Question

1. Epidemiology seeks to answer all except:

a. When

b. Where

c. How

d. Who

2. What is incidence?

a. Number of new cases

b. Number of existing cases

c. Number of new + existing cases

d. Number of individuals at risk

3. Which of the follow is not true about cholera

a. Cholera is spread through water

b. John Snow is associated with tracing the source of cholera

c. Cholera is a chronic disease

d. Cholera is the first example of the use of epidemiology to study and control a disease.

Answer 1

Epidemiology seeks to answer all except:

c. How (As it is the study of analysis of the distribution (who, when, and where)

2. What is incidence?

a. Number of new cases

Incidence is generally reported as the number of new cases that have occurred within a period of time (e.g., per month, per year)

3. Which of the following is not true about cholera;

c. Cholera is a chronic disease (Cholera is an infectious disease and not a chronic disease)