MPH 6011 Quizzes for MIDTERM & FINAL UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
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 - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅d) agent, host, and environment
All communicable diseases are infectious. (T/F) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅true
Vaccination is a strange for which level of prevention?
a) primary prevention
b) secondary prevention
c) tertiary prevention - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅b) dynamic population
Which of the following is an example of secondary prevention?
a) immunization
b) screening
c) treatment of disease with antibiotics
d) physical therapy following a stroke - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅b) screening
An important concept in epidemiology is the _____________ period because this is the time when the
disease process has begun but diagnosis cannot be made because symptoms have not yet developed. It
is an important period when screening can be done.
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 - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅d) agent, host, and environment
All communicable diseases are infectious. (T/F) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅true
Vaccination is a strange for which level of prevention?
a) primary prevention
b) secondary prevention
c) tertiary prevention - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅b) dynamic population
Which of the following is an example of secondary prevention?
a) immunization
b) screening
c) treatment of disease with antibiotics
d) physical therapy following a stroke - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅b) screening
An important concept in epidemiology is the _____________ period because this is the time when the
disease process has begun but diagnosis cannot be made because symptoms have not yet developed. It
is an important period when screening can be done.
