Epidemiology MCQs - 2
Multiple Choice Questions on Epidemiology
1.
High mortality
rate in smokers is generally due to
a) Bronchitis
b)
Lung cancer
c) Coronary heart disease
d) Hypertension
2.
Census is usually
carried in difference of
a) 10 years
b) 20 years
c) A century
d)
30 year
3.
Which of the
following is not the measurement of morbidity?
a) Incidence rate
b) Prevalence
rate
c) Fatality rate
d)
Attack rate
4.
Which of the
following factor is not included in epidemiological triad?
a) Agent
b) Host
c) Environment
d) Blood group
5.
The
disease occur in a community more than expected frequency is
a) Epidemic
b) Endemic
c) Sporadic
d)
Pandemic
6.
The constant
presence of a disease within a given geographical area is
a) Epidemic
b) Endemic
c) Sporadic
d) Pandemic
7.
The state of
social dysfunction is
a) Disease
b) Illness
c) Sickness
d)
Infection
8.
Secondary attack
rate indicates
a) Communicability
b)
Infectivity
c) Fatality
d)
Severity
9.
The changes that
occur in disease frequency over many years is
a) Cyclic trend
b) Secular trend
c) Seasonal trend
d)
All of the above
10.
The person
becoming sick in an epidemic is called
a) Index case
b) Primary case
c) Secondary case
d)
Clinical case
11.
The first case
find after attention of investigator is called
a) Index case
b) Primary case
c) Secondary case
d)
Clinical case
12.
An agent having
high infectivity and low pathogenicity is called
a) Case
b) Epidemic
] c) Carrier
d) Source
13.
The natural
habitat in which infectious agent metabolize and replicate is called
a) Host
b) Reservoir
c) Carrier
d)
Source
14.
Subclinical
infection is seen in all except
a) JE
b) Measles
c) Poliomyelitis
d)
Hepatitis B
15.
Which is not mode
of direct transmission of communicable disease?
a) Droplet infection
b) Transplacental
c) Droplet nuclei
d) Contact with soil
16.
All are included
in transmission by droplet infection except
a) Pneumonia
b) Tuberculosis
c) Tetanus
d)
Pertusis
17.
All diseases are
transmitted by contact with soil except
a) Tetanus
b)
Anthrax
c) Ancylostomiasis
d) Leismaniasis
18.
Vertical
transmission refers to a mode of transmission of disease agent by
a) Placenta
b) Breast milk
c) Blood transfusion
d)
All of the above
19.
The most effective
tool for measuring incidence of a disease in a community is
a) Case control study
b) Cohort study
c) Cross over study
d) Cross
sectional study
20.
Man is obligatory
host for
a) Measles
b) Tetanus
c) Malaria
d)
Rabies
1.C 2.A 3.C 4.D 5.A 6.B 7.C 8.A 9.B 10.B
11.A 12.C 13.C 14.B 15.C 16.C 17.D 18.A 19.B 20.A
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