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The document outlines an epidemiology entrance exam for weekend MPH candidates, consisting of multiple-choice questions covering various topics in public health and epidemiology. Questions address community diagnosis methods, disease prevention levels, measures of morbidity and mortality, study designs, and concepts such as herd immunity and endemicity. The exam assesses candidates' understanding of key epidemiological principles and their application in public health.

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The document outlines an epidemiology entrance exam for weekend MPH candidates, consisting of multiple-choice questions covering various topics in public health and epidemiology. Questions address community diagnosis methods, disease prevention levels, measures of morbidity and mortality, study designs, and concepts such as herd immunity and endemicity. The exam assesses candidates' understanding of key epidemiological principles and their application in public health.

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Epidemiology entrance exam for weekend MPH candidates

I. Circle a letter with correct answer

1. Which of the following is not methods of community diagnosis


A. Undertaking field survey
B. Discussion with community leaders
C. History taking from diseased patient
D. Review of available health records
2. Which is not components of public health definition of epidemiology
A. Frequency
B. Distribution
C. Determinants
D. Human population
E. None
3. Not Function of epidemiology in public health
A. Community health assessment and priority setting
B. Identification of causes of diseases
C. Basic tool for investigation of outbreak
D. Evaluating health interventions and programmes
E. Evaluation of individual treatment outcome
F. B and E
4. It is a factor which is necessary for a disease to occur and without which the disease
can’t occur
A. Primary cause
B. Sufficient cause
C. Necessary cause
D. A and C
5. Which of the following is not true concerning level of disease prevention
A. Primordial prevention targets population or selected groups
B. Primary prevention always target individual patients
C. The objective of Secondary prevention is to prevent further spread of the disease
D. Providing a shoes for leprosy patients can be considered as tertiary prevention
6. Identify true statement concerning natural history of disease
A. Not all people with a sub-clinical stage will develop the clinical disease.
B. A person with polio antibodies in the blood must at some time have had the clinical
disease.
C. A clinical disease will result in recovery only if treated appropriately.
D. A person with sub-clinical infection of typhoid has signs or symptoms of typhoid fever.
7. Which one of the following is not components of chain of disease transmission
A. Vector
B. Agent
C. Reservoirs
D. Mode of transmission
8. Which of the following is not conditions under which herd immunity best functions
A. There should be a single reservoir other than human host
B. There should be direct transmission- direct contact or projection mechanism
C. Total immunity of susceptible host
D. No carrier state
9. The interval between biological onset and clinical onset of an infectious disease is called
A. Pre-patent period
B. Communicable period
C. Latent period
D. Incubation period
10. Which one of the following is not measure of morbidity
A. Incidence rate
B. Incidence density
C. Point prevalence
D. Birth rate
11. Which one is rudimentary measure of mortality
A. Under-five mortality
B. Maternal mortality
C. Crude death rate
D. Sex-specific mortality rate
12. Which of the following question can not be answered by descriptive epidemiology
A. Who
B. Where
C. How
D. When
E. None
13. Which one describe the major division of epidemiological study design
A. Case report and Ecological
B. Case control and cohort
C. Observational and interventional
D. Descriptive and Analytical
14. “A 40-year old pre-menopausal woman developed pulmonary embolism 5 weeks after
beginning to use an oral contraceptive preparation to treat endometriosis” what is possible
design for this description
A. Case report
B. Case series
C. Case control
D. Case definition
15. Which one is not merit of cross-sectional study design
A. Are less expensive & more expedient to conduct
B. Provide much information useful for planning health services and medical programs
C. Show relative distribution of conditions, disease, injury and disability in groups and
populations
D. Chicken and egg dilemma
16. Which study design possibly not use “OR” as measure of association
A. Cross-sectional
B. Case control
C. Prospective cohort
D. All
17. Which one is true concerning strength of measure of association
A. OR/RR > = 3 shows strong association
B. OR/RR is from 1.5 to 2.9 shows moderate association
C. OR/RR = 1 shows lack of association
D. OR/RR from 1.2 to 1.4 shows weak association
E. All
18. Which letter depicts the broader components of “Bias”
A. Self selection bias and diagnostic bias
B. Non-response and loss to follow up bias
C. Interviewer and recall bias
D. Information and selection bias
19. What is” Endemic”
A. It is the occurrence of health related events in excess of the usual frequency
B. It is an aggregation of cases in a given area over particular period
C. Presence of disease at more or less stable level
D. Occasional or irregular occurrence of a disease
20. Which one is not advantage of passive surveillance
A. Relatively cheap
B. Covers a wider area
C. Covers a wide range of problems
D. Timeliness

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