PUBLIC HEALTH MID TERM & FINAL QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS FOR 2024-2025
Three major functions of public health?
assessment, public policy, assurance
Which one of the following policies have been very successful in the US?
answer: anti-smoking policies
other options: food and drug act, clean water act, policy on STDs
Epidemiology is concerned with?
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
FALSE (not a body of knowledge)
A primary goal of public health is to?
assure the conditions under which a person can live a healthy life
,Public health is NOT concerned with reducing violence
False
In epidemiological studies, time, place and persons are used to characterize the
relationship between?
agent, host and environment
Investigation of outbreaks of unknown origin requires gathering of evidence,
development of hypotheses, prioritization of hypothesis and testing of
hypotheses
True
Used to characterize the spread of an infection disease?
Incidence (rate)
Professor Detels asserts that the ultimate truth in epidemiology is?
Denominator
Which one of the following parameters does NOT need to include a specific time
interval?
, 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?
# 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?
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?
Prevalence
What 3 diseases are currently the primary targets of international efforts?
HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria
Under-nutrition contributes to what proportion of infant deaths worldwide?
54%
, The observation of clustering of capillary cases in families in the study in the
Philippines described by Prof Detels suggest that capillaries is?
a communicable disease
The majority of chronic diseases globally occur in?
Developing countries (just because there are more of them)
According to the info available in 2001, the four most common causes of death do
not include?
Answer: perinatal conditions
True: cardiovascular diseases, infectious diseases and parasitic infestations,
malignancies
Most common associated factor for under-five year mortality in 2001 was?
malnutrition
Which one of the following had the highest number of under-five mortality rate in
2003?
Sub-Saharan Africa
VERIFIED ANSWERS FOR 2024-2025
Three major functions of public health?
assessment, public policy, assurance
Which one of the following policies have been very successful in the US?
answer: anti-smoking policies
other options: food and drug act, clean water act, policy on STDs
Epidemiology is concerned with?
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
FALSE (not a body of knowledge)
A primary goal of public health is to?
assure the conditions under which a person can live a healthy life
,Public health is NOT concerned with reducing violence
False
In epidemiological studies, time, place and persons are used to characterize the
relationship between?
agent, host and environment
Investigation of outbreaks of unknown origin requires gathering of evidence,
development of hypotheses, prioritization of hypothesis and testing of
hypotheses
True
Used to characterize the spread of an infection disease?
Incidence (rate)
Professor Detels asserts that the ultimate truth in epidemiology is?
Denominator
Which one of the following parameters does NOT need to include a specific time
interval?
, 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?
# 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?
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?
Prevalence
What 3 diseases are currently the primary targets of international efforts?
HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria
Under-nutrition contributes to what proportion of infant deaths worldwide?
54%
, The observation of clustering of capillary cases in families in the study in the
Philippines described by Prof Detels suggest that capillaries is?
a communicable disease
The majority of chronic diseases globally occur in?
Developing countries (just because there are more of them)
According to the info available in 2001, the four most common causes of death do
not include?
Answer: perinatal conditions
True: cardiovascular diseases, infectious diseases and parasitic infestations,
malignancies
Most common associated factor for under-five year mortality in 2001 was?
malnutrition
Which one of the following had the highest number of under-five mortality rate in
2003?
Sub-Saharan Africa
