Epidemiology MCQs - 1
Multiple Choice Questions regarding epidemiology
1.
Epidemiology
involves the study of
a) Distribution of disease
b) Determinant of disease
c) Frequency of disease
d) All of above
2.
The type of
epidemiology which deals with distribution of disease is
a) Descriptive
b) Analytical
c) Experimental
d)
Observational
3.
The type of
epidemiology which deals with risk factors of disease is
a) Descriptive
b) Analytical
c) Experimental
d)
None of the above
4.
Which of the
following measures incidence of a disease?
a) Case control study
b) Cross sectional study
c) Cohort study
d) Cross over study
5.
In which of the
following study there is an active attempt to change a disease determinant or
the progress of disease:
a) Observational study
b)
Analytical study
c) Descriptive study
d) Experimental study
6.
Which of the following
is wrong about cohort study?
a) It is prospective study
b)
It is longitudinal study
c) It is retrospective study
d) It is forward looking study
7.
Prevalence of
disease depends on
a) Incidence
b) Duration
c) Both
d) None
8.
Experimental study
deals with
a) Screening
b) Risk factors
c) Epidemics
d) Intervention
9.
Randomized
controlled trial is a type of
a) Descriptive study
b) Analytical study
c) Experimental study
d) Cohort study
10.
Prevalence is
a) Rate
b) Ratio
c) Proportion
d)
Median
11.
Which of the
following measures prevalence of disease?
a) Case control study
b) Cross sectional
study
c) Cohort study
d) Cross over study
12.
Prevalence is
useful to
a) Identifying high risk population
b) Distribution of disease
c) Control disease
d) Determinants
of disease
13.
The study of time,
place and person distribution of health related events is called
a) Descriptive
b) Analytical
c) Experimental
d)
Observational
14.
A disease is said
to be chronic if the duration is more than
a) 2 months
b) 3 months
c) 6 months
d) 12 months
15.
Which of the
following is not true about cohort study?
a) Prospective study
b) Measured incidence
c) Type of descriptive study
d) Study proceeds from cause to effect
16.
Total no. of cases
at a given point of time in a given population is
a) Incidence
b) Prevalence
c) Attack rate
d) Epidemiology
17.
Severity of
illness is
a) Case fatality rate
b) Incidence rate
c) Prevalence rate
d)
Attack rate
18.
Case control study
is generally used for
a) Finding morbidity rate
b)
Finding rare causal factor
c) Finding multiple risk factors
d) Finding incidence rate
19.
The numerator is
not the part of the denominator in
a) Rate
b) Ratio
c) Proportion
d) Mode
20.
Which of the
following is not the indicator of mortality?
a) Infant mortality rate
b) Neonatal mortality rate
c) Doctor population ratio
d) Case fatality rate
Ans:
1.d 2.a 3.b 4.c 5.d 6. c 7.c 8.d 9.c 10.c
11.b 12.a 13.a 14.b 15.c 16.c 17.a 18.c 19.b 20.c
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