Epidemiology MCQs - 3

    

Multiple Choice Questions on Epidemiology 







        1. The total number of cases at a given point of time in a given population is
            a) Incidence                                         
            b) Attack rate     
            c) Prevalence                                     
            d) Morbidity

    2. The number of new cases of a particular disease in a community is due to
            a) Increase in prevalence rate             
            b) Increase in incidence rate
            c) Increase in attack rate                    
            d) All of the above

    3. The prevalence of a disease can rapidly determine in a given population by
            a) Case control study                               
            b) Cross over study
            c) Cohort study                                       
            d) Cross sectional study
    
    4. Hospital acquired infection is
            a) Opportunistic infection                       
            b) Nosocomial infection
            c) Secondary infection                             
            d) iatrogenic infection  
    
    5. Physician induced infection is
            a) Nosocomial infection                         
            b) Opportunistic infection
            c) Secondary infection                            
            d) Iatrogenic infection

 

 

 

 

             6. Man is intermediate host for

                        a) Entamoeba histolytica                         

                        b) Wuchereria bancrofti

                        c) Plasmodium vivax                                 

                         d) Enterobius vermicularis

            7. Host factor strongly related to disease is

                        a) Age                    

                        b) Sex     

                        c) Marital status     

                        d) Occupation

                8. The time interval between receipt of infection by a host is maximum infectivity of that host 

                     is:
              a) Incubation period                                 

                        b) Serial interval

                       c) Generation time                                  

                        d) Pre-patent period

                9. The most cost-effective method for control of communicable disease is

                        a) Active immunization                   

                        b) Early diagnosis and treatment

                        c) Passive immunization                    

                        d) Chemoprophylaxis

                10. Incubation period is useful to determine

                        a) Source of infection                           

                        b) Period of surveillance

                        c) Prognosis of infection                       

              d) All of above






        11. If you live over crowded are the possibility of which disease is high?
                a) Tuberculosis                
                b) HIV/AIDs   
                c) Cholera   
                d) Rheumatic fever

        12. Which of the following indicates severity of illness?

               a) Incidence                                                  

               b) Prevalence  

              c) Attack rate                                                

              d) Case fatality rate

        13. Denominator of infant mortality rate is

              a) Population at risk                                    

              b) Midyear population

              c) Total number of live births      

              d) Women of age group 15-40

        14. In an epidemic first to be done is

              a) Identification of population at risk        

              b) Verification of diagnosis

              c) Confirmation of existence of epidemic  

              d) Evaluation

        15. Itch mite is an example of

              a) Infection   

              b) Infestation          

              c) Inoculation   

              d) Contamination






        16. Which of the following is not the characteristic of non- communicable disease?

              a) Long latent period                         

              b) Multi-factorial causation

              c) Undefined onset                            

              d) Well-defined causative agent

        17. Prevention of emergence /development of risk factor is

              a) Primordial prevention                              

              b) Primary prevention

              c) Secondary prevention                               

              d) Health promotion

        18. Health surveillance is

              a) Collecting data  

              b) Monitoring program   

              c) Interpretation of data

              d) Continuous study of factor determining occurrence and spread of disease

        19. Tertiary level of prevention is

              a) Early diagnosis and treatment              

              b) Chemoprophylaxis

              c) Rehabilitation                                   

              d) Health promotion

        20. Early diagnosis and treatment is

              a) Primary prevention                                 

              b) Secondary prevention

              c) Health promotion                                   

              d) Tertiary prevention









                                                        ANS

                1. c    2.b     3.d    4.b    5.d    6.c    7.a    8.c    9.a    10.d    

                11.a   12.d   13.c  14. b   15.b   16.d   17.a   18.d  19.c   20.b


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