 Question 1

2 out of 2 points
The physician who determined that a human disease was caused by a
specific living organism and proceeded to develop four postulates to
demonstrate the association between a microorganism and a disease was
__________.
Selected  
Answer: Robert Koch
Answers: Louis Pasteur
Sir Joseph Lister
Florence
Nightingale
 
Robert Koch
 Question 2
2 out of 2 points
The study of the distribution and determinants of health and diseases,
morbidity, injuries, disability, and             mortality in populations is known
as ___________________________.
Selected  
Answer: Epidemiolo
gy
Answers: Prevalence
Epidemic
Pandemic
 
Epidemiolo
gy
 Question 3
2 out of 2 points
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 a(n) _______________.
Selected  
Answer: Epidemic
Answers: Prevalence
 
Epidemic
 Pandemic
None of the
above
 Question 4
2 out of 2 points
The number of new cases of a condition during a period of time is known
as _________________.
Selected  
Answer: Incidence
Answers: Pandemic
 
Incidence
Prevalence
Mortality
rate
 Question 5
2 out of 2 points
The proportion of a population found to have a condition is known as
____________________.
Selected  
Answer: Prevalence
Answers: Pandemic
Incidence
 
Prevalence
Mortality
rate
 Question 6
2 out of 2 points
A stage that takes place during the early phases of pathogenesis and
includes activities that limit the progression of disease:
Selected  
Answer: Secondary
prevention
Answers: Tertiary
prevention
 
 Secondary
prevention
Primary
prevention
Determinant
 Question 7
2 out of 2 points
Whether a contaminated food such as tomatoes caused an outbreak of
gastrointestinal disease is a simple example of:
Selected  
Answer: A causal association
Answers:  
A causal association
The 1918 influenza
pandemic
A population
All of the above
 Question 8
2 out of 2 points
The measure of the number of deaths in a population per unit of time is
known as _________________.
Selected  
Answer: Mortality
rate
Answers: Pandemic
Morbidity
rate
Prevalence
 
Mortality
rate
 Question 9
2 out of 2 points
An epidemic occurring worldwide, or over a very wide area, crossing
international boundaries, and usually affecting a large number of people is
known as a(n) ________________________.
Selected  
Answer:
 Pandemic
Answers: Prevalence
Epidemic
 
Pandemic
None of the
above
 Question 10
2 out of 2 points
The probability that an event will occur—an individual will become ill or
die within a stated period of time or by a certain age—is known as:          
Selected  
Answer: Risk
Answers: Risk factor
Risk
assessment
 
Risk
None of the
above