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Epidemiology Exam 1 Questions and
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Epidemiological methods can be applied to which of the following
public health-related fields...
Ans: Health education
Healthcare administration
Environmental health
Which of the following is not considered a use of epidemiology?
Ans: To provide healthcare services to specific individuals
Whether a contaminated food such as tomatoes caused an outbreak of
gastrointestinal disease is a simple example of:
Ans: A causal association
Which of the following is considered a key characteristic of
epidemiology?
Ans: Distribution
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Population focus
Quantification
Variation in the occurrence of diseases and other health outcomes in
populations relates most closely to:
Ans: Distribution
True or False Epidemiology is an observational science that capitalizes
on naturally occurring situations.
Ans: True
True or False The history of epidemiology originated in the 20th
century
Ans: False
John Graunt is said to be the first to employ quantitative methods to
describe population vital statistics.
Ans: True
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A method for providing quantitative measurements of risks to health is
known as:
Ans: Risk assessment
A vaccine that provided immunity to smallpox was created by:
Ans: Edward Jenner
Any factor that brings about change in a health condition or other
defined characteristic is known as:
Ans: Determinant
Epidemiology searches for associations between exposures and:
Ans: Health outcomes
Operations research illustrates which of the following uses of
epidemiology:
Ans: Health services use
Specializations that contribute to epidemiology include:
Ans: Sociology
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History
Law
The English anesthesiologist who linked cholera outbreaks to
contaminated water and innovated several of the key epidemiologic
methods that remain valid and in use today was:
Ans: John Snow
The occurrence in a community or region of cases of an illness, specific
health behavior, or other health related events clearly in excess of
normal expectancy is known as a(n):
Ans: Epidemic
True or False? A pandemic is an epidemic occurring worldwide or
crossing international boundaries.
Ans: True
True or False? Descriptive epidemiology refers to studies that are
concerned with characterizing the amount and distribution of health
and disease within a population.
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Epidemiology Exam 1 Questions and
Correct Answers/ Latest Update / Already
Graded
Epidemiological methods can be applied to which of the following
public health-related fields...
Ans: Health education
Healthcare administration
Environmental health
Which of the following is not considered a use of epidemiology?
Ans: To provide healthcare services to specific individuals
Whether a contaminated food such as tomatoes caused an outbreak of
gastrointestinal disease is a simple example of:
Ans: A causal association
Which of the following is considered a key characteristic of
epidemiology?
Ans: Distribution
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Population focus
Quantification
Variation in the occurrence of diseases and other health outcomes in
populations relates most closely to:
Ans: Distribution
True or False Epidemiology is an observational science that capitalizes
on naturally occurring situations.
Ans: True
True or False The history of epidemiology originated in the 20th
century
Ans: False
John Graunt is said to be the first to employ quantitative methods to
describe population vital statistics.
Ans: True
All rights reserved © 2025/ 2026 |
, Page |3
A method for providing quantitative measurements of risks to health is
known as:
Ans: Risk assessment
A vaccine that provided immunity to smallpox was created by:
Ans: Edward Jenner
Any factor that brings about change in a health condition or other
defined characteristic is known as:
Ans: Determinant
Epidemiology searches for associations between exposures and:
Ans: Health outcomes
Operations research illustrates which of the following uses of
epidemiology:
Ans: Health services use
Specializations that contribute to epidemiology include:
Ans: Sociology
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History
Law
The English anesthesiologist who linked cholera outbreaks to
contaminated water and innovated several of the key epidemiologic
methods that remain valid and in use today was:
Ans: John Snow
The occurrence in a community or region of cases of an illness, specific
health behavior, or other health related events clearly in excess of
normal expectancy is known as a(n):
Ans: Epidemic
True or False? A pandemic is an epidemic occurring worldwide or
crossing international boundaries.
Ans: True
True or False? Descriptive epidemiology refers to studies that are
concerned with characterizing the amount and distribution of health
and disease within a population.
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