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Epidemiology Introduction Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the closest to the official definition of Epidemiology from the CDC?

a)

Science of looking at health of individuals

b)

Study of distribution and determinants of health-related states among specified individuals

c)

Study of distribution and determinants of health-related states among specified populations

d)

Study of distribution and determinants of health-related states in order to form treatment options for populations

2.

Who is considered the father of epidemiology?

a)

Edward Jenner

b)

Jonas Salk

c)

John Snow

d)

Hippocrates

3.

Which study is not an example of an Epidemiological Study?

a)

Descriptive

b)

Experimental

c)

Analytic

4.

Which type of Epidemiological Study does NOT have a hypothesis?

a)

Descriptive

b)

Experimental

c)

Analytic

d)

They all have a hypothesis.

5.

What does CDC stand for?

a)

Center for Disease Control

b)

Central Disease Commission

c)

Cancer and Disease Convention

d)

Commission for Disease Care

6.

Epidemiology looks at disease in _______ groups.

a)

population

b)

individual

c)

species

d)

country

7.

Which disease did Dr John Snow help stop the spread of?

a)

Malaria

b)

Cholera

c)

Dengue

d)

COVID-19

8.

Which type of organism has membrane-bound organelles (like a nucleus)?

a)

Eukaryote

b)

Prokaryote

c)

Virus

9.

The agents that cause disease (pathogens) fall into five groups: viruses, (a)   , fungi, protozoa, and helminths (worms).

10.

The _______ is the viral reproduction cycle that ALL viruses have.

a)

lytic cycle

b)

lysogenic cycle

c)

Calvin cycle

d)

Krebs cycle