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Epidemiology Quizzes Questions and
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Which of the following activities characterizes a clinical approach
(as opposed to an epidemiologic approach)?
A-Description of specific signs and symptoms in a patient
B-Description of seasonal trends in disease occurrence
C-Examination of disease occurrence among population groups
D-Demonstration of geographic variations in disease frequency
Ans: A- Description of specific signs and symptoms in a patient
John Snow, author of Snow on Cholera:
A- Was the father of modern biostatistics.
B-Established postulates for transmission of infectious disease.
C- Was an early epidemiologist who used natural experiments.
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D- Argued that the environment was associated with disease such as
malaria.
Ans: C- Was an early epidemiologist who used natural experiments.
Which of the following is NOT usually an aim of epidemiology?
A- To describe the health status of the population
B-To fund the new public health programs
C-To explain the etiology of disease
D- To predict the occurrence of disease
E- To control the distribution of disease
Ans: B- To fund new public health programs
T/F?
In current thinking, the term epidemic is used to only describe
outbreaks of infectious disease
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Ans: FALSE
T/F?
The study of disease linked to harmful physical energy, such as
ionizing radiation, would be outside the scope of epidemiology
Ans: FALSE
T/F?
John Snow is credited with developing the smallpox vaccine
Ans: FALSE
T/F?
The epidemiologic and clinic descriptions of disease are different
Ans: TRUE
T/F?
Epidemiology Quizzes Questions and
Correct Answers/ Latest Update /
Already Graded
Which of the following activities characterizes a clinical approach
(as opposed to an epidemiologic approach)?
A-Description of specific signs and symptoms in a patient
B-Description of seasonal trends in disease occurrence
C-Examination of disease occurrence among population groups
D-Demonstration of geographic variations in disease frequency
Ans: A- Description of specific signs and symptoms in a patient
John Snow, author of Snow on Cholera:
A- Was the father of modern biostatistics.
B-Established postulates for transmission of infectious disease.
C- Was an early epidemiologist who used natural experiments.
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D- Argued that the environment was associated with disease such as
malaria.
Ans: C- Was an early epidemiologist who used natural experiments.
Which of the following is NOT usually an aim of epidemiology?
A- To describe the health status of the population
B-To fund the new public health programs
C-To explain the etiology of disease
D- To predict the occurrence of disease
E- To control the distribution of disease
Ans: B- To fund new public health programs
T/F?
In current thinking, the term epidemic is used to only describe
outbreaks of infectious disease
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Ans: FALSE
T/F?
The study of disease linked to harmful physical energy, such as
ionizing radiation, would be outside the scope of epidemiology
Ans: FALSE
T/F?
John Snow is credited with developing the smallpox vaccine
Ans: FALSE
T/F?
The epidemiologic and clinic descriptions of disease are different
Ans: TRUE
T/F?
