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This document contains a quiz with 10 multiple choice questions about epidemiology concepts. The questions cover topics like the definition of epidemiology, types of epidemiological studies (e.g. cohort studies, case-control studies), and key features of different study designs (e.g. cross-sectional studies provide prevalence rather than incidence data). The document records the answers of a student named Nikhilesh Sharma for a quiz on these epidemiology fundamentals.

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This document contains a quiz with 10 multiple choice questions about epidemiology concepts. The questions cover topics like the definition of epidemiology, types of epidemiological studies (e.g. cohort studies, case-control studies), and key features of different study designs (e.g. cross-sectional studies provide prevalence rather than incidence data). The document records the answers of a student named Nikhilesh Sharma for a quiz on these epidemiology fundamentals.

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GW N2

05.11.2020

Name of student- NIKHILESH SHARMA ROLLNO.:22. Grp: B1__________________________

1. In the definition of epidemiology, “distribution” refers to all of the following except of:

A. Who
B. When
C. Where
D. Why

2. In the definition of epidemiology, “determinants” generally includes all of the following except of:

A. Agents
B. Causes
C. Control measures
D. Risk factors
E. Sources

3. Epidemiology, as defined in this lesson, would include which of the following activities except of?

A. Describing the demographic characteristics of persons with acute aflatoxin poisoning in District A
B. Prescribing an antibiotic to treat a patient with community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus
aureus infection
C. Comparing the family history, amount of exercise, and eating habits of those with and without newly
diagnosed diabetes
D. Recommending that a restaurant be closed after implicating it as the source of a hepatitis A outbreak

4. Public health surveillance includes which of the following activities:

A. Diagnosing whether a case of encephalitis is actually due to West Nile virus infection
B. Soliciting case reports of persons with symptoms compatible with SARS from local hospitals
C. Creating graphs of the number of dog bites by week and neighborhood
D. Writing a report on trends in seat belt use to share with the state legislature
E. Disseminating educational materials about ways people can reduce their risk of Lyme disease
F. True BCD
G. All answers

5. The hallmark feature of an analytic epidemiologic study is: (Choose one best answer)
A. Use of an appropriate comparison group
B. Laboratory confirmation of the diagnosis
C. Publication in a peer-reviewed journal
D. Statistical analysis using logistic regression

6. A study in which children are randomly assigned to receive either a newly formulated vaccine or the
currently available vaccine, and are followed to monitor for side effects and effectiveness of each vaccine, is an
example of which type of study?
A. Experimental
B. Observational
C. Cohort
D. Case-control

7. The Iowa Women’s Health Study, in which researchers enrolled 41,837 women in 1986 and collected
exposure and lifestyle information to assess the relationship between these factors and subsequent occurrence
of cancer, is an example of which type(s) of study? (2 answers)
A. Experimental
B. Observational
C. Cohort
D. Case-control
E. Clinical trial

8. British investigators conducted a study to compare measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine history among
1,294 children with pervasive development disorder (e.g., autism and Asperger’s syndrome) and 4,469 children
without such disorders. (They found no association.) This is an example of which type(s) of study? (2 answers)
A. Experimental
B. Observational
C. Cohort
D. Case-control
E. Clinical trial

9. A cohort study differs from a case-control study in that: (Choose one best answer)
A. Subjects are enrolled or categorized on the basis of their exposure status in a cohort study but not in a case-
control study
B. Subjects are asked about their exposure status in a cohort study but not in a case-control study
C. Cohort studies require many years to conduct, but case-control studies do not
D. Cohort studies are conducted to investigate chronic diseases, case-control studies are used for infectious
diseases

10. A key feature of a cross-sectional study is that (except of):


A. It usually provides information on prevalence rather than incidence
B. It is limited to health exposures and behaviors rather than health outcomes
C. It is more useful for descriptive epidemiology than it is for analytic epidemiology
D. It is synonymous with survey

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