ATI chapter 3: Epidemiology and
Communicable Diseases
Questions with Accurate Answers
__________ the study of health-related trends in populations for the purposes of
disease prevention, health maintenance and health protection correct answer
Epidemiology
___________________ is used to monitor disease trends. correct answer
Epidemiology
A health care goals is for an increase of individuals surviving more than how many
years after a diagnosis of AIDS correct answer 3 years
An infectious disease that particles are transmitted by air to susceptible host via
droplets or particles is known as correct answer Airborne
Cholera, Typhoid fever, bacillary dysentery and Giardia lamblia are all which type
of communicable diseases? correct answer Water-borne
death from specific causes known as correct answer cause-specific rate, case
fatality rate
deaths at specific times across the lifetime is known as correct answer infant
mortality ration or age-specific rate
, Epidemiology involves the study of the relationship of correct answer the agent,
host, and environment
For the pneumonic plague, what precautions are used? correct answer Droplet
How do you calculate crude mortality rate? correct answer number of
deaths/population total x1000
How do you calculate infant mortality rate? correct answer Number of infant
deaths before 1 year of age in a year/number if live births in the same year x1000
How do you calculate the attack rate? correct answer number of people exposed
to a specific agent who develop the disease/ total number of people exposed
If an individual tests positive for Tuberculosis, they should be tested for which
other communicable disease? correct answer HIV
Infectious mononucleosis, enterobiasis (pinworms), impetigo, lice and scabies are
all transmitted through which mode of transmission? correct answer Direct
Contact
John Snow led an investigation on which communicable disease? correct answer
Cholera
Measles, Chickenpox, Tuberculosis, Pertussis, Influenza and severe acute
respiratory syndrome (SARS) are all considered which types of communicable
diseases? correct answer Airborne
Communicable Diseases
Questions with Accurate Answers
__________ the study of health-related trends in populations for the purposes of
disease prevention, health maintenance and health protection correct answer
Epidemiology
___________________ is used to monitor disease trends. correct answer
Epidemiology
A health care goals is for an increase of individuals surviving more than how many
years after a diagnosis of AIDS correct answer 3 years
An infectious disease that particles are transmitted by air to susceptible host via
droplets or particles is known as correct answer Airborne
Cholera, Typhoid fever, bacillary dysentery and Giardia lamblia are all which type
of communicable diseases? correct answer Water-borne
death from specific causes known as correct answer cause-specific rate, case
fatality rate
deaths at specific times across the lifetime is known as correct answer infant
mortality ration or age-specific rate
, Epidemiology involves the study of the relationship of correct answer the agent,
host, and environment
For the pneumonic plague, what precautions are used? correct answer Droplet
How do you calculate crude mortality rate? correct answer number of
deaths/population total x1000
How do you calculate infant mortality rate? correct answer Number of infant
deaths before 1 year of age in a year/number if live births in the same year x1000
How do you calculate the attack rate? correct answer number of people exposed
to a specific agent who develop the disease/ total number of people exposed
If an individual tests positive for Tuberculosis, they should be tested for which
other communicable disease? correct answer HIV
Infectious mononucleosis, enterobiasis (pinworms), impetigo, lice and scabies are
all transmitted through which mode of transmission? correct answer Direct
Contact
John Snow led an investigation on which communicable disease? correct answer
Cholera
Measles, Chickenpox, Tuberculosis, Pertussis, Influenza and severe acute
respiratory syndrome (SARS) are all considered which types of communicable
diseases? correct answer Airborne
