Epi Practice test 1 – Flashcards
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Which of the following disease outbreaks occurred between 1346 and 1352 and claimed up to one- third of the population of Europe?
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Black Plague
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T/F:is it possible for a single case of a disease to represent an epidemic
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true
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Epidemiology searches for associations between exposures and ....?
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health outcomes
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T/F:in developed countries, infectious disease have replaced chronic health problems as the leading killers during the past century.
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false
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an animate, living insect or animal that is involved with the transmission of disease agents is a :
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Vector
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T/F: the history of epidemiology originated as early as classical antiquity.
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true
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Determination of the incubation period for a disease outbreak helps to:
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Identify possible infectious agents
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the entry and development or multiplication of an infectious agent in the body of persons or animals is known as
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an infection
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T/F: a reservoir can be human beings, animals, insects, soils, and/or plants
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true
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the occurrence in a community or region of cases of an illness, specific health behavior or other health related events clearly in excess of normal expectancy is known as
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Epidemic
