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Epidemiology OXF.
I. Public Health.
1. Epidemiology.
***) The most single best measure to control antibiotic resistance in hospitals is: Q2012
A. Vaccination
B. Hand hygiene
C. Isolation
D. Antibiotic restriction policy
E. Resistance surveillance systems
Answer: C* Isolation
***) The relationship between doctors and doctor’s non flu patients is: Q2012
A. Rate
B. Ratio
C. Incidence
D. Prevalence
E. Epidemiology
Answer: B* Ratio
***) Preventing the onset of the disease by acting on either the causative agent or the host is
called:
A. Tertian prevention
B. Primary prevention
C. Screening
D. Secondary prevention
E. Rehabilitation
***) Prevention medicine encompasses all of the following levels of prevention, except:
A. Health promotion
B. Disability limitation
C. Specific protection
D. Early diagnosis and prompt treatment
E. Trauma-emergency care
***) All of the following services are provided by primary health care, except:
A. Anti-smoking education
B. Sanitary inspection
C. School health
D. Genetic testing
E. Blood hemoglobin testing
***) Primary health care services include all of the following, except:
A. Health education
B. Sanitary inspection
C. Mental health
D. Genetic testing
E. Blood hemoglobin testing
***) All of the following are criteria for screening of a disease, except:
A. The natural history of the disease should be understood
B. The disease must represent an important health problem
C. Suitable screening tests for the disease must exist
D. Screening should be available to and used by the entire population
E. Accepted treatment for the disease must be available
***) Screening of children has been proven cost effective for all of the following, except:
A. Tuberculosis
B. Iron deficiency anemia
C. Hypertension
D. Vision impairment
E. Phenylketonuria
Answer: C* Hypertension
***) Which of the following is accomplished by introducing into the body a specific immune
substance that acts directly against exposure to the infectious etiologic agent:
A. Passive immunization
B. Active immunization
C. Susceptibility
D. Indirect transmission
E. Natural immunity
***) In perhaps no public health program is nutrition more important than in:
A. Maternal and child health
B. Adult health
C. Occupational health
D. Communicable disease
E. School health
***) The most efficient method for the prevention and control of human immunodeficiency virus
(HIV) infection:
A. Vaccination
B. Treat AIDS patients
C. Education of the public
D. Screening of the public for HIV infection
E. Screening of donating serum
***) Of the five major sources of air pollution, the leading source is:
A. Refuse disposal
B. Industry
C. Power plants
D. Transportation
E. Space heating
Answer: D* Transportation
***) In Jordan the most efficient reproach for the control of Brucellosis is:
A. Treatment of patients with the disease
B. Identification and treatment of infected animals
C. Public education
D. Eradication of infected animals
E. Vaccination of the public against the disease
***) The most common cause of perinatal morbidity and mortality in Jordan:
A. Obstetrical trauma
B. Septicemia
C. Hemorrhages
D. Toxemia
E. Prematurity and its complications
***) The most important biologic human characteristic in disease occurrence is one the
following:
A. Sex
B. Marital status
C. Age
D. Ethnic origin
E. Race
Answer: C* Age
***) The most important single indicator of a population health is:
A. Crude birth rate
B. Crude mortality rate
C. Infant mortality rate
D. Maternal mortality rate
E. Total fertility rate
Answer: E* Prevalence
***) 200 persons were invited to a dinner. 10 persons of those who ate fish developed food
poisoning. Given that 100 persons ate fish in that dinner. The attack rate among those who ate
fish:
A. 5%
B. 10%
C. 20%
D. 30%
E. 35%
Answer: B* 10%
***) The manner in which an infectious disease behaves in a community may be determined by
all of the following, except:
A. Size of the reservoir of infection
B. Virulence of the infective agent
C. Number of hospital beds
D. Portal of entry of the infective agent
E. The standard of hygiene
***) All of the following disease should be reported to health authorities according to
regulations, except:
A. Tuberculosis
B. Cholera
C. Rabies
D. Diabetes mellitus
E. Malaria
***) Which of the following list of pollutants is found in greatest concentration in the urban
atmosphere:
A. Nitrogen oxides
B. Sulfur oxides
C. Carbon monoxide
D. Hydrocarbons
E. Fluorides
***) All of the following could be regarded as occupation related disease, except:
A. Varicose veins
B. Cartilage tears
C. Infective hepatitis
D. Gastric ulcer
E. Sickle cell anemia
Answer: A* Time elapsing between the exposure to the agent and the appearance of symptoms
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