Family planning-question bank and answer 1. World population growth rate in 2022 is: a. 0.83% b. 1% c.1.5% d. 1.35% 2. In 2022, the following country has the highest population growth rate: a. America b. Japan c. India d. China 3. Population growth rate of Nepal in 2078 is: a.1% b. 0.93% c. 1.5% d. 0.5% 4. Family planning is important for: a. To make the family happy b. Better mental health c. Better child health d. Above all 5. What is the target couple? a. Married couple of 15-49 years b. Couple having two children c. Couple having 2-3 alive children d. Currently married couple 6. Eligible couple means: a. 15-45 yrs. of age with a married couple b. Married co...
Most askable questions for epidemiology
1. 1. Prevalence of disease depends upon:
a. a. Duration
b. Incidence
b. c. a and b
d. All of above
2. Epidemiology describes the :
a. Frequency of disease
b. Distribution of disease
c. Determinants of disease
d. Above all
3. An increase in new cases of a
particular
disease is due to………. In community:
a. Increase in prevalence rate
b. Increase in the incidence rate
c. both a and b
d. None
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4 . In a community, the most successful tool for measuring the disease incidence is :
a. Cross over the study
b. Cohort study
c. Case-control study
d. Cross-sectional study
5. which of the following epidemiological studies deals with risk factors of disease is :
a. Experimental b. Descriptive
c. Analytical d. None
6. The unit of study in Ecological study is:
a. Individual b. Community
c. Population d. Above all
7. One of the following deals with the distribution of disease is:
a. Analytical b. Descriptive
c. Experimental d. Interventional
8. The numerator is not the part of the denominator in
a. Ratio b. Rate
c. proportion d. Above all
9. The numerator is the part of the denominator in
a. Ratio b. Rate
c. proportion d. Above all
10. Carrier of avirulent organisms are known as:
a. Pseudo carriers
b. Healthy carriers
c. Asymptomatic carriers
d. None of the above
11. Epidemiological significance of carriers is
a. They cannot be treated
b. They infect more people
c. They are more infectious than cases
d. They increase the virulence of the agent
12. Hospital-acquired infection refers to:
a. Nasocomical infection
b. iatrogenic infection
c. opportunistic infection
d. Above all
13. Carrier of avirulent organisms are known as:
A. pseudo carriers
b. healthy carriers
c. asymptomatic carriers
d. none of above
14. case fatality rate is:
=total number of deaths due to disease/total no. of cases of disease*100
15. itch mite is an example of
a. colonization b. infection
c. infestation d. contamination
16. host factor strongly related to the disease is:
a. sex b. occupation
c. marital status d. age
17. The following show seasonal variation is:
a. measles
b. gastroenteritis
c. viral conjunctivitis
d. above all
18. If a drug prevents death but does not affect a cure, then one of the following will be true:
a. incidence will increase
b. the incidence will disease
c. prevalence will increase
d. prevalence will decrease
19. the relationship between prevalence and incidence
in a stable
situation is expressed as: [when i=incidence,p=
Prevalence,d=duration
of illness]
a. i=p*d b. p =i*d
c. p =i/d d. p=i plus d
20. Entry and multiplication of infectious agents in the man's body are called as:
a. infection
b. infestation
c. inflammation
d. contamination
21. Incubation period is useful to determine:
a. prognosis of disease
b. period
of surveillance
c. source of infection
d. above all
22. Seasonal variation of disease can be assessed by:
a. using mortality rates
b. comparing the prevalence of disease
c. using
survival rates
d. comparing the incidence of live births
23. Denominator
of IMR is:
a. mid-year
population
b. the population
at risk
c. total
number of live births
d. women of
age group 15-40
24. The
following are true about subclinical cases except:
a. play a
significant role in maintaining endemicity in the community
b. the host
doesn't shed the infection agent
c. can be
detected only by laboratory test
d. responsible
for immunity in adults to a variety of infections
25. Isolation helps prevent the following except one is:
a. Diptheria
b. cholera
c. pneumonic plague
d. hepatitis A
26. Detachment for the period of communicability of infected
Persons
or animals from others are called:
a. segregation b. quarantine
c. isolation d. above all
27. Objectives of epidemic investigation is:
a. to point out the cause and source of infection
b. to
determine factors responsible for the occurrence of epidemic
c. to define the magnitude of an epidemic outbreak
d. above
all
28. The
area is declared free of endemics:
a. new
case is not reported for 6 months since the final case
b. new case is not reported for double the incubation period of
disease since the final case
c. new
case is not reported for the incubation period of the disease
since
the final case
d. till the
last secondary case occurs
29. Global
eradication of smallpox was certified by WHO in:
a. May 1980 b. April 1977
c. May 1981 d. May
1979
30. The following study deals with risk factors for disease:
a. experimental b. descriptive
c. cross-sectional d. analytical
31. First
step to be done, in an epidemic:
a. identify
the population of risk
b. evaluation
of ecological factors
c. confirmation
of the existence of an epidemic
d. verification
of diagnosis
32. cyclodevelopmental mode of transmission is seen in:
a. cholera b. plague
c. filaria d. malaria
33. the
time interval between receipt of infection of infection
by a host and the maximum infectivity of that host
is:
a. latent period
b. generation time
c. period of communicability
d. incubation period
34. Germ
theory of disease was given by:
a. Robert Koch b. Ronald
ross
c. Louis pasteur d. Walter
Reed
35.the
time interval between invasion of an infectious agent
and
detection of proof of the infection agent by lab
means...
a. serial interval
b. incubation
period
c. generation time
d. prepatent period
36.
a. breast milk
b. blood
transfusion
c. placenta
d. all of above
37.
a. Anthrax
b. leishmaniasis
c. leptospirosis
d. ancylostomiasis
38. Man
is the obligatory host for
a. rabies b. measles
c. tetanus d. malaria
38.
natural habitat in which organism metabolizes and
a. host
b. source of infection
c. Carrier
d. Reservoir
39. In
an epidemic, the first person becoming sick is called:
a. Secondary case b. Index
case
c. Primary case d. None
40. The
following are modes of direct transmission of
a. Droplet infection
b. Transplacental
c. contact with soil
d. Droplet nuclei
41. High infectivity and low pathogenicity is seen in:
a. Pandemic
b. Clinical case
c. Epidemic
d. Carrier
42. Randomized
controlled trial is a type of:
a. Experimental study
b. Descriptive
study
c. Cohort study
d. Case-control study
43. Total
no. of cases at a given point of time in a given population is:
a. Prevalence
b. Incidence
c. Attack rate
d. both
of above
44. Secondary
attack rate indicates:
a. Communicability
b. Severity
c. Infectivity
d. Fatality
45. Subclinical infection is seen in all except:
a. Poliomyelitis b. Hepatitis
B
c. Measles d. JE
46.
a. Cross-sectional study
b. Case-control study
c. Double-blind study
d. Cross
over the study
47. Prevalence is:
a. Ratio b. Rate
c. Proportion d. Mode
48. Disease
that occurs clearly more than expected frequency is:
a. Pandemic
b. Sporadic
c. Epidemic
d. Endemic
49. The
population group without importation from outside is:
a. Sporadic
b. Pandemic
c. Endemic
d. Epidemic
50. The
constant presence of disease within a given geographic area is:
a. Sporadic b. Pandemic
c. Endemic d. Epidemic
51. Study of time, place, and person distribution of health-related events:
a. Clinical epidemiology
b. Experimental
epidemiology
c. Descriptive epidemiology
d. Analytical epidemiology
52. The
presence of an infection agent on the body surface and/or
On
surgical instruments and dressing, articles, like food milk, or water is called:
a. Pollution
b. Contamination
c. Infestation
d. Infection
53. Experimental
epidemiology deals with:
a. Epidemics
b. Intervention
c. Early diagnosis
d. Screening
of disease
54. All
are true regarding point source epidemic except:
a. Occurs
within a specified period
b. Children
are most commonly affected
c. All cases
occur abruptly and simultaneously
d. No
secondary waves occur
55. The
changes that happen in disease frequency above many
a. Seasonal trend b. Cyclic
trend
c. Secular trend d. Above
all
56. Epidemiology
deals with the study of:
a. Communicable diseases
b. Epidemic
diseases
c. Communicable
and non-communicable diseases
d. All
health-related events and states in population
56. The type of epidemiology study that deals with
risk factors
a. Analytical b. Descriptive
c. Experimental d. None
of above
57. Which
of the following is true about ‘making comparisons epidemiological approach’:
a. Both the
study and control groups should be similar
b. Random
allocation is not possible in the case of control and cohort study
c. The
comparability can be ensured by randomization
d. All of above
58. All
are continuous variables except:
a. Height
b. Rash in measles
c. Blood pressure
d. Serum
cholesterol
59. Discrete variables are all except:
a. Weight
b. Leukocyte
count
c. Boys in the classroom
D. Colour of skin
60. In the international death certificate, the most important
a. Significantly associated condition contributing to
death
b. Disease
directly leading to death
c. Underlying
cause of disease
d. None of
the above
61. Denominator
in crude death rate is:
a. Mid-year population
b. Total
number of births
c. Population at risk
d. None
of the above
62. Proportional mortality rate of cancer is:
a. No.of deaths due to
cancer in a year/total deaths from all causes
during
one year*100
b. No. of
deaths due to cancer in a year/population at risk*100
c. No. of deaths
due to cancer in a year/mid-year population*100
d. No. of
deaths due to cancer in a year/total no. of cancer cases*100
63. Most
useful single measure of mortality is :
a. Case fatality rate
b. Proportional
mortality rate
c. Age-specific death rate
d. Crude
death rate
64. The
killing power of disease is represented by :
a. Proportional mortality rate
b. Attack
rate
c. Case fatality rate
d. Survival
rate
65. Which
of the following is not true about the case fatality rate:
a. Ratio of deaths to cases
b. Closely
related to virulence
c. Useful even for chronic diseases
d. Case
fatality rate varies in different epidemics
66. Which
of the following indicates the severity of illness?
a. Incidence rate
b. Proportional
mortality rate
c. Prevalence rate
d. Case fatality rate
67. Age-adjusted summary of current all-cause mortality is:
a. Regression technique standardization
b. Life table
c. Proportional mortality rate
d. Multivariate analysis
68. True about standardized mortality ratio are all except:
a. It is
useful for comparison
b. Can be
calculated even if age-specific data is not available
c. Total
no. of deaths per year
d. Ratio of
observed death and expected death
69. Standardised
mortality ratio is:
a. Observed
deaths/expected deaths*100
b. Observed
deaths/expected deaths*standardizing factor
c. Observed
deaths+Expected death/Standarsing factor
d. Observed
deaths +Expected death/2
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