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Epidemiology Test

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The branch of medical science concerned with the incidence, distribution, and control of diseases that affect large numbers of people is _____________.
a)
Cardiology
b)
Radiology
c)
Epidemiology
d)
Respirology
2.
Dr. John Snow and his famous water pumps map showed the spread of which disease in London during the 1850s?
a)
Ebola
b)
Tuberculosis
c)
H1N1
d)
Cholera
3.
Why are developing countries more susceptible to the spread of infectious diseases?
a)
Lower socio-economic status
b)
Unstable government
c)
Lack of healthcare/ education
d)
All of the above
4.
Where in the world is HIV most prevalent?
a)
East Asia
b)
Sub-Saharan Africa
c)
Latin America
d)
Europe
5.
A ________ is a disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects a very high proportion of the population.
a)
disease
b)
epidemic
c)
pandemic
d)
pandemonium
6.
What is the definition of epidemiology?
a)
the study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events in specified populations, and the application of this study to the control of health problems 
b)
a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.
c)
 the occurrence of health-related events by time, place, and person.
d)
 the number of health events such as the number of cases of meningitis or diabetes in a population
7.
Epidemiology is concerned with the __________ and __________ of health events in a population:
a)
frequency, pattern
b)
frequency, determinant
c)
pattern, determinant
d)
determinant, spread
8.
Compare food histories between persons with Staphylococcus food poisoning and those without is an example of 
a)
Distribution
b)
Determinants
c)
Application
9.
Mark on a map the residences of all children born with birth defects within 2 miles of a hazardous waste site is an example of 
a)
Distribution
b)
Determinants
c)
Application
10.

epidemiology is defined as

a)

study of disease

b)

study of disease progression

c)

study of foodborne-illness

d)

study of parasites

11.

communicable disease

a)

a disease that gets spread person to person

b)

a disease that is not spread through other people

12.

noncommunicable

a)

does not spread between people

b)

spreads from person to person

13.

acute infection

a)

rapid onset of symptoms, followed by a brief set of symptoms and a resolution within days

b)

being constantly plagued by a disease

14.

chronic infection

a)

an infection that repeatedly flairs and never fully goes away

b)

an infection that comes once and goes

15.

epidemic

a)

a large, country-wide outbreak

b)

global outbreak

c)

a small, localized outbreak

d)

a disease that is always present, but in lower quantities

16.

pandemic

a)

a large, country-wide outbreak

b)

global outbreak

c)

a small, localized outbreak

d)

a disease that is always present, but in lower quantities

17.

carrier

a)

someone who acts as a vector for the infection but does not get infected themselves

b)

someone who gets sick and infects others

c)

an object that holds the infectious agent

18.

reservoir

a)

a population that is chronically infested with an infectious agent and holds and transmits it to others

b)

an object that holds a infectious agent

c)

a person that transmits a disease without actually having an infection themselves

19.

zoonotic disease

a)

a disease that can only be passed from person to person

b)

a disease that can only be passed from human to human

c)

a disease that can be passed from human to animal and vice versa

20.

In current thinking, the term "epidemic" is used only to describe outbreaks of infectious disease.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

Environmental and occupational health problems are a specialization of epidemiology.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

John Snow, author of "Snow on Cholera:"

a)

was the father of modern biostatistics

b)

established postulates for transmission of infectious disease

c)

was an early epidemiologist who used natural experiments

d)

argued that the environment was associated with disease such as malaria

23.

Which of the following is NOT usually an aim of epidemiology?

a)

To describe the health status of a population

b)

To fund new public health programs

c)

To explain the etiology of disease

d)

To predict the occurrence of disease

e)

To control the distribution of disease

24.
An organism that lives on or in a host and causes it harm is called
a)
a host
b)
a parasite
c)
a cell
d)
a virus
25.
An example of passing disease Person to Person would be
a)
Touching a door knob
b)
Eating spoiled food
c)
Sharing a drinking container
d)
Touching infected animal
26.

Dr. John Snow discovered the source of a bad outbreak of this disease...

a)

The Black Plague

b)

Ebola

c)

Cholera

d)

Typhoid fever

27.

Who is known as the father of Epidemiology?

a)

Dr. Meredith Gray

b)

Dr. John Snow

c)

Albert Einstein

d)

Dr. Jonas Salk

28.

The source of the 1854 outbreak of Cholera in London was determined to be...

a)

contaminated beer from the brewery

b)

a bad crop of lettuce

c)

a cloud of bad air over the town

d)

a contaminated water pump

29.

This disease is also known as the "Black Death"

a)

cholera

b)

ebola

c)

bubonic plague

d)

spanish flu

30.

Who was the father of vital statistics and surveillance -1800

a)

John Gaunt

b)

John Snow

c)

William Farr

d)

Hippocrates

31.

He designed the first human experiment with controls while studying the treatment of scurvy by eating citrus fruit- 1740s

a)

Robert Koch

b)

James Lind

c)

Louis Pasteur

d)

Edward Jenner

32.

He recognized the bacterial cause of anthrax and developed a vaccine for it -1880s

a)

Louis Pasteur

b)

Edward Jenner

c)

James Lind

d)

Robert Koch

33.

He developed the first vaccine using cow pox to inoculate against small pox - 1790s

a)

John Gaunt

b)

Robert Koch

c)

Louis Pasteur

d)

Edward Jenner

34.

The HIV (AIDS) epidemic started in the

a)

1980s

b)

1990s

c)

1950s

d)

2000s

35.

When was Typhoid Mary spreading typhoid to people in the New York City area?

a)

early 1800s

b)

early 1900s

c)

1930s

d)

1750s

36.
which of the following are a pathogen?
a)
virus
b)
bacteria
c)
fungi
d)
All of the above
37.
Who was the first person to explain disease occurrence from a rational rather than a supernatural viewpoint?
a)
Hippocrates
b)
John Graunt
c)
William Farr
d)
John Snow
38.
Which person is considered the father of modern vital statistics and surveillance?
a)
Hippocrates
b)
John Graunt
c)
William Farr
d)
John Snow
39.
Which person is considered the "father of field epidemiology"?
a)
Hippocrates
b)
John Graunt
c)
William Farr
d)
John Snow
40.
Which water pump did John Snow determine was the source of the cholera epidemic in the Golden Square of London in 1854? 
a)
Pump A
b)
Pump B
c)
Pump C

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