MPH 6011 EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS!!
Which of the activities below are related to epidemiology?
a) describe the occurrence of disease by person, place, and time
b) apply insight for descriptive and analytic epidemiology to prevent and control health
problems
c) ensure a competent workforce is available to provide health education, health care, and
other services to people who need them
d) determining causes of health-related events by comparing different populations
a) describe the occurrence of disease by person, place, and time
b) apply insight for descriptive and analytic epidemiology to prevent and control health problems
d) determining causes of health-related events by comparing different populations
An epidemiologist calculates the rate of brain cancer among flight attendants in the United
States during the period 2000 to 2020. Select the term that best describes the activity.
a) analytic epidemiology
b) descriptive epidemiology
c) application of epidemiology to inform intervention
d) none of the above
b) descriptive epidemiology
Which of the activities below is not a core function of public health?
a) assessment through collection of data
b) assurance though implementation of programs
c) policy development to solve problem
d) identify the correct treatment for individual patients
,d) identify the correct treatment for individual patients
1. assessment
2. policy development
3. assurance
Which of the following describes the interaction of factors that influence infectious disease
transmission?
a) primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention
b) person, place, and time
c) dynamic, static, and healthy populations
d) agent, host, and environment
d) agent, host, and environment
All communicable diseases are infectious. (T/F)
true
Vaccination is a strange for which level of prevention?
a) primary prevention
b) secondary prevention
c) tertiary prevention
a) primary prevention
Direct transmission includes which of the following. All three answers must apply to direct
transmission:
a) sex, foodborne, sneezing
b) coughing, sex, droplets
c) mosquito-borne, foodborne, toilet seat
d) doorknobs, droplet spread, foodborne
b) coughing, sex, droplets
, Between 2010 and 2018, Buncombe County, NC, reported between 1 and 7 cases of
Legionnaire's disease annually. Legionnaire's disease would be considered which of the
following in Buncombe County.
a) pandemic
b) endemic
c) epidemic
d) systemic
b) endemic
Between 2010 and 2018, Buncombe County, NC reported between 1 and 7 cases of
Legionnaire's disease annually. In 2019, Buncombe County, NC, reported 49 cases of
Legionnaire's disease. The occurrence of Legionnaire's disease in 2019 would be consider
which of the following in Buncombe County?
a) pandemic
b) systemic
c) epidemic
d) endemic
c) epidemic
You are conducting a study of ECU students who use electronic cigarettes (e-cigs, vaping).
Is this considered a dynamic or stationary population?
a) stationary population
b) dynamic population
b) dynamic population
Which of the following is an example of secondary prevention?
a) immunization
b) screening
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS!!
Which of the activities below are related to epidemiology?
a) describe the occurrence of disease by person, place, and time
b) apply insight for descriptive and analytic epidemiology to prevent and control health
problems
c) ensure a competent workforce is available to provide health education, health care, and
other services to people who need them
d) determining causes of health-related events by comparing different populations
a) describe the occurrence of disease by person, place, and time
b) apply insight for descriptive and analytic epidemiology to prevent and control health problems
d) determining causes of health-related events by comparing different populations
An epidemiologist calculates the rate of brain cancer among flight attendants in the United
States during the period 2000 to 2020. Select the term that best describes the activity.
a) analytic epidemiology
b) descriptive epidemiology
c) application of epidemiology to inform intervention
d) none of the above
b) descriptive epidemiology
Which of the activities below is not a core function of public health?
a) assessment through collection of data
b) assurance though implementation of programs
c) policy development to solve problem
d) identify the correct treatment for individual patients
,d) identify the correct treatment for individual patients
1. assessment
2. policy development
3. assurance
Which of the following describes the interaction of factors that influence infectious disease
transmission?
a) primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention
b) person, place, and time
c) dynamic, static, and healthy populations
d) agent, host, and environment
d) agent, host, and environment
All communicable diseases are infectious. (T/F)
true
Vaccination is a strange for which level of prevention?
a) primary prevention
b) secondary prevention
c) tertiary prevention
a) primary prevention
Direct transmission includes which of the following. All three answers must apply to direct
transmission:
a) sex, foodborne, sneezing
b) coughing, sex, droplets
c) mosquito-borne, foodborne, toilet seat
d) doorknobs, droplet spread, foodborne
b) coughing, sex, droplets
, Between 2010 and 2018, Buncombe County, NC, reported between 1 and 7 cases of
Legionnaire's disease annually. Legionnaire's disease would be considered which of the
following in Buncombe County.
a) pandemic
b) endemic
c) epidemic
d) systemic
b) endemic
Between 2010 and 2018, Buncombe County, NC reported between 1 and 7 cases of
Legionnaire's disease annually. In 2019, Buncombe County, NC, reported 49 cases of
Legionnaire's disease. The occurrence of Legionnaire's disease in 2019 would be consider
which of the following in Buncombe County?
a) pandemic
b) systemic
c) epidemic
d) endemic
c) epidemic
You are conducting a study of ECU students who use electronic cigarettes (e-cigs, vaping).
Is this considered a dynamic or stationary population?
a) stationary population
b) dynamic population
b) dynamic population
Which of the following is an example of secondary prevention?
a) immunization
b) screening
