ENTOMOLOGY EXAM 2 QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS / ALREADY
GRADED A / 2025
• What are vectors? - ANS-They are what carry the disease
• What are Hosts? - ANS-They are what the disease infects
• What are Agents? - ANS-They are the types of Vectors such as Biological, Chemical, and Physical
• What are the objectives of epidemiology? How do they differ from clinical medicine?
• biological agents- - ANS-Viruses, Bacteria, Parasites, or prions
• Chemical agents- - ANS-Toxins Man-made (Dioxins and melamine) Inorganic/organic: zearalenone
(mycotoxin in cereals fed to livestock (pigs)
• physical agents- - ANS-Foreign bodies (nails, horns etc) Trauma, Radiation, Plants
• Endemic- - ANS-The constant occurrence of a disease that Commonly presents in a particular place
with stability in the level of infection
• Epidemic- - ANS-The occurrence of a disease that the level of infection exceeds that normal
expectancy in a specific region, spreads rapidly and usually lasts for a limited period of time
• What is incidence rate? Can you do the math to get an answer? - ANS-Measures the rapidity with
which newly diagnosed cases of the disease of interest develop
- observe a population
- count # of new cases
- measure net time
• What is prevalence rate? - ANS-A slice thru a population at a given point in time that determines who
has the disease and who does not.
• What are the two different types? - ANS-Point prevalence- point in time, and Period prevalence-
during a defined range of time
DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS / ALREADY
GRADED A / 2025
• What are vectors? - ANS-They are what carry the disease
• What are Hosts? - ANS-They are what the disease infects
• What are Agents? - ANS-They are the types of Vectors such as Biological, Chemical, and Physical
• What are the objectives of epidemiology? How do they differ from clinical medicine?
• biological agents- - ANS-Viruses, Bacteria, Parasites, or prions
• Chemical agents- - ANS-Toxins Man-made (Dioxins and melamine) Inorganic/organic: zearalenone
(mycotoxin in cereals fed to livestock (pigs)
• physical agents- - ANS-Foreign bodies (nails, horns etc) Trauma, Radiation, Plants
• Endemic- - ANS-The constant occurrence of a disease that Commonly presents in a particular place
with stability in the level of infection
• Epidemic- - ANS-The occurrence of a disease that the level of infection exceeds that normal
expectancy in a specific region, spreads rapidly and usually lasts for a limited period of time
• What is incidence rate? Can you do the math to get an answer? - ANS-Measures the rapidity with
which newly diagnosed cases of the disease of interest develop
- observe a population
- count # of new cases
- measure net time
• What is prevalence rate? - ANS-A slice thru a population at a given point in time that determines who
has the disease and who does not.
• What are the two different types? - ANS-Point prevalence- point in time, and Period prevalence-
during a defined range of time