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Define the following:

Mortality Rate– Epidemiology – Diagnosis – Good health – Human Reservoir


Vehicles– Secondary prevention– Endemic – Outbreak– Sporadic.
Put (T) or (F) in front of each of the following statements:
1- The term “environment” refers to intrinsic factors that affect the agent and the
opportunity for exposure.( )
2- Mechanical transmission means insects such as mosquitoes, fleas, and ticks
may carry an infectious agent through purely mechanical means ( )
3- Incubatory carriers are those who have recovered from their illness but remain
capable of transmitting the illness to others. ( )
4-The confirmed condition can be identified by sign and symptoms
5-Emerging refers to a disease that was eliminated in a certain country and then
reappears. ()
6-The estimated rate of all diseased cases (newly diagnosed and those under
treatment) for a given year and specific location is the prevalence rate ( )
7-The lower the infant mortality rate is, the better health care in the country or area
generally is. ( )
8- The general fertility rate is less informative than the crude birth rate.( )
9- Secondary prevention – involves identifying people in whom a disease
process has already begun but the clinical signs and symptoms of the illness have
not yet developed. (
10- The Total Fertility Rate is a more direct measure of the level of fertility than
the crude birth rate.()
Complete the following sentences
1- Three factors determine the disease/health problem process and make up the
epidemiological triad are: ……………. , ………………., and……………..
2- An infectious agent is transferred from a reservoir to a susceptible host by
……….…… or ………………....
3- Infant mortality rate = ………………………………………… × 1,00
4- An infectious agent is transferred from a reservoir to a susceptible host by
…………………… or ………………....
Answer (Two) of the following questions.

1-Good and Bad Health and Disease Conditions


2- Primary prevention activities
3- the types of prevention.
4-Secondary prevention activities.

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