HCS 320 Intro to Epi (T/F quiz)

A primary care physician is concerned with the course of a disease in an individual, while an epidemiologist is concerned with the course of disease in a population.

• True
• False

An unexpectedly large number of cases of an illness, specific health-related behavior, or other health-related event in a particular population defines a pandemic.

• True
• False

An endemic disease is one that occurs regularly in a population as a matter of course.

• True
• False

An attack rate is an incidence rate calculated for a particular population for a single disease outbreak and is expressed as a percentage.

• True
• False

An epidemiological study aimed at testing hypotheses is a descriptive study.

• True
• False