Epidemmiology MCQs With Key 2
Epidemmiology MCQs With Key 2
Epidemmiology MCQs With Key 2
Medicine)
Instructions: Attempt all the questions. All questions carry equal marks. Give one
option only.
1. When a new treatment is developed that delays deaths but does not
produce recovery from a chronic disease, which of the following will occur.
Key: True: c
Key True: b
3. To compare the death rate of India with the death rate of Pakistan, the most
appropriate measure is a comparison between:
a. 1%
b. .25%
c. 5%
d. 25%
e. .0025%
Key: True: d
a. Salmonellosis
b. Staphylococcal food poisoning
c. Measles
d. Typhoid
e. Hepatitis A
Key: True: c
Questions # 6-7.
6. What is the incidence of new cases per 1000 person years in households that had a
culture positive case during the first survey?
a. 0.02
b. 0.01
c. 1.0
d. 10
e. 20
Key: True: d
7. What is the incidence of new cases per 1000 person years in households that did
not have a culture positive case during the first survey?
a. 0.001
b. 0.1
c. 0.5
d. 1.0
e. 5.0
Key: True: c
8. In a population of 1000, measles coverage is 60%, one child goes out of station
and comes back with measles from whom 20 more children get measles.
Secondary attack rate of measles is:
a. 0.65%
b. 5%
c. 6%
d. 6.5%
e. 7%
Key: True: b
No. of un-immunized=400
Primary case=1
a. 25%
b. 40%
c. 50%
d. 65%
e. 66%
Key: True: e
No. of un-immunized=40
Primary case=1
10. Public Policies in Pakistan aim at avoiding the underlying reasons for the
development of environmental and atmospheric concentration of SO2 to protect
the health of people. It’s an example of
a. Primordial
b. Primary
c. Secondary
d. Rehabilitation
e. screening
Key: True: a
11. The number of deaths due to diarrhea, total cases of measles, total number of
accidents and the total number of drug addicts were to be reported by a
researcher. The best title given to all of this data would be:
a. Mortality data
b. Morbidity data
c. Case fatality rate
d. Addiction rate
e. Health related data
Key: True: e
12. Japanese have a higher rate of stomach cancer and a low rate for colon carcinoma
than the U.S. However third generation descendents of Japanese immigrants to
U.S have rates of stomach & colon cancer like that of U.S. This particular
characteristic supports effects of:
a. Environment
b. Genetics
c. Mutation
d. Accidents
e. Misinterpretation
Key: True: a
13. Influenza pandemic occurs after every 7 – 10 years. This kind of disease
distribution in time is known as:
a. Secular trend
b. Short time fluctuation
c. Cyclical trend
d. Seasonal trend
e. Endemicity
Key: True: c
14. If the age incidences curve of leukemia shows two peaks it is suggestive of
bimodality. Bimodality usually signifies:
a. Non homogeneity
b. Cluster sampling
c. Large number of observations
d. Accuracy
e. Short duration of disease
Key: True: a
15. The health statistics department revealed that the sale of anti-Asthma drugs was
more in those countries where Asthma deaths were more. This association may
prove wrong when the individual based study designs are conducted. This
association is an example of:
a. Ecological fallacy
b. Berkesonian bias
c. Indirect association
d. Temporal association
e. Specific association
Key: True: a
16. A researcher wanted to study the time sequence to prove the concept of
causativity, which design of study should be preferred by the researcher:
a. Longitudinal
b. Cross-sectional
c. Case report
d. Case series report
e. Quasi experimental
Key: True: a
17. An expert in the field of public health is required to estimate the magnitude of a
health problem. Which rate would he calculate for this?
a. Incidence
b. Prevalence
c. Case fatality
d. Proportionate mortality
e. Cause specific mortality
Key: True: b
a. Proportion
b. Rate
c. Ratio
d. Frequency
e. Cumulative frequency
Key: True: a
19. The trend in mortality from tuberculosis in England showed a steady fall in years
1855 – 1965 but thereafter a gradual rise in the incidence of this disease was
reported. This type of time trend or fluctuation in disease occurrence is termed as:
a. Epidemic trend
b. Cyclical trend
c. Seasonal trend
d. Secular trend
e. Pandemic trend
Key: True: d
20. The incidence of pollen allergy at Faisalabad is 10 cases per thousand
populations. The mean duration of illness is 3 months from February to April. The
prevalence of pollen allergy at Faisalabad is:
a. 10
b. 20
c. 30
d. 40
e. 50
Key: True: c
21. If the number of deaths from tuberculosis is expressed in relation to the total mid
year population, it is:
Key: True: e
a. Slow epidemic
b. Continuous epidemic
c. Point source epidemic
d. Propagated epidemic
e. An accident which did not warrant an emergency
Key: True: c
23. The estimate of the average number of additional years a person could expect to
live if the age specific death rates for a given year prevail for the rest of his life, is
best expressed by:
a. Survival index
b. Probability of dying
c. Life expectancy
d. Crude death rate
e. Age specific death rate
Key: True: c
24. In a universe comprising of 1500 children less than 5 years of age, 75 children
with severe malnutrition were found. If 75 new cases of severe malnutrition were
registered over a period of one year, the incidence rate for severe malnutrition
during the same year is:
a. 50 / 1000
b. 53 / 1000
c. 55 / 1000
d. 60 / 1000
e. 63 / 1000
Key: True: b
25. Every year during the winter season the hospital admissions are more for
pneumonia cases. This year also about 358 children with pneumonia were
admitted in the Pediatric department of POF Hospital between the months of Jan
– Mar 2007. This increased frequency of respiratory infections during winter
months is an example of:
a. Epidemic trend
b. Cyclical trend
c. Seasonal trend
d. Secular trend
e. Pandemic trend
Key: True: c
26. A 40 years old man of 75 kg came to a physician for his routine checkup. His
serum cholesterol was found to be 230 mg/dL and he was diagnosed as
hypertensive. The risk factor of this particular condition is classified as:
a. Physical
b. Chemical
c. Biological
d. Nutritive
e. Mechanical
Key: True: b
Key: True: c
28. A patient came in emergency with signs of dehydration and severe diarrhea. An
Intra venous infusion was given to correct electrolytes and fluid levels. He was
discharged after 2 days. About 2 months later the patient came back with signs of
jaundice and Hepatitis B surface antigen was positive. He did not give history of
any event which could have lead to this disease. This hepatitis infection may be
labeled as:
a. Sub clinical
b. Idiopathic
c. Opportunistic
d. Cross infection
e. Iatrogenic
Key: True: e
29. In a village of population 10,000, 250 cases of Hepatitis B were reported in the
month of July. The point prevalence of Hepatitis B per thousand populations is:
a. 20
b. 25
c. 30
d. 50
e. 100
Key: True: b
30. A woman brings her child to the hospital for mongolism. The possible agent of
the disease that comes in your mind is?
a. Bacteria
b. Virus
c. Nutritional factor
d. Hormonal factor
e. Chromosomal factor
Key: True: e