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Introduction to Epidemiology

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does "epi" mean?

a)

study of

b)

people

c)

below

d)

upon

2.

What does "ology" mean?

a)

below

b)

the study of

c)

a specialist

d)

a part of

3.

Which of the following means "people"?

a)

eury

b)

hyster

c)

demos

d)

entom

4.

Select all that apply. Epidemiology is a discipline that ___________________ causal mechanisms for health phenomena in the population

a)

quantifies

b)

diagnoses

c)

describes

d)

qualifies

e)

postulates

5.

What term describes "illness within a population"

a)

mortality

b)

virulent

c)

carcinogen

d)

morbidity

6.

What term describes "death within a population"

a)

mortality

b)

virulent

c)

botulism

d)

morbidity

7.

Select all that apply. Epidemiology is concerned with which of the following?

a)

Injuries

b)

Morbidity

c)

Dissabilities

d)

Mortality

e)

Distribution of diseases

8.

In epidemiology, ______________ are factors/events that are capable of bringing about a change in health.

a)

distribution

b)

phenomena

c)

viscosity

d)

determinants

9.

Any substance, radionuclide, or radiation that promotes the formation of cancer.

a)

toxin

b)

carcinogen

c)

solvent

d)

biological agent

10.

True or False: Stress can be a determinant for disease?

a)

True

b)

False

11.

True or False: unfavorable lifestyle patterns can be a determinant for disease development

a)

True

b)

False

12.

True or False: Smoking is considered a determinant for disease development?

a)

True

b)

False

13.

True or False: Consumption of alcohol can be a determinant of disease development?

a)

True

b)

False

14.

True or False: Epidemiologist always know or find out the determinants for a disease they are researching.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

True or False: Disease frequency is always consistent from population to population

a)

True

b)

False

16.

What does "TSS" stand for?

a)

transphenoidal surgery

b)

tropical splenomegaly syndrome

c)

tension scabies syndrome

d)

Toxic shock syndrome

17.

TSS symptoms include all of the following, EXCEPT...

a)

rash

b)

headache

c)

high fever

d)

vomitting

18.

True or False: Epidemiology investigates health phenomena that are acute only.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

True or False: Epidemiology investigates health phenomena with populations that are diseased only

a)

True

b)

False

20.

True or False: Epidemiology investigates health phenomena with healthy populations and populations that have positive functioning lives.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

True or False: Epidemiology investigates health phenomena that involves not only diseases but also injuries within populations.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

the cause, set of causes, or manner of causation of a disease or condition.

a)

etiology

b)

epidemiology

c)

diagnosis

d)

prognosis

23.

_________________ is a complete, ordered listing of all the items in a collection

a)

qualify

b)

enumerate

c)

scaffold

d)

distribute

24.

A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time

a)

Health crisis

b)

Pandemic

c)

Epidemic

d)

Endemic

25.

a disease that has spread across a large region; for instance multiple continents, or even worldwide

a)

endemic

b)

pandemic

c)

health crisis

d)

epidemic

26.

a disease or condition that is regularly found among particular people or in a certain area.

a)

pandemic

b)

health crisis

c)

epidemic

d)

endemic

27.

In epidemiology, _______________ allows to investigate by time, place, and person

a)

determinants

b)

place

c)

qualification

d)

quantification

28.

the study of how health and illness are shaped, experienced, and understood in light of global, historical, cultural and political forces.

a)

medical microbiology

b)

medical anthropology

c)

medical epidemiology

d)

medical arthropodology

29.

___________________ discovered that diseases are caused by specific living organisms

a)

Robert Koch

b)

Edward Jenner

c)

Alexander Fleming

d)

Jonas Salk

30.

According to Koch's postulates, the microorganism must be observed ...

a)

during the death process

b)

after the patient has died

c)

as soon as the patient is infected

d)

in every case of the disease

31.

According to Koch's postulates, the microorganism isolated and ______________ in pure culture

a)

infected

b)

killed

c)

grown

d)

disinfected

32.

According to Koch's postulates, the pure culture must _____________ when inoculated into a susceptible animal.

a)

reproduce the disease

b)

kill the animal

c)

kill the disease

d)

weaken the animal

33.

According to Koch's postulates, the microorganism must be observed and __________ from the experimentally diseased animal.

a)

reproduced

b)

recovered

c)

killed

d)

grown