Non-infectious Disease Quiz
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A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time
A. Health crisis
B. Pandemic
C. Epidemic
D. Endemic
The following campaign was designed to raise awareness and prevent skin cancer
A. Slip, slop, slap
B. Life be in it
C. Quit for life
D. Roll up your sleeves
Epidemiological studies are only used to study non-infectious disease
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
What does “ology” mean?
A. below
B. the study of
C. a specialist
D. a part of
Can you have correlation without causation?
A. Yes
B. No
The use of CRISPR is an example of:
A. Discovering genetic disease
B. Causing genetic disease
C. Treatment of genetic disease
D. Preventing non-infectious disease
What term describes “illness within a population”
A. mortality
B. virulent
C. carcinogen
D. morbidity
Any substance, radionuclide, or radiation that promotes the formation of cancer.
A. toxin
B. carcinogen
C. solvent
D. biological agent
Epidemiology can be involved in:
A. Disease surveillance
B. Investigating outbreaks
C. Identifying risk factors
D. All of above
The hallmark feature of an analytic epidemiologic study is:
A. use of an appropriate comparison group
B. laboratory confirmation of the diagnosis
C. publication in a peer-reviewed journal
D. statistical analysis using logistic regression
The ABC study is a study to understand the causes of cancer. ABC stands for:
A. Avoid breast cancer
B. Always be cool
C. Australian Breakthrough Cancer
D. Australians being careful
Doll and Hill conducted epidemiological studies to identify:
A. The link between obesity and diabetes
B. The link between lack of exercise and obesity
C. The link between smoking and lung cancer
D. The link between eating sugar and diabetes
Genetic engineering can prevent non-infectious diseases such as:
A. Cystic fibrosis and malaria
B. Sickle-celled anaemia and cystic fibrosis
C. Influenza and haemophilia
D. Haemophilia and COVID19
What term describes “death within a population”
A. mortality
B. virulent
C. botulism
D. morbidity
Epidemiology involves analysing data?
A. FALSE
B. TRUE