Question 1

Administration of immune globulin confers passive immunity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Imagine you are the state epidemiologist. Sixty cases of salmonella were reported to you in the last two weeks. Describe how the iceberg model of disease would argue for or against whether this potential disease outbreak needs to be investigated.

Accepted Answer

The iceberg model of disease suggests th

Question 3

A secondary attack rate is used to show the spread of disease in a household.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

You have just finished administering a food/drink questionnaire to ill and non-ill participants in a Minnesota summer picnic party. The ill individuals developed moderate to severe diarrhea 16 to 46 hours after the picnic. Six persons experienced vomiting. The following data were collected:

Which food item appears to be the most probable vehicle for the salmonella (agent) infection associated with the illness?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hot dogs 
B)  Hamburgers 
C)  Potato salad 
D)  Ice cream 
E)  Lemonade 
A)  Hot dogs 
B)  Hamburgers 
C)  Potato salad 
D)  Ice cream 
E)  Lemonade

Question 5

A person with an inapparent infection:

Accepted Answer

A)  can transmit the infection to others. 
B)  is a danger to family members but not to others in the community. 
C)  never develops antibodies. 
D)  is of no epidemiologic importance. 
A)  can transmit the infection to others. 
B)  is a danger to family members but not to others in the community. 
C)  never develops antibodies. 
D)  is of no epidemiologic importance.

Question 6

An attack rate is an alternative incidence rate that is used:

Accepted Answer

A)  when describing the occurrence of foodborne illness or infectious diseases. 
B)  when the occurrence of disease among a population at risk increases greatly over a short period of time. 
C)  for acute health-related events, such as acute exposures of large groups to toxic agents. 
D)  All are correct. 
A)  when describing the occurrence of foodborne illness or infectious diseases. 
B)  when the occurrence of disease among a population at risk increases greatly over a short period of time. 
C)  for acute health-related events, such as acute exposures of large groups to toxic agents. 
D)  All are correct.

Question 7

Diseases that have only human reservoirs and are transmitted from person to person are the zoonoses.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The following table shows the mumps experience of children in 390 families exposed to mumps by a primary case within the family:

The secondary attack rate among children aged two to four years is:

Accepted Answer

A)  18%. 
B)  20%. 
C)  33%. 
D)  50%. 
E)  60%. 
A)  18%. 
B)  20%. 
C)  33%. 
D)  50%. 
E)  60%.

Question 9

An outbreak of salmonellosis occurred after an epidemiology department luncheon, which was attended by 485 faculty and staff. Assume everyone ate the same food items. Sixty-five people had fever and diarrhea; five of these people were severely affected. Subsequent laboratory tests on everyone who attended the luncheon revealed an additional 72 cases. The virulence of salmonellosis was:

Accepted Answer

A)  13.4%. 
B)  47.4%. 
C)  28.2%. 
D)  7.7%. 
E)  3.6%. 
A)  13.4%. 
B)  47.4%. 
C)  28.2%. 
D)  7.7%. 
E)  3.6%.

Question 10

Schistosomiasis is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A)  a chemical agent: carcinogen. 
B)  a biological agent: helminth. 
C)  an allergen: pollen. 
D)  physical energy: ionizing radiation. 
A)  a chemical agent: carcinogen. 
B)  a biological agent: helminth. 
C)  an allergen: pollen. 
D)  physical energy: ionizing radiation.

Question 11

An enzootic disease among animals is similar to an endemic disease among humans.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

In 2017, the groups in the United States most affected by tuberculosis were foreign-born individuals and racial and ethnic minorities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Someone suggests immunization as a means of reducing disease, specifically the feared UJ (uderlinger jacamoodi). What part of the disease cycle is he or she trying to affect?

Accepted Answer

A)  Host 
B)  Fomites 
C)  Vector 
D)  Vehicle 
E)  Environment 
A)  Host 
B)  Fomites 
C)  Vector 
D)  Vehicle 
E)  Environment

Administration of immune globulin confers passive immunity.

Imagine you are the state epidemiologist. Sixty cases of salmonella were reported to you in the last two weeks. Describe how the iceberg model of disease would argue for or against whether this potential disease outbreak needs to be investigated.

A secondary attack rate is used to show the spread of disease in a household.

A person with an inapparent infection:

An attack rate is an alternative incidence rate that is used:

Diseases that have only human reservoirs and are transmitted from person to person are the zoonoses.

The following table shows the mumps experience of children in 390 families exposed to mumps by a primary case within the family: The secondary attack rate among children aged two to four years is:

Schistosomiasis is an example of:

An enzootic disease among animals is similar to an endemic disease among humans.

In 2017, the groups in the United States most affected by tuberculosis were foreign-born individuals and racial and ethnic minorities.

Someone suggests immunization as a means of reducing disease, specifically the feared UJ (uderlinger jacamoodi). What part of the disease cycle is he or she trying to affect?

History and Scope of Epidemiology

Practical Applications of Epidemiology

Measures of Morbidity and Mortality Used in Epidemiology

Descriptive Epidemiology: Person, Place, Time

Sources of Data for Use in Epidemiology

Study Designs: Ecologic, Cross-Sectional, Case-Control

Study Designs: Cohort Studies

Experimental Study Designs

Measures of Effect

Data Interpretation Issues

Screening for Disease in the Community

Epidemiologic Aspects of Work and the Environment

Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology

Social, Behavioral, and Psychosocial Epidemiology

Epidemiology As a Profession

Epidemiology and Health Policy

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Exam 12: Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases

Administration of immune globulin confers passive immunity.

Imagine you are the state epidemiologist. Sixty cases of salmonella were reported to you in the last two weeks. Describe how the iceberg model of disease would argue for or against whether this potential disease outbreak needs to be investigated.

A secondary attack rate is used to show the spread of disease in a household.

A person with an inapparent infection:

An attack rate is an alternative incidence rate that is used:

Diseases that have only human reservoirs and are transmitted from person to person are the zoonoses.

The following table shows the mumps experience of children in 390 families exposed to mumps by a primary case within the family: The secondary attack rate among children aged two to four years is:

Schistosomiasis is an example of:

An enzootic disease among animals is similar to an endemic disease among humans.

In 2017, the groups in the United States most affected by tuberculosis were foreign-born individuals and racial and ethnic minorities.

Someone suggests immunization as a means of reducing disease, specifically the feared UJ (uderlinger jacamoodi). What part of the disease cycle is he or she trying to affect?

History and Scope of Epidemiology

Practical Applications of Epidemiology

Measures of Morbidity and Mortality Used in Epidemiology

Descriptive Epidemiology: Person, Place, Time

Sources of Data for Use in Epidemiology

Study Designs: Ecologic, Cross-Sectional, Case-Control

Study Designs: Cohort Studies

Experimental Study Designs

Measures of Effect

Data Interpretation Issues

Screening for Disease in the Community

Epidemiologic Aspects of Work and the Environment

Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology

Social, Behavioral, and Psychosocial Epidemiology

Epidemiology As a Profession

Epidemiology and Health Policy

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