Exam questions Flashcards
Although epidemiologist provider the scientific evidence
relating to health-related states, events, and services they should
never influence the policy making process.
-True
-False
False
Which of the following variables are health determinates?
(Select all that apply)
- Education
- Genetics
- Environment
- Nutrition
- Neighborhood
- Education*
- Genetics *
- nutrition
- Environment*
- Neighborhood*
A risk factor is a cause of disease or part of the casual chain
that leads to disease.
- True
- False
true
Arrange the following items in the order of the chain of infection
- Reservoir
- Portal of exit
- Mode of transmission
- Portal of entry
- Host
- Reservoir *1
- Portal of exit* 2
- Mode of transmission*3
- Portal of entry*4
- Host*5
When a person has a risk factor for a disease, that means that
the person will eventually develop the disease.
- True
- False
false
Reservoirs of infectious disease include
- Animals
- Insects
- Humans
- All of the above
All of the above
Acquiring a surgical site infection related to the use of
contaminated surgical equipment would be an example of a
direct mode of disease transmission.
-True
-False
-False
A patient acquired syphilis after having sexual intercourse
with a new sexual partner. This is an example of .
- Direct transmission
- Transmission by a vehicle
- Indirect transmission
- Transmission by a vector
Direct transmission
Developing an infectious disease after a tick bite would be an
example of indirect disease transmission.
- True
- False
True
Vectors include
- Food
- Mosquitoes
- Eating utensils
- All of the above
Mosquitoes
Active immunity can be achieved through SELECT ALL
THAT APPLY
- Vaccination
- Cocooning
- Administering immunoglobulins
- Breastfeeding
- Vaccination
To achieve heard immunity, approximately what percentage
of the population needs to be immunized?
- 50%
- 75%
- 85%
- 95%
85%
Administering immunoglobulin to someone exposed to
rabies would be an example of active immunity.
- True
- False
false
Protecting a newborn infant from influenza
include (SELECT ALL THAT APPLY)
- Cocooning
- Vaccinating the mother during pregnancy
- Herd immunity
- Having the mother breastfeed the infant
- Cocooning *
- Vaccinating the mother during pregnancy*
- herd immunity
The epidemiological triad includes
- Vehicles, vectors, and fomites
- Agent, host, and environment
- Surveillance, field investigations, and analytical studies
- Rates, ratios, and proportions
- Agent, host, and environment *
The Bradford Hill criteria are used to
- Determine causation
- Evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of a screening test
- Determine statistical significance
- Evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention
Determine causation
Most infectious disease are the result of a single causative
agent.
- True
- False
false
Most diseases are diagnosed during which of the following
stages?
- Stage of susceptibility
- Stage of subclinical disease
- Stage of clinical disease
- Stage of recovery, disability, or death
- Stage of clinical disease
Providing physical therapy for a person who has experience
a spinal cord injury would be an example of
- Primary prevention
- Secondary prevention
- Tertiary prevention
- Primordial prevention
- Tertiary prevention *
Vaccinating employees for influenza is an example of
- Primary prevention
-Secondary prevention
- Tertiary prevention
- All three levels of prevention
- Primary prevention*
Using mammography to identify women who have breast
cancer is an example of
-Primary prevention
- Secondary prevention
- Tertiary prevention
- Both primary and secondary prevention
- Secondary prevention*
A rate is a count of the number people in the population with
a health -related condition of interest
- True
-False
False
Adjusted rates are used to control the effects of age on a
health outcome when comparing the rate for different
populations.
- True
- False
true