Final Exam Review Questions Kahoot

Question 1

True or False: A disaster is any event that causes destruction and devastation that cannot be alleviated without assistance.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Destruction/devastation caused by storms or fires is known as a __________________ disaster.

Answer 2

Natural

Question 3

Destruction/devastation caused by violence and war is known as a ________________ disaster.

Answer 3

Man-made (human-made)

Question 4

What are some risk or burden considerations for people in underdeveloped countries?

Answer 4

poor with limited resources, higher death rates, homes less sturdy, overcrowding, fewer social supports

Question 5

What are the four stages of disaster management?

Answer 5

1) Prevention and Mitigation, 2) Preparedness, 3) Response, 4) Recovery

Question 6

In which stage of disaster management are emergency plans developed and mock training occurs?

Answer 6

Preparedness

Question 7

In which stage of disaster management does the rescue workers arrive and triage victims?

Answer 7

Response

Question 8

The Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response is responsible for:

Answer 8

providing comprehensive training and certification of emergency response teams.

Question 9

The concept of Epidemiology refers to

Answer 9

population-focused applied science discussed in terms of person, place, and time, uses research and statistical data collection, looks at causative and risk factors of disease, and studies the determinants of health related states and events across the lifespan.

Question 10

True or false: Disease results from a complex relationship among causal agents, susceptible persons, and environmental factors

Answer 10

True

Question 11

What is the term used to describe the probability of having a positive result for having disease?

Answer 11

Positive predictive value

Question 12

What is a measure in percent that identifies a test’s ability to identify those persons with disease?

Answer 12

Sensitivity

Question 13

What are 3 types of epidemiological studies?

Answer 13

Descriptive, Analytical, Intervention

Question 14

Which one is not a descriptive study? (Analytical, descriptive, intervention)

Answer 14

Prospective (analytical)

Question 15

Order the epidemiological studies from least rigorous to more rigorous:

Answer 15

Descriptive, Analytic, Intervention

Question 16

This type of analytic study that compares groups of people with similar characteristics to examine risk factors for disease:

Answer 16

Retrospective (Case control)

Question 17

This type of analytic study follows groups of people with no disease over time to determine causative factors for developing disease:

Answer 17

Prospective (Cohort)

Question 18

This type of intervention study uses drug therapy or surgical intervention to alter body mechanisms:

Answer 18

Therapeutic Trial

Question 19

True or false: The most common measures of disease frequency are prevalence and incidence rates?

Answer 19

True

Question 20

The occurrence of disease in the total population is referred to as:

Answer 20

Morbidity

Question 21

What is the term used to describe the registration of vital events such as births, deaths, and health events?

Answer 21

Vital statistics

Question 22

CHNs use an epidemiological approach for

Answer 22

measuring health status and disease, surveillance, case finding, assessing causative and risk factors of disease in populations, evaluation

Question 23

An illness that is caused from a specific agent and its toxins that rises through transmission to a susceptible host is:

Answer 23

Communicable Disease

Question 24

Order the concepts of disease presentation from 1) present in a population to 2) regional occurrence to 3) global occurrence.

Answer 24

1) Endemic, 2) Epidemic, 3) Pandemic

Question 25

What are some health interventions that have put an end to epidemics that once impacted populations?

Answer 25

Vaccines, antibiotics, improved sanitation measures

Question 26

True or false: Vertical transmission is the transport of infectious agents from person to person by direct, indirect, airborne transmission.

Answer 26

False. This statement reflects horizontal transmission

Question 27

Bacteria, fungi, viruses, parasites are known as:

Answer 27

Infectious agents

Question 28

What are host factors that influence the spread of disease?

Answer 28

Resistance, immunity, infectiousness, herd immunity

Question 29

What are contraindications to immunizations?

Answer 29

encephalopathy, severe allergy (permanent), pregnancy, immunosuppression, severe illness, blood recipient (temporary)

Question 30

Which term refers to irreversible termination of all transmission of infection by extermination worldwide?

Answer 30

Eradicated

Question 31

The concept referring to the period of time between invasion of an infectious agent and the appearance of symptoms is:

Answer 31

Incubation

Question 32

True or false: Nosocomial infections (MRSA, VRE, C-diff) are contracted from a healthcare facility and spread in that environment.

Answer 32

True

Question 33

A nonhuman organism (insect) that plays a role in transmission of an infectious agent from source to host is known as:

Answer 33

Vector

Question 34

What is the term used to describe the registration of vital events such as births, deaths, and health events?

Answer 34

Vital statistics