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

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

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


Question: 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?
Answer: Policy Making


Question: What term is used to describe the study of how disease is
distributed in the population?
Answer: Epidemiology


Question: The field of epidemiology contributes to the management of
healthcare organizations in all of the following ways except:
Answer: Creating healthy communities through the use of health
promotion and prevention


Question: What probability measure suggests there is a real difference
when comparing events?
Answer: Statistical significance


Question: What measure is used to find all the cases of a particular
disease?
Answer: Sensitivity


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

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