide greatest cause of death in 2002? correct answers
non-communicable diseases
The leading cause of ill health world-wide according to Detels is correct answers Poverty
World wide the leading infectious cause of death is correct answers Answer: respiratory
infections
Wrong: HIV/AIDS, measles, diarrheal diseases, malaria
Communicable diseases cause more deaths than non-communicable diseases in which of the
following regions? correct answers Answer: Africa
Wrong: Africa and Southeast Asia
Globally which of the following accounted for the highest burden of disease in DALYs in
2001? correct answers Answer: Neurophsyciactric disorders
Incubation period correct answers period between cases
Drug-resistant microbial threats include correct answers gonorrhea, tuberculosis, malaria,
acinetobacter
Strategies to reduce the threat of emerging infections do NOT include correct answers
answer: increasing # of hospitals
correct: global surveillance, more rationale for use of antibiotics, development of new drugs,
improved vector and zoo tonic control
Producing an effective vaccine against influenza is complicated by correct answers Answer:
mutations in both influenza hemagglutinins and neurominidases
Not: animal vectors
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS.
A primary goal of public health is to: correct answers assure the *conditions* under which a
person can live a healthy life
pubic health is NOT concerned with reducing violence correct answers False
3 major functions of public health correct answers assessment, public policy, assurance
Which one of the following policies have been very successful in the US? correct answers
answer: anti-smoking policies
other options: food and drug act, clean water act, policy on STDs
Epidemiology is concerned with correct answers distribution of diseases in populations,
efficient use of medical care, prevention of communicable and non-communicable diseases,
determining case etiology
Epidemiology is the accumulated knowledge of disease characteristics from years of
experience correct answers FALSE (not a body of knowledge)
In epidemiological studies, time, place and persons are used to characterize the relationship
between correct answers agent, host and environment
Investigation of outbreaks of unknown origin requires gathering of evidence, development of
hypotheses, prioritization of hypothesis and testing of hypotheses correct answers True
Used to characterize the spread of an infection disease correct answers Incidence (rate)
Professor Detels asserts that the ultimate truth in epidemiology is correct answers
Denominator
Which one of the following parameters does NOT need to include a specific time interval
correct answers Answer: Prevalence
Wrong: incidence, mortality rate, morbidity rate, DALYS
The numerator of prevalence of a disease in a population at a particular point in time is
correct answers # of existing cases (new and old) of the disease in a population at a particular
point in time
Which parameter is the most useful to measure the impact of diseases that rarely cause death
correct answers Disability-adjusted life years
Which of the following parameters is most useful for health officers planning the need for
high blood pressure clinics in their jurisdiction? correct answers Prevalence
What 3 diseases are currently the primary targets of international efforts? correct answers
HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria
, Under-nutrition contributes to what proportion of infant deaths worldwide? correct answers
54%
The observation of clustering of capillary cases in families in the study in the Philippines
described by Prof Detels suggest that capillariasis is correct answers a communicable disease
The majority of chronic diseases globally occur in correct answers Developing countries (just
bc there are more of them)
According to the info available in 2001, the four most common causes of death do not
include correct answers Answer: perinatal conditions
True: cardiovascular diseases, infectious diseases and parasitic infestations, malignancies
most common associated factor for under-five year mortality in 2001 was correct answers
malnutrition
Which one of the following had the highest number of under-five mortality rate in 2003
correct answers Sub-Saharan Africa
Which of the following was the worldwide greatest cause of death in 2002? correct answers
non-communicable diseases
The leading cause of ill health world-wide according to Detels is correct answers Poverty
World wide the leading infectious cause of death is correct answers Answer: respiratory
infections
Wrong: HIV/AIDS, measles, diarrheal diseases, malaria
Communicable diseases cause more deaths than non-communicable diseases in which of the
following regions? correct answers Answer: Africa
Wrong: Africa and Southeast Asia
Globally which of the following accounted for the highest burden of disease in DALYs in
2001? correct answers Answer: Neurophsyciactric disorders
Incubation period correct answers period between cases
Drug-resistant microbial threats include correct answers gonorrhea, tuberculosis, malaria,
acinetobacter
Strategies to reduce the threat of emerging infections do NOT include correct answers
answer: increasing # of hospitals
correct: global surveillance, more rationale for use of antibiotics, development of new drugs,
improved vector and zoo tonic control
Producing an effective vaccine against influenza is complicated by correct answers Answer:
mutations in both influenza hemagglutinins and neurominidases
Not: animal vectors
