JMESI - Epidemiology One: Principles and Tools (1 hr) Actual questions and answers 100% correct

JMESI - Epidemiology One: Principles
and Tools (1 hr)


Of the following terms, which one describes a relationship (usually a statistical correlation)
between two or more events?

• CORRECT ANSWER: Association

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 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 probability measure suggests there is a real difference when comparing events?

• CORRECT ANSWER: Statistical significance

What measure is used to find all the cases of a particular disease?

• CORRECT ANSWER: Sensitivity

What epidemiology principle does not involve any intervention or change imposed by the
investigator?

• CORRECT ANSWER: Observational study

What measure looks at the number of new events during a given period of time?

• CORRECT ANSWER: Incidence