JMESI-US016 - Epidemiology One:
Principles and Tools Post Test
What occupies the majority of epidemiological activities? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Surveillance of disease
What term is used to describe the study of how disease is distributed in the population?
- CORRECT ANSWER-Epidemiology
The field of epidemiology contributes to the management of healthcare organizations in
all of the following ways except: - CORRECT ANSWER-Creating healthy communities
through the use of health promotion and prevention
What epidemiology principle does not involve any intervention or change imposed by
the investigator? - CORRECT ANSWER-Observational study
During a lecture, an epidemiologist refers to factors underlying the determinants of
health and the interplay between them. Which of the following factors is considered a
Determinant of Health? - CORRECT ANSWER-Policy Making
What measure looks at the number of new events during a given period of time? -
CORRECT ANSWER-Incidence
Of the following terms, which one describes a relationship (usually a statistical
correlation) between two or more events?
Association - CORRECT ANSWER-Association
Which of the following is a role of epidemiology in population health and in the
management of healthcare organizations? - CORRECT ANSWER-Preventing disease
through study of the cause of the disease and its risk factors by eliminating or reducing
exposure to those factors
What measure compares the incidence of disease in the exposed population with that in
the unexposed population for a specific factor or determinant of health? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Relative risk
What measure is used to find all the cases of a particular disease? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Sensitivity
Which determinant/factor impacts a wide range of health, functioning, and quality-of-life
outcomes? - CORRECT ANSWER-Social factors
Principles and Tools Post Test
What occupies the majority of epidemiological activities? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Surveillance of disease
What term is used to describe the study of how disease is distributed in the population?
- CORRECT ANSWER-Epidemiology
The field of epidemiology contributes to the management of healthcare organizations in
all of the following ways except: - CORRECT ANSWER-Creating healthy communities
through the use of health promotion and prevention
What epidemiology principle does not involve any intervention or change imposed by
the investigator? - CORRECT ANSWER-Observational study
During a lecture, an epidemiologist refers to factors underlying the determinants of
health and the interplay between them. Which of the following factors is considered a
Determinant of Health? - CORRECT ANSWER-Policy Making
What measure looks at the number of new events during a given period of time? -
CORRECT ANSWER-Incidence
Of the following terms, which one describes a relationship (usually a statistical
correlation) between two or more events?
Association - CORRECT ANSWER-Association
Which of the following is a role of epidemiology in population health and in the
management of healthcare organizations? - CORRECT ANSWER-Preventing disease
through study of the cause of the disease and its risk factors by eliminating or reducing
exposure to those factors
What measure compares the incidence of disease in the exposed population with that in
the unexposed population for a specific factor or determinant of health? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Relative risk
What measure is used to find all the cases of a particular disease? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Sensitivity
Which determinant/factor impacts a wide range of health, functioning, and quality-of-life
outcomes? - CORRECT ANSWER-Social factors
