NURS 3320 CORE MAIN EXAMINATION SET
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What data are collected in health and social services? - ✔✔Hospitals, clinics,
shelters, community organizations.
✔✔What data are collected in communication? - ✔✔TV, radio, internet, newspapers,
postal services.
✔✔What data are collected in economics? - ✔✔Employment rates, income levels, major
industries.
✔✔What data are collected in recreation? - ✔✔Parks, sports teams, natural resources.
✔✔What are community assessment data sources? - ✔✔Observations, interviews,
government records, census data.
✔✔What is a windshield survey? - ✔✔Observing a community by driving or walking
through it.
✔✔What is the purpose of a windshield survey? - ✔✔To observe community conditions,
resources, and environment.
, ✔✔Who is considered the father of epidemiology? - ✔✔John Snow
✔✔What are basic epidemiologic and demographic measures? - ✔✔Population size,
density, age, gender, race, income, births, deaths.
✔✔What is surveillance in public health? - ✔✔Collecting and reporting disease
occurrence data.
✔✔What is the nurse's role in surveillance? - ✔✔Reporting certain infectious diseases.
✔✔What is the difference between a frequency measure and a proportion measure, and
how is each - ✔✔
✔✔What is the difference between a frequency measure and a proportion measure, and
how is each calculated? - ✔✔A frequency measure counts raw occurrences of data
(how many), while a proportion measure calculates the relative share of those
occurrences compared to the total population (what fraction)
✔✔What is incidence? - ✔✔Number of new cases over a period of time.
✔✔What is prevalence? - ✔✔Total existing cases at a specific time.
✔✔What is a crude rate? - ✔✔Rate for the entire population.
✔✔What is a specific rate? - ✔✔Rate for a subgroup of the population.
✔✔What is an adjusted rate? - ✔✔Rate modified to remove population differences.
✔✔What is morbidity? - ✔✔Presence of disease or illness.
✔✔What is mortality? - ✔✔Death rate.
✔✔Why is screening used? - ✔✔To detect disease early or identify high-risk individuals.
✔✔What are examples of screening? - ✔✔TB testing, mammography.
✔✔What is endemic disease occurrence? - ✔✔Constant presence of a disease in a
population.
✔✔What is an outbreak? - ✔✔Sudden increase of disease cases.
✔✔What is a cluster? - ✔✔Group of cases occurring in the same place and time.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What data are collected in health and social services? - ✔✔Hospitals, clinics,
shelters, community organizations.
✔✔What data are collected in communication? - ✔✔TV, radio, internet, newspapers,
postal services.
✔✔What data are collected in economics? - ✔✔Employment rates, income levels, major
industries.
✔✔What data are collected in recreation? - ✔✔Parks, sports teams, natural resources.
✔✔What are community assessment data sources? - ✔✔Observations, interviews,
government records, census data.
✔✔What is a windshield survey? - ✔✔Observing a community by driving or walking
through it.
✔✔What is the purpose of a windshield survey? - ✔✔To observe community conditions,
resources, and environment.
, ✔✔Who is considered the father of epidemiology? - ✔✔John Snow
✔✔What are basic epidemiologic and demographic measures? - ✔✔Population size,
density, age, gender, race, income, births, deaths.
✔✔What is surveillance in public health? - ✔✔Collecting and reporting disease
occurrence data.
✔✔What is the nurse's role in surveillance? - ✔✔Reporting certain infectious diseases.
✔✔What is the difference between a frequency measure and a proportion measure, and
how is each - ✔✔
✔✔What is the difference between a frequency measure and a proportion measure, and
how is each calculated? - ✔✔A frequency measure counts raw occurrences of data
(how many), while a proportion measure calculates the relative share of those
occurrences compared to the total population (what fraction)
✔✔What is incidence? - ✔✔Number of new cases over a period of time.
✔✔What is prevalence? - ✔✔Total existing cases at a specific time.
✔✔What is a crude rate? - ✔✔Rate for the entire population.
✔✔What is a specific rate? - ✔✔Rate for a subgroup of the population.
✔✔What is an adjusted rate? - ✔✔Rate modified to remove population differences.
✔✔What is morbidity? - ✔✔Presence of disease or illness.
✔✔What is mortality? - ✔✔Death rate.
✔✔Why is screening used? - ✔✔To detect disease early or identify high-risk individuals.
✔✔What are examples of screening? - ✔✔TB testing, mammography.
✔✔What is endemic disease occurrence? - ✔✔Constant presence of a disease in a
population.
✔✔What is an outbreak? - ✔✔Sudden increase of disease cases.
✔✔What is a cluster? - ✔✔Group of cases occurring in the same place and time.
