1-2 Quiz: Epidemiological Principles and Answers
1.The "Father of Epidemiology" is John Snow
2. The factors that contribute to a disease or public health outcome include Environmental
circumstances, timing of events, host, and agent
3. The outbreak of typhoid in connection with Typhoid Mary led to which epidemiologic
findings? The importance of tracking disease carriers
4. Who first observed the relationship between the repetitive physical aspects of work and
their harmful effects? Bernardino Ramazzini
5. A woman has a fever, sore throat, and fatigue. She thinks she has the West Nile virus, but
she has not been to a doctor to confirm her diagnosis. She is considered a? Suspect Case
6. The Framingham Heart Study is an example of? A prospective cohort study
7. An after-school program was established to provide struggling elementary students with
free tutoring. The program was located far from the school, making it difficult for the students
to engage in the program. The program is said to Lack effectiveness
8. By comparing
public health problems in certain places, disparate geographic
locations can be meaningfully compared. Proportions and percentages
9. It is easier to eradicate a propagated epidemic than a common-source epidemic? False
10. Identifying distribution of a disease, including its frequency and pattern, is part of
descriptive epidemiology? True
11. Statistical associations, biologic creditability, sequence of events, and consistency among
studies are all ways epidemiologists establish causal associations. True
12. Both mortality and morbidity statistics use the same methods of analysis. False
13. Becoming infected with norovirus after swimming in a lake is considered vehicle-borne
transmission. True
14. The connection between nutritional deficiency and poverty was made during the same
period as the discovery of the role of vitamins in health. True
15. The "spontaneous generation" theory of disease was replaced by identifying
microorganisms as the cause of disease. True