PHRD554 Public Health MCQ Exam Questions With Correct Answers
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PHRD554 Public Health MCQ Exam
Questions With Correct Answers
Epidemiologists are interested in learning about ____________________ .
a) the causes of diseases and how to cure or control them
b) the frequency and geographic distribution of diseases
c) the causal relationships between diseases
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PHRD554 Public Health MCQ Exam
Questions With Correct Answers
Epidemiologists are interested in learning about ____________________ .
a) the causes of diseases and how to cure or control them
b) the frequency and geographic distribution of diseases
c) the causal relationships between diseases
d) all of the above - answer✔✔d) all of the above
Diseases that are always present in a community, usually at a low, more or less constant,
frequency are classified as having an ____________ pattern.
a) epidemic
b) endemic
c) pandemic - answer✔✔b) endemic
Which of the following statements is true concerning epidemic diseases?
a) They are usually not very contagious.
b) At the end of an epidemic, a disease spreads at an increasing rate and then abruptly
disappears.
c) They usually appear and disappear seasonally. - answer✔✔c) They usually appear and
disappear seasonally.
An epidemic that becomes unusually widespread and even global in its reach is referred to as a
__________ .
a) pandemic
b) hyperendemic
c) Spanish flu - answer✔✔a) pandemic
A disease vector is a(n) ____________________ .
a) organism that transmits a disease
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b) symptom of a disease
c) environmental condition associated with a disease - answer✔✔a) organism that transmits a
disease
Which of the following things cause malaria?
a) mosquitoes
b) plasmodia (singular plasmodium)
c) red blood cells - answer✔✔b) plasmodia (singular plasmodium)
About what fraction of the people in the world have chronic diseases that are vector-borne?
a) 1/4
b) 1/2
c) 3/4 - answer✔✔b) 1/2
Most of the major health problems in the poorer nations are due to ____________________ .
a) parasitic worms and microorganisms
b) psychological tension resulting from work
c) air pollution - answer✔✔a) parasitic worms and microorganisms
The prime cause of illness resulting in death in the poor countries of the tropical and subtropical
regions today is __________________ .
a) lyme disease
b) plague
c) malaria - answer✔✔c) malaria
Diseases that are due mostly to environmental changes, increased population densities, and
pollution that result from modernization in third world nations are referred to as:
a) diseases of poverty
b) diseases of development
c) schistosomiasis - answer✔✔b) diseases of development
Which of the following statements is true?
a) Modern medicine has at times been responsible for causing health problems.
b) Malnutrition has been essentially eliminated in the United States.
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