Biostat

Question 1

Census is done every __ years

Answer 1

5 years

Question 2

Birth certificate must be filed withing _ days after birth

Answer 2

Within 30 days after birth

Question 3

Death certificated must be filed withinh___ hours after death. Except in epidemics (within 5 days)

Answer 3

Within 48 hours

Question 4

Which of the following is the most important
A. Immediate cause
B. Antecedent cause
C.underlyg cause of death.

Answer 4

C. Underlying cause of death

*Counted in leading cause of mortañity

Question 5

80% of the output in a given situation or system is produced by 20%. Of the input

Answer 5

Pareto principle

Question 6

Most common measure of central tendency

Answer 6

Mean

Question 7

Measure of central tendency useful in skewed data?

Answer 7

Median

Question 8

Measure of central tendency used in top 10 mortality

Answer 8

Mode

Question 9

Measure of central tendency for bimodal distribution

Answer 9

Mode

Question 10

More useful in describing the occurence of chronic condition
A. Prevalence rate
B. Incidence rate

Answer 10

A. Prevalence rate

Question 11

Measurew killing power of the disease

Answer 11

Case fatality rate

Question 12

Sensitive indicator of standard of health

Answer 12

Swaroops index

Question 13

Most sensitive index in assessing the health status of the community?

Answer 13

Infant mortality rate

Question 14

Backbone of disease prevention

Answer 14

Epidemiology