NEHA Study Guide Chapter 1 UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORECT
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Epidemic - CORRECT ANSWER -A widespread outbreak of an infectious disease.
Endemic - CORRECT ANSWER -A disease that occurs in a relatively stable frequency
within a given area or population.
Pandemic - CORRECT ANSWER -An epidemic that is geographically widespread and
affects a large proportion of the population
Incidence - CORRECT ANSWER -Fraction of a population that contracts a disease during
a specific time
Prevalence - CORRECT ANSWER -The ratio (for a given time period) of the number of
occurrences of a disease or event to the number of units at risk in the population
Morbidity - CORRECT ANSWER -The incidence of a disease, as a rate of a population
which is affected.
Mortality - CORRECT ANSWER -A measure of deaths in a given population, location or
other grouping of interest.
Mode of Transmission - CORRECT ANSWER -Method of transfer by which the organism
moves or is carried from one place to another; the transfer of disease-causing microrganisms
from one environment to another, particularly from an external environment to a susceptible
individual. There are three general categories of transmission: contact, vehicle, and vector.
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORECT
Answers
Epidemic - CORRECT ANSWER -A widespread outbreak of an infectious disease.
Endemic - CORRECT ANSWER -A disease that occurs in a relatively stable frequency
within a given area or population.
Pandemic - CORRECT ANSWER -An epidemic that is geographically widespread and
affects a large proportion of the population
Incidence - CORRECT ANSWER -Fraction of a population that contracts a disease during
a specific time
Prevalence - CORRECT ANSWER -The ratio (for a given time period) of the number of
occurrences of a disease or event to the number of units at risk in the population
Morbidity - CORRECT ANSWER -The incidence of a disease, as a rate of a population
which is affected.
Mortality - CORRECT ANSWER -A measure of deaths in a given population, location or
other grouping of interest.
Mode of Transmission - CORRECT ANSWER -Method of transfer by which the organism
moves or is carried from one place to another; the transfer of disease-causing microrganisms
from one environment to another, particularly from an external environment to a susceptible
individual. There are three general categories of transmission: contact, vehicle, and vector.
