Public Health 150 Midterm 1 || GUARANTEED PASS!!
The mission of public health is to guarantee the health of the public correct answers False
The recent outbreak of measles in Los Angeles is due in part to correct answers A lack of
herd immunity among young people
Reluctance of parents to have their children vaccinated
The state with the highest incidence of the West Nile virus case recently is correct answers
California
The largest outbreak of Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome (MERSA) recently was in
correct answers South Korea
The prevalence of obesity in the US is highest among which of the following correct answers
African American women
Over 20% of persons with high blood pressure are unaware of their condition correct answers
True
The country with the longest longevity among males is correct answers Iceland
The leading cause if death among males 15-24 years in the US is correct answers
Unintentional injuries
Among the following, which caused the highest number of deaths in 2011? correct answers
Prescription drugs
The greatest contributor to premature death in the US in 2007 was/were: correct answers
Behavioral patterns
The strategy of epidemiology is to characterize the disease in terms of correct answers Time,
place, person
Agent, host, environment
Prevalence measures correct answers Existing cases
Which measure is most useful for estimating the need for a high blood pressure treatment
program in the community? correct answers Prevalence
An epidemic is driven by correct answers The reproductive number
Availability of susceptible individuals
Transmission probability per contact
Mortality rate
Epidemiology is useful to correct answers Establish the history of disease in a community
The natural history of a disease in an individual
Identifying the risk factors for occurence of a disease
Which preventative measures should have been used
, Epidemiology can be used to evaluate strategies used in implementation science correct
answers True
Evidence in favor of direct person-to-person transmission of C. philippensis include correct
answers Distribution of cases in multiple households
The impact of treatment on the reservoir of the parasite
Epidemiology is correct answers A strategy/methodology for studying disease occurence
Epidemiology studies the correct answers Frequency of disease
Distribution of disease
In epidemiology, health can be described as an equilibrium between correct answers Agent,
host, and environment
Screening is a useful technique to establish the prevalence of a disease in a human population
correct answers False
Which of the following is NOT a key element of surveillance? correct answers Precise
diagnosis
Surveillance can be used to monitor correct answers Prevalence/ incidence of disease
Emerging diseases
Distribution of individuals engaging in risk practices for a disease
Surveillance can be implemented in correct answers Human populations
Animal populations
Special groups within a population
Which of the following is the usual design used for surveillance? correct answers Serial
cross-sectional
Which of the following surveillance strategies provides the least biased sample? correct
answers Compulsory
Routine reporting of positive laboratory tests is an example of active surveillance correct
answers False
Diseases with a long incubation period are particularly suitable for sentinel surveillance of
clinical cases to determine the current spread of infection correct answers False
Surveillance is useful for evaluating the impact of community intervention programs. correct
answers True
The results of surveillance for new strains of influenza should be reported to: correct answers
Decision makers
The data collectors
The public
Only to infectious disease specialists who can understand the results
The mission of public health is to guarantee the health of the public correct answers False
The recent outbreak of measles in Los Angeles is due in part to correct answers A lack of
herd immunity among young people
Reluctance of parents to have their children vaccinated
The state with the highest incidence of the West Nile virus case recently is correct answers
California
The largest outbreak of Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome (MERSA) recently was in
correct answers South Korea
The prevalence of obesity in the US is highest among which of the following correct answers
African American women
Over 20% of persons with high blood pressure are unaware of their condition correct answers
True
The country with the longest longevity among males is correct answers Iceland
The leading cause if death among males 15-24 years in the US is correct answers
Unintentional injuries
Among the following, which caused the highest number of deaths in 2011? correct answers
Prescription drugs
The greatest contributor to premature death in the US in 2007 was/were: correct answers
Behavioral patterns
The strategy of epidemiology is to characterize the disease in terms of correct answers Time,
place, person
Agent, host, environment
Prevalence measures correct answers Existing cases
Which measure is most useful for estimating the need for a high blood pressure treatment
program in the community? correct answers Prevalence
An epidemic is driven by correct answers The reproductive number
Availability of susceptible individuals
Transmission probability per contact
Mortality rate
Epidemiology is useful to correct answers Establish the history of disease in a community
The natural history of a disease in an individual
Identifying the risk factors for occurence of a disease
Which preventative measures should have been used
, Epidemiology can be used to evaluate strategies used in implementation science correct
answers True
Evidence in favor of direct person-to-person transmission of C. philippensis include correct
answers Distribution of cases in multiple households
The impact of treatment on the reservoir of the parasite
Epidemiology is correct answers A strategy/methodology for studying disease occurence
Epidemiology studies the correct answers Frequency of disease
Distribution of disease
In epidemiology, health can be described as an equilibrium between correct answers Agent,
host, and environment
Screening is a useful technique to establish the prevalence of a disease in a human population
correct answers False
Which of the following is NOT a key element of surveillance? correct answers Precise
diagnosis
Surveillance can be used to monitor correct answers Prevalence/ incidence of disease
Emerging diseases
Distribution of individuals engaging in risk practices for a disease
Surveillance can be implemented in correct answers Human populations
Animal populations
Special groups within a population
Which of the following is the usual design used for surveillance? correct answers Serial
cross-sectional
Which of the following surveillance strategies provides the least biased sample? correct
answers Compulsory
Routine reporting of positive laboratory tests is an example of active surveillance correct
answers False
Diseases with a long incubation period are particularly suitable for sentinel surveillance of
clinical cases to determine the current spread of infection correct answers False
Surveillance is useful for evaluating the impact of community intervention programs. correct
answers True
The results of surveillance for new strains of influenza should be reported to: correct answers
Decision makers
The data collectors
The public
Only to infectious disease specialists who can understand the results
