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Combining ABC and VED analysis helps prioritize…………………… for strictest control:
Desirable drug, low-cost items
mid-cost, essential drugs
Vital drug, Low cost
Essential, low-value items
When outcome is common, the odds ratio compared with risk ratio tends to:
Approximate the RR closely
Be further from 1 than the RR
Always be smaller than RR
Be undefined
A health center maintains minimum stock of ORS packets equal to average weekly consumption. This is:
Re-order stock
Average stock
Buffer stock
Lead time stock
Allocation concealment (in RCTs) primarily prevents
Performance bias
Detection (ascertainment) bias
Selection bias at enrolment
Attrition bias
Which is not among Bradford Hill’s considerations for causality?
Temporality
Coherence
Dose–response
Statistical significance
Which of the following is a measure of incidence density?
Number of new cases ÷ mid-year population
Number of new cases ÷ person-time at risk
Existing cases ÷ population
Existing cases ÷ person-time at risk
A program compares cost per QALY gained for dialysis versus renal transplant. This is:
Cost benefit analysis
Cost effectiveness analysis
Cost minimization analysis
Cost utility analysis
Comparing cataract surgery cost in two hospitals offering identical outcomes represents:
Cost benefit analysis
Cost effectiveness analysis
Cost minimization analysis
Cost utility analysis
In decision-tree analysis for selecting vaccination strategies, the expected value at each branch is computed for:
Sensitivity analysis
Multivariate association
Cost-benefit optimization
Predictive modeling
In epidemiology, what distinguishes 'the focus of study' from clinical practice?
It is on a single individual
It does not require quantification of findings
It is on a large number of subjects/patients
It uses clinical decision trees
Which of the following is NOT a method of controlling for potentially confounding factors (PCFs) during the planning or design stage of a study?
Randomisation
Restriction
Matching
Stratified analysis
What does number 9 denote in the figure?
Diagnosed and Untreated
Diagnosed and Treated
Inadequately Treated
Adequately Treated
Which of the following is NOT a target outlined in the WHO's global monitoring
framework for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in
India by 2025 ?
A 5% relative reduction in the prevalence of insufficient physical activity.
A 25% relative reduction in premature mortality from NCDs.
A 30% relative reduction in the prevalence of current tobacco use.
An 80% availability of essential NCD medicines in public and private facilities.
A district hospital collected monthly outpatient attendance over one year. Which measure would best summarize the central tendency of outpatient visits if the data is normally distributed?
Mean
Median
Mode
lambda
In a rural health survey, infant mortality rate data is highly skewed to the right. Which statistic is most appropriate to express dispersion?
Standard deviation
Interquartile range
Range
Variance
In reporting TB incidence rates, an epidemiologist prefers a graphical presentation. Which graph is most suitable for comparing incidence rates across several districts?
Histogram
Bar chart
Pie chart
Scatter plot
Which of the following is a good index of the severity of a short-term, acute disease?
Standardized mortality ratio
5-year survival
Cause-specific death rate
Case-fatality
In a dataset on HbA1c levels, two centers have the same mean but different standard deviations. What does a higher standard deviation indicate?
Greater variability in HbA1c
More accurate measurements
More centralized HbA1c values
Lower measurement error
Which of the following is correct interpretation of variance?
Square root of standard deviation
Square of the mean
Mean of squared deviations from the mean
Reciprocal of standard deviation
In a study on diabetes risk, age and BMI are adjusted using regression to find independent predictors. Which type of analysis is being done?
Chi-square test
Correlation
Ordinal regression
Logistic regression
Which of the following is the main component of the JEET strategy to control
TB ?
To increase the notification rates of TB by private practitioners
To open various testing centers for TB
Latest pharmaceutical innovation for early detection
Improved infrastructure for better isolation facilities to control TB
A hospital manager uses factor analysis to reduce 20 workload indicators into 5 domains. This technique is best described as:
Clustering
Dimension reduction
Regression analysis
Discriminant analysis
Which of the following is a primary indicator of leprosy cases?
Proportion of new cases correctly diagnosed
Treatment completion rate
Number of relapses during a year
Proportion of MB cases among new cases
A 2 year old child is brought by his mother and later on it is found that the child has not received any vaccines since birth as the family does not access to health care services. The health worker initiates vaccination schedule. Based on the scenario, how would you classify the child’s immunization status?
Fully Immunized
Completely Immunized
Dropout
Left Out
Which of the following is not included in the IT initiatives under Mission Indradhanush?
eVIN
ANMOL
SAFE-VAC
Aarogya Setu
According to SDG proposed goals towards 2030, which of the following is the target for maternal mortality rate reduction is <...../100000.
50
60
70
80
How frequently is Sentinel Surveillance for HIV conducted under the National AIDS Control Programme in India?
Annually
Biennially
Twice a year
Three times a year
A researcher builds a predictive model for neonatal mortality including multiple predictors. What metric best evaluates how well predictors explain variance in outcome?
Beta coefficient
R-squared value
Likelihood ratio
Confidence interval
A cardiac care study finds correlation = 0.8 between cholesterol and BMI. After adjusting for age, correlation falls to 0.4. This reduction is an example of:
Random error
Confounding
Effect modification
Independent association
Which of the following statements is true about Long-Lasting Insecticidal Nets
(LLINs)?
Need to be re-treated with insecticide every six months to remain effective.
Provide insecticidal action against mosquitoes only.
Insecticide used is ‘N,N-Diethyl-meta-toluamide’.
Can be washed without losing their insecticidal properties for up to 3 years.
ASHA worker is offering services the following under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan in her village EXCEPT
Water pollution control
Solid waste management
Household toilets
IEC
All of the following diseases are targeted by India for elimination except?
Neonatal tetanus by 2025
HIV/AIDS by 2024
TB by 2025
Malaria by 2030
A behavioral epidemiology study involves clustering individuals based on dietary, lifestyle, and activity indicators. The best suited method is:
latent cluster analysis
K-means analysis
Chi Square analysis
Regression analysis
Which of the following is not a part of global hunger index?
Malnutrition
Inadequate Food Supply
Infant Mortality Rate
None of these
Robson’s classification is used primarily to:
Classify neonatal sepsis
Audit caesarean sections
Replace MDR
Audit only VBACs
Which of the following vaccine contains antibiotic as an excipient
Hepatitis
typhoid
Injectable polio
Pentavalent
Which of the following AEFI does not occurs within 7 days of immunization?
Seizures
Encephalopathy
Sepsis
Toxic Shock Syndrome
Meeting with directors of family planning clinics and college health clinics to discuss Chlamydia testing and reporting is...........................
Public health surveillance
Field investigation
Evaluation
Linkages
Epidemics after disaster are caused by all EXCEPT:
Leptospirosis
Rickettsiosis
Leishmaniasis
Acute respiratory infection
In a district hospital, the Medical Officer in Charge issues instructions directly to the ward attendants, bypassing the Nursing Superintendent and Matron. This violates which management principle?
Division of Work
Unity of Direction
Scalar Principle
Unity of Command
You diagnose a 35 year old man with tuberculosis. Further questioning his social history reveals that he lives with his elderly parents and wife in a seemingly small apartment. Which of the following would you recommend as prophylactic treatment for his family members?
Isoniazid (600mg OD) weekly for 6 months
Rifapentine + Isoniazid weekly for 3 months
Rifampicin + Pyrizinamide weekly for 3 months.
Isoniazid + Rifampicin weekly for 3 months.
Choose the wrong combination of colour coded STI kits from the options below:
Kit 6- Yellow
Kit 3- White
Kit 4- Black
Kit 5- Red
Which component of the MPOWER strategy is MOST RELEVANT to the operation of Tobacco Cessation Clinics (TCCs) under the National Tobacco Control Programme (NTCP)?
M - Monitor tobacco use
P - Protect people from tobacco smoke
O - Offer help to quit tobacco use
W - Warn about dangers of tobacco
What is the primary goal of Mission Sampark?
To engage community volunteers for HIV prevention
To reach out to the Lost to Follow up
To promote nutritional benefit for beneficiaries
To ensure free drug services for beneficiaries
Which of the following statements is false regarding the use of Bti (as) in the National Vector Borne Disease Control Program?
Bti is a biological larvicide used to control mosquito larvae
It specifically targets larvae of malaria and Dengue vector mosquitoes
It has a prolonged residual effect, killing adult mosquitoes for weeks
Strain ABIL – 96 is used in the formulation under NVBDCP
Which among the following are out reach components of District mental health programme?
*Choose Multiple options, if any*
Satellite clinics
Targeted Interventions
College counselling services
Work place stress management
Name the dye used to identify potentially cancerous or pre-cancerous areas in the mouth.
Toludine blue
Lugol Iodine
Methylene blue
Tincture Iodine
Name the portal used for registration of Adult BCG vaccination beneficiaries
Aarogya Setu
CoWin
TbWin
eWin
Difficult-to-treat TB clinic is intended to handhold and mentor DR-TB centre(DDR-TBC) for effective management of drug resistant TB cases?
True
False
Name the first country in the world to achieve the dual elimination of HIV and syphilis
Cuba
India
South Africa
Thailand
