PREVENTIVE MEDICINE QUIZ 1

May 30, 2023

NAME

1. The method/s of collecting data is/are:

A. Enumeration C. Registration & registration
B. Experiments D. All

2. It is a form which contains a set of questions sent through the mail & filled out by
the respondent:
A. Questionnaire C. Both
B. Interview D. Neither

3. These are the advantages of sampling, EXCEPT:

A. More expensive
B. Faster speed of evaluation
C. More comprehensive data can be obtained
D. Better quality of information is collected

4. An object on which the measurement is actually taken or observation made:

A. Sampling frame C. Sampling unit
B. Elementary unit D. Population

5. Every tenth student entering the library was asked about his/her level of
satisfaction of the library service of the school.
A. Simple random sampling C. Systematic sampling
B. Cluster sampling D. Stratified sampling

6. The employees were first divided into male or female groups. Then from each
group, only certain employees were chosen to participate in the dance program.
A. Simple random sampling C. Cluster sampling
B. Stratified sampling D. Systematic sampling

7. Ten leading causes of morbidity

A. Proportional bar graph C. Scatter point diagram
B. Line diagram D. Bar graph

8. A study being conducted in Bgy Sto Domingo involves the measurement of the
weight and height of two hundred 1- 5 years old children. The variable/variables
under study:
A. Measurement B. Height & weight C. Both
9 A study being conducted in Bgy Sto Domingo involves the measurement of the
weight and height of two hundred 1- 5 years old children. The variable/s is/are:
A. Qualitative B Quantitative C. Neither

10. A study being conducted in Bgy Sto Domingo involves the measurement of the
weight and height of two hundred 1- 5 years old children. The appropriate data
collection method is:
A. Documentary source B. Interview C. Observation

11. Supposed the children in every fourth household were included in the study;.
The type of sampling technique used is :
A. Simple random C. Stratified
B. Systematic D. Cluster

12. Data collection was done . The next step was organization of data.
Data organization means:
 A. Data reduction C. Both
B. Classifying data into groups D. Neither

13. After data collection & organization, the most appropriate graph to preent the
weight of two hundred 1- 5 years old children is:
A. Histogram C.. PIE diagram
B. Bar graph D. Line graph

14. Supposed the study was done and the children were classified into three
nutritional level based on height and weight, the type of graph to portray these data
is :
A. Bar graph C..PIE diagram
C. Histogram D. Line graph

15. The mean weight of 500 children was found to be 50 kilos:

A. A few of these children have weights of 50 kilos
B. The average weight of the children is 50 kilos
C. All the children have weight of 50 kilos
D. None of the above

16. The score in a distribution of values, above & below of which one half of the
frequencies fall
A. Median C. Mean
B. Mode D. Median and mode
17. Index of central location employed in the description of frequency distribution
A. Mean C. Mode
B, Median D. Mean, Median & Mode

18 Most frequently used measure of spread of data

A. Range C. Standard deviation
B. Coefficient of variation D. Percentile

19. Most widely used measure of relative dispersion.

A. Percentile C. Variance
. B. Coefficient of variation D. Quartile deviation

. 20. A 55 year male was admitted to the hospital because of fracture of the skull
and other body Injuries after a motorcycle accident. He underwent emergency
surgery to stop bleeding of internal organs like the liver and the spleen but he
died on the operating table 6 hours after admission. He was a patient of the TB
DOTS clinic. Disease or condition directly leading to death
A. Pulmonary tuberculosis C. Motorcycle Accident
B. Internal Hemorrhage D. Ruptured spleen, kidneys & liver

. 21. A 55 year male was admitted to the hospital because of fracture of the skull
and other body injuries after a motorcycle accident. He underwent emergency
surgery to stop bleeding of internal organs like the liver and the spleen but he
died on the operating table 6 hours after admission. Underlying cause of death is:
A. Pulmonary tuberculosis C. Motorcycle Accident
B. Internal Hemorrhage D. Ruptured spleen, kidneys & liver
.
22. Which measure of mortality will give the risk of dying from a disease?
A. Case fatality rate
B. Cause specific death rate
C. Proportionate mortality rate , by cause
D. Cause mortality rate
23. The most sensitive indicator of the health of the community
A. Maternal mortality rate C. Fetal mortality rate
B. Infant mortality rate D. Perinatal mortality rate

24. Which measure of mortality will give the ten leading causes of death
A. Cause specific death rate
B. Case fatality rate
C. Proportionate mortality rate, by cause
D. Cause mortality rate

25. Higher value of Proportionate Mortality Indicator connotes:

A. Many people reaching older age before they die
B. High level of development of the country
C. Many people die young
D. None of the above

26. In Swaroop’s Index, deaths being measured are those occurring to people:
A. 40 years old & above C. 60 years & above
B. 50 years & above D. 70 years & above

27. If the Infant mortality rate is low, it means:

A. Good disease control program
B. Illegitimate babies are taken cared of
C. Good environmental conditions
D. All of the above

28. The following is/are true of Case fatality rate :

A. Measures killing power of the disease
B. The more fatal the course of the disease, the lower the rate
C. Not affected by incompleteness of records
D. A, B & C

29. Use/Uses of birth & death certificates:

A. Legal & protective C. Administrative
B. Statistical D. A, B, & C

30. The morbid condition or disease process, abnormality, injury leading directly
to death:
A. Cause of death C. Underlying Cause
C. Antecedent cause D. None of the above

31. The disease or injury which initiated the morbid events leading directly to
death:
A. Cause of death C. Antecedent cause
B. Underlying cause D. None of the above

32. The parents of an 8 month old fetus who is born alive and dies within 24
hours are required to register:
A. Birth C. Both
B. Death D. Neither

33. A fetus < 7 months old was born alive and died within 24 hours should:
A. Be registered for statistical purpose only
B. Be registered as birth & death
C. Both D. Neither
34. Prevalence rate:
A. Records new cases
B. Is higher than incidence rate if illness is chronic
C. Is useful in determining workload & in monitoring control program
D. Reflects on magnitude/severity of problem

35. Incidence rate:

A. Is the fundamental tool for studying about etiologic factors of both the acute
and chronic diseases
B. Provides statement for probability or risk of developing the disease
C. Considers time of onset
D. Gives idea on magnitude of problem

36. A stroke patient undergoing physical therapy

A. Primordial Prevention
B. Primary Prevention
C, Secondary Prevention
D. Tertiary Prevention

37. A diabetic patient receiving insulin injection

A. Primordial Prevention
B. Primary Prevention
C. Secondary Prevention
D. Tertiary Prevention

38. PAPS smear of bronchial washing in a possible cancer case

A. Health Promotion
B. Specific Protection
C. Early Diagnosis & Prompt Treatment
D. Disability Limitation

39. Hand washing before eating

A. Health Promotion
B. Specific Protection
C. Early Diagnosis & Prompt Treatment
D. Disability Limitation

40. Wearing of N95 mask to prevent resptratory transmission is an example of :

A. Primordial prevention
B. Primary prevention
C. Secondary prevention
D. Tertiary prevention

41, Giving of steroids to SARS patients is an example of __ level of prevention

A. Primordial prevention
B. Primary prevention
C. Secondary prevention
D. Tertiary prevention

42. In an outbreak of malaria among AIDS patients, the malarial parasite was
introduced directly to the susceptible host through injection. The element
strongly modified in the usual process of infection is:
A. Susceptible host C. Portal of entry
B. Mode of transmission. D. Suitable reservoir

43. This result of an infection is dangerous because a person becomes a healthy

carrier:
A. Inapparent case. C. Balanced equilibrium
B. Subclinical case D. Any of the above
44. Knowing the natural history is important to:
A. Intercept progression of the disease
B. Prevent agent from entering the host
C. Prevent transmission to susceptible population
D. A, B, & C are correct

45. When the host is attacked by a disease agent in a proper environment, the
following condition may happen:
A. The host wards off the agent because of his passively acquired immunity
B. He develops inapparent infection
C. He becomes a full blown clinical case
D. All of the above

46. A point whereby a disease maybe diagnosed with some certainty:

A. Clinical horizon
B. Tip of iceberg
C. Spectrum of disease
D. Incubation period

47. The natural history of disease refers to:

A. Communicable as well as non-communicable diseases
B. The epidemiology of disease
C. Body of knowledge of agent, host & environment factors
D. All of the above

48.The factor/s necessary for disease to occur is/are;

A. Agent & its source
B. Mode of escape & transmission from the source
C. Mode of entry into a new host
D. All of the above

49. The outcome of disease process:

A. Recovery
B. Disability or chronicity
C. Death
D. All of the above

50. The following apply to subclinical infection, EXCEPT:

A. Persons in whom symptoms are so inapparent
B. Physicians missed diagnosing the case because findings are insignificant
C. More serious risk in disease spread than frank case
D. Less dangerous than a frank severe case