MPH 6011 EXAM 6 QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS!!
Another term for incubation period is:
Stage of presymptomatic disease
A person who may have been exposed to yellow fever may be placed under quarantine
True
The common cold can be transmitted through a virus left on a door handle by an infected
person. This mode of transmission is classified as:
Fomite-borne
T/F: The goal of public health immunization is to reach herd immunity in the population.
False
The first person to conduct a large-scale case-control study on the epidemiology of breast
cancer was:
Janet Lane Claypon
The Father of Epidemiology is:
John Snow
Vaccinations were first invented using cowpox to protect against smallpox in the 1700s
True
T/F: All infectious diseases are communicable
False
There are three levels of prevention: Vaccination is a strategy for which level of
prevention?
Remove opportunity so disease does not start
, A surveillance case definition is a set of uniform criteria that allows counting and
classifying cases consistently across counties and states.
True
Pitt County residents that were included in the 2010 census on the day (April 1, 2010) the
Census was taken in a fixed population
True
Eligibility criteria are characteristics that define the population of interest
True
Populations can be defined by a variety of criteria, such as geographic area, time, and
population characteristics or event. Which answer below excludes a time element?
Inner-city families who live in a homeless shelter
An important concept in epidemiology in epidemiology is the ________________ because
this is the time when people are infected don't know it, and can still be infecting others.
Incubation period
A front page article of the morning newspaper in January states: "Information on flu-
associated deaths and illness is based on reports submitted by health care providers to the
state's public health division"
Passive Surveillance
Identify which measure of disease occurrence is demonstrated: Number of men in State Z
who died from heart disease in 2005 / number of men in State Z who died in 2005
Proportion
Identify which measure of disease occurrence is demonstrated: Number of men in state Z
who died from heart disease in 2005 / Estimated number of men person-years in State Z on
July, 2005
Rate
CORRECT ANSWERS!!
Another term for incubation period is:
Stage of presymptomatic disease
A person who may have been exposed to yellow fever may be placed under quarantine
True
The common cold can be transmitted through a virus left on a door handle by an infected
person. This mode of transmission is classified as:
Fomite-borne
T/F: The goal of public health immunization is to reach herd immunity in the population.
False
The first person to conduct a large-scale case-control study on the epidemiology of breast
cancer was:
Janet Lane Claypon
The Father of Epidemiology is:
John Snow
Vaccinations were first invented using cowpox to protect against smallpox in the 1700s
True
T/F: All infectious diseases are communicable
False
There are three levels of prevention: Vaccination is a strategy for which level of
prevention?
Remove opportunity so disease does not start
, A surveillance case definition is a set of uniform criteria that allows counting and
classifying cases consistently across counties and states.
True
Pitt County residents that were included in the 2010 census on the day (April 1, 2010) the
Census was taken in a fixed population
True
Eligibility criteria are characteristics that define the population of interest
True
Populations can be defined by a variety of criteria, such as geographic area, time, and
population characteristics or event. Which answer below excludes a time element?
Inner-city families who live in a homeless shelter
An important concept in epidemiology in epidemiology is the ________________ because
this is the time when people are infected don't know it, and can still be infecting others.
Incubation period
A front page article of the morning newspaper in January states: "Information on flu-
associated deaths and illness is based on reports submitted by health care providers to the
state's public health division"
Passive Surveillance
Identify which measure of disease occurrence is demonstrated: Number of men in State Z
who died from heart disease in 2005 / number of men in State Z who died in 2005
Proportion
Identify which measure of disease occurrence is demonstrated: Number of men in state Z
who died from heart disease in 2005 / Estimated number of men person-years in State Z on
July, 2005
Rate
