Quiz for:
Introduction to Epidemiology

Question 1

What component is NOT essential in calculating the rate of a disease?

Question 2

What is the next step after the identification of a public health problem using surveillance systems?

Question 3

In the investigation of Legionnaires' disease in 1976, what was identified as the cause?

Question 4

Which data collection method might be used for environmental data in epidemiology?

Question 5

Which is NOT a core science in public health?

Question 6

In which step of an outbreak investigation would surveillance data be used?

Question 7

What is the primary purpose of epidemiology?

Question 8

Which term defines an excess occurrence of a disease within a specific population?

Question 9

What does analytic epidemiology aim to determine?

Question 10

Which stage of the public health approach involves hypothesis testing?

Question 11

What does the term 'cluster' refer to in epidemiology?

Question 12

Which term describes the constant presence of a disease in a population?

Question 13

What characterizes a descriptive epidemiology study?

Question 14

What type of epidemiological study design involves following a population over time?

Question 15

Which of the following is a type of observational study?