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Epidemiology Multiple Choice Questions Questions
Question 1 of 5
Public health surveillance is only conducted by public health agencies.
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Hospitals and other entities also contribute to surveillance, not just public health agencies.
Question 2 of 5
Common methods of identifying additional cases (expanding surveillance) as part of an outbreak investigation include: (Choose one wrong answer)
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: All methods (A, B, C, D) are standard; B is correct, so misinterpreted—none are wrong.
Question 3 of 5
A number of passengers on a cruise ship from Puerto Rico to the Panama Canal have recently developed a gastrointestinal illness compatible with norovirus (formerly called Norwalk-like virus). Testing for norovirus is not readily available in any nearby island, and the test takes several days even where available. Assuming you are the epidemiologist called on to board the ship and investigate this possible outbreak, your case definition should include, at a minimum: (Choose one best answer)
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Case definitions need clinical and contextual (time, place, person) details for outbreak precision.
Question 4 of 5
Disease control measures are generally directed at which of the following? (Choose one wrong answer)
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Control targets reservoirs (A), vectors (B), and transmission (D), not hosts (C).
Question 5 of 5
A physician working in an emergency room in Town A, USA, has just examined a tourist from Southeast Asia with watery diarrhea. The physician suspects the man might have cholera. The physician should notify the …
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Local agencies are the first notification point.