NURS 4525 Exam Questions With Complete Solutions
How do we get enteric infections? Correct Answer Enter the
body through mouth and intestinal tract (e.g., Hep A).
How do we get Food-borne infections? Correct Answer
Ingestion of contaminated food (e.g., botulism, E-Coli,
Listeriosis).
How do we get parasitic diseases? Correct Answer Often result
from contaminated water, and sometimes person-to-person
through fecal transmission.
How is crude mortality rate calculated? Correct Answer - # of
deaths from a certain disease during a specific time period ÷ #of
cases of that disease occuring within the same specified time
period
How is incidence rate calculated? Correct Answer -# of new
cases of given disease in a population during a specified time
period ÷ average total population within the same specified time
period
How is infant death rate calculated? Correct Answer -total
deaths of infants in a population during a specified time period ÷
total #of live birth occuring within the same specified time
period
How is prevalence rate calculated? Correct Answer -# of
people with given disease in given population at one point in
time ÷total in given population at the same point in time
, How is relative risk rate calculated? Correct Answer -
incidence rate of disease in exposed population ÷ incidence of
disease in unexposed population
How is specific mortality rate calculated? Correct Answer -
total deaths from a specific cause during a specified time period
in a population (subgroup) ÷ average # of population (subgroup)
within the same specified time period
In what year was 60% of the world's population at risk for
contracting smallpox? Correct Answer 1967
In what year was the world declared smallpox free? Correct
Answer 1990
Name 2 examples of blood-borne infections Correct Answer
HIV, TB
TB is 270 times higher in Canadian Inuit population than the
general population. Why? Correct Answer - Substandard
housing (overcrowded & poorly ventilated)
- Poor nutrition
- Underlying diabetes and HIV
- Limited access to health services
What are communicable diseases? Correct Answer Illnesses
causes by a specific infectious agent, or its toxic products, that
arise through transmission ... from an infected person, animal, or
inanimate source to a susceptible host, either directly or
How do we get enteric infections? Correct Answer Enter the
body through mouth and intestinal tract (e.g., Hep A).
How do we get Food-borne infections? Correct Answer
Ingestion of contaminated food (e.g., botulism, E-Coli,
Listeriosis).
How do we get parasitic diseases? Correct Answer Often result
from contaminated water, and sometimes person-to-person
through fecal transmission.
How is crude mortality rate calculated? Correct Answer - # of
deaths from a certain disease during a specific time period ÷ #of
cases of that disease occuring within the same specified time
period
How is incidence rate calculated? Correct Answer -# of new
cases of given disease in a population during a specified time
period ÷ average total population within the same specified time
period
How is infant death rate calculated? Correct Answer -total
deaths of infants in a population during a specified time period ÷
total #of live birth occuring within the same specified time
period
How is prevalence rate calculated? Correct Answer -# of
people with given disease in given population at one point in
time ÷total in given population at the same point in time
, How is relative risk rate calculated? Correct Answer -
incidence rate of disease in exposed population ÷ incidence of
disease in unexposed population
How is specific mortality rate calculated? Correct Answer -
total deaths from a specific cause during a specified time period
in a population (subgroup) ÷ average # of population (subgroup)
within the same specified time period
In what year was 60% of the world's population at risk for
contracting smallpox? Correct Answer 1967
In what year was the world declared smallpox free? Correct
Answer 1990
Name 2 examples of blood-borne infections Correct Answer
HIV, TB
TB is 270 times higher in Canadian Inuit population than the
general population. Why? Correct Answer - Substandard
housing (overcrowded & poorly ventilated)
- Poor nutrition
- Underlying diabetes and HIV
- Limited access to health services
What are communicable diseases? Correct Answer Illnesses
causes by a specific infectious agent, or its toxic products, that
arise through transmission ... from an infected person, animal, or
inanimate source to a susceptible host, either directly or
