POPM 3240 CERTIFICATION STUDY GUIDE
2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED A+
● Edward Jenner. Answer: Prevented smallpox through variolation,
taking the disease and sticking it into skin, was not perfected as lots died
● Vaccination refers to. Answer: Inoculation (immunizing someone
against the disease by Implanting the disease into the body) with
vaccinia
● Black box epidemiology. Answer: Purely observational, no germ
theory yet
● Eradicated diseases. Answer: Smallpox, 1980 and Rinderpest, 2011
● James Lind. Answer: Observed scurvy in the Royal Navy, did a
clinical trial and gave one group oranges and lemons which led to quick
recovery. He published his findings but people still believed scurvy
wasn't caused by faulty digestion, 40 years later the navy started policy
for fruits on ship
, ● Sir Percival Pott. Answer: Physician in London, one of the earliest
demonstrations that cancer might be caused by an occupational
carcinogen
● John Snow. Answer: Physician and anesthesiologist to the British
royal family, known for epidemiology of cholera. Symptoms include
severe diarrhea which led to dehydration
● Miasma theory. Answer: The theory that diseases were caused by
miasma or bad air arising from organic decay, filth, or other conditions
of the local environment. Snow didn't buy it as they didn't get ill when
attending patients
● Shoe leather epidemiology. Answer: Detective work, gong door to
door for info. Snow found cases clustered around broad street pump and
few cases near other pumps. Later discovered that water for the pump
was polluted by sewage. He also discovered something wrong with
southwark and vauxhall company as they were using contaminated water
● Ignaz Semmelweis. Answer: Physician working in hospital, observed
high incidence of puerperal fever (childbed fever). Found that clinics
staffed by doctors and medical students died from the fever at a rate 5
times higher than the midwive clinics, major difference was what
happened after death, doctors and medical students conducted autopsies
and got cadaverous particles on their hands before attending deliveries.
Wasn't well accepted and he got fired
2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED A+
● Edward Jenner. Answer: Prevented smallpox through variolation,
taking the disease and sticking it into skin, was not perfected as lots died
● Vaccination refers to. Answer: Inoculation (immunizing someone
against the disease by Implanting the disease into the body) with
vaccinia
● Black box epidemiology. Answer: Purely observational, no germ
theory yet
● Eradicated diseases. Answer: Smallpox, 1980 and Rinderpest, 2011
● James Lind. Answer: Observed scurvy in the Royal Navy, did a
clinical trial and gave one group oranges and lemons which led to quick
recovery. He published his findings but people still believed scurvy
wasn't caused by faulty digestion, 40 years later the navy started policy
for fruits on ship
, ● Sir Percival Pott. Answer: Physician in London, one of the earliest
demonstrations that cancer might be caused by an occupational
carcinogen
● John Snow. Answer: Physician and anesthesiologist to the British
royal family, known for epidemiology of cholera. Symptoms include
severe diarrhea which led to dehydration
● Miasma theory. Answer: The theory that diseases were caused by
miasma or bad air arising from organic decay, filth, or other conditions
of the local environment. Snow didn't buy it as they didn't get ill when
attending patients
● Shoe leather epidemiology. Answer: Detective work, gong door to
door for info. Snow found cases clustered around broad street pump and
few cases near other pumps. Later discovered that water for the pump
was polluted by sewage. He also discovered something wrong with
southwark and vauxhall company as they were using contaminated water
● Ignaz Semmelweis. Answer: Physician working in hospital, observed
high incidence of puerperal fever (childbed fever). Found that clinics
staffed by doctors and medical students died from the fever at a rate 5
times higher than the midwive clinics, major difference was what
happened after death, doctors and medical students conducted autopsies
and got cadaverous particles on their hands before attending deliveries.
Wasn't well accepted and he got fired
