WorksheetsIntroduction to Epidemiology
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 17mins
What does "epi" mean?
study of
people
below
upon
What does "ology" mean?
below
the study of
a specialist
a part of
Which of the following means "people"?
eury
hyster
demos
entom
Select all that apply. Epidemiology is a discipline that ___________________ causal mechanisms for health phenomena in the population
quantifies
diagnoses
describes
qualifies
postulates
What term describes "illness within a population"
mortality
virulent
carcinogen
morbidity
What term describes "death within a population"
mortality
virulent
botulism
morbidity
Select all that apply. Epidemiology is concerned with which of the following?
Injuries
Morbidity
Dissabilities
Mortality
Distribution of diseases
In epidemiology, ______________ are factors/events that are capable of bringing about a change in health.
distribution
phenomena
viscosity
determinants
Any substance, radionuclide, or radiation that promotes the formation of cancer.
toxin
carcinogen
solvent
biological agent
True or False: Stress can be a determinant for disease?
True
False
True or False: unfavorable lifestyle patterns can be a determinant for disease development
True
False
True or False: Smoking is considered a determinant for disease development?
True
False
True or False: Consumption of alcohol can be a determinant of disease development?
True
False
True or False: Epidemiologist always know or find out the determinants for a disease they are researching.
True
False
True or False: Disease frequency is always consistent from population to population
True
False
What does "TSS" stand for?
transphenoidal surgery
tropical splenomegaly syndrome
tension scabies syndrome
Toxic shock syndrome
TSS symptoms include all of the following, EXCEPT...
rash
headache
high fever
vomitting
True or False: Epidemiology investigates health phenomena that are acute only.
True
False
True or False: Epidemiology investigates health phenomena with populations that are diseased only
True
False
True or False: Epidemiology investigates health phenomena with healthy populations and populations that have positive functioning lives.
True
False
True or False: Epidemiology investigates health phenomena that involves not only diseases but also injuries within populations.
True
False
the cause, set of causes, or manner of causation of a disease or condition.
etiology
epidemiology
diagnosis
prognosis
_________________ is a complete, ordered listing of all the items in a collection
qualify
enumerate
scaffold
distribute
A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time
Health crisis
Pandemic
Epidemic
Endemic
a disease that has spread across a large region; for instance multiple continents, or even worldwide
endemic
pandemic
health crisis
epidemic
a disease or condition that is regularly found among particular people or in a certain area.
pandemic
health crisis
epidemic
endemic
In epidemiology, _______________ allows to investigate by time, place, and person
determinants
place
qualification
quantification
the study of how health and illness are shaped, experienced, and understood in light of global, historical, cultural and political forces.
medical microbiology
medical anthropology
medical epidemiology
medical arthropodology
___________________ discovered that diseases are caused by specific living organisms
Robert Koch
Edward Jenner
Alexander Fleming
Jonas Salk
According to Koch's postulates, the microorganism must be observed ...
during the death process
after the patient has died
as soon as the patient is infected
in every case of the disease
According to Koch's postulates, the microorganism isolated and ______________ in pure culture
infected
killed
grown
disinfected
According to Koch's postulates, the pure culture must _____________ when inoculated into a susceptible animal.
reproduce the disease
kill the animal
kill the disease
weaken the animal
According to Koch's postulates, the microorganism must be observed and __________ from the experimentally diseased animal.
reproduced
recovered
killed
grown
