COMMUNITY HEALTH MCQ - III

1. COMMUNITY
HEALTH
DR. MAHESWARI JAIKUMAR
maheswarijaikumar2103@gmail.com
CLASS : I

2. 1.The principle of at risk
approach is
• Something for all
• More for the needy
• All for some
• All for all.

3. 2. Sullivan s index refers to
• Disability days
• No disabled people in a
country
• Life free of disability
• Life expectancy

4. 3. Prevention of emergence of
risk factors is
• Primordial prevention
• Primary prevention
• Secondary prevention
• Tertiary prevention

5. 4. Which of the following is
tertiary protection-?
• Health promotion
• Specific protection
• Early diagnosis and treatment
• Disability limitation

6. 5. Epidemiology involves study
of
• Distribution of disease
• Determination of disease
• Application of control disease
• All of the above

7. 6. The aspect of epidemiology
which deals with distribution
of disease is
• Descriptive
• Analytical
• Experimental
• Interventional

8. 7. The type of epidemiology
which deals with risk factors
of disease is
• Descriptive
• Analytical
• Experimental
• Interventional

9. 8. The killing power of a
disease is represented by
• Attack rate
• Proportional mortality rate
• Case fatality rate
• Survival rate.

10. 9. From case control study one
can derive
• Relative risk
• Incidence
• Odds ratio
• Attributable risk

11. 10.Keeping the frequency of
disease within acceptable
limit is called
• Control
• Eradication
• Surveillance
• Treatment

12. 11. Restoration of personal
dignity and confidence is
1.Vocational rehabilitation
2. Psychological rehabilitation
3. Physiological rehabilitation

13. 12. Science of health and
embracer all factors which
contribute to healthful living
is known as
• Hygiene
• Cleanliness
• Personality

14. 13.Hygiene is a word which
derived from
• Latin
• Greek
• French

15. 14.Epidemiology is derived
from the Word
• Epidemic
• Pandemic
• Environment

16. 15.Branch of science which
deals with treats of epidemics
is
• Epidemiology
• Sociology
• Community

17. 16.Major foundation of
epidemiologic approach
• Asking question & making
comparison
• Rate and ratio
• Measurement of mortality

18. 17.The number of new cases
occurring is a defined
population during a specified
period of time is
• Incidence
• Prevalence
• Epidemic

19. 18.Unusual occurrence of
disease in a particulars region
• Pandemic
• Epidemic
• Incidence

20. 19. An outbreak of disease is
termed as
• Incidence
• Epidemic
• Prevalence

21. 20. Experimental epidemiology
deals with
• Epidemics
• Intervention or modification
• Screening of disease
• Early diagnosis

22. 21. The first person becoming
sick in an epidemic is called
• Primary case
• Secondary case
• Contact case
• Index case

23. 22. Diseases which are
amenable to eradication are
all except
• Measles
• Polio
• Diphtheria
• Tetanus

24. 23. Latent infection is seen in
all expect
• Herpes simplex
• Brill zingers disease
• Chicken pox
• Ancylostomiasis

25. 24. Current concept of health
promotion and the related
activities lead to:
• Better treatment of a problem
• Critical awareness and life style
changes
• Adoption of prophylactic
services
• Better health services usage

26. 25.Which of the following is not
a pre-requisite of health
promotion?
• Educate
• Treat
• Enable
• Mediate

27. 26.Health promotional
activities include
• Inadequate health system
• Unhealthy life style
• Poor environment
• Information, Education and
Communication

28. 27. Exercise is helpful in
maintaining health by
• Strengthening the heart muscle
• Improving the immune system
• Strengthening the body muscle
& bones
• All of above

29. 28. Hygiene aspect of health
maintenance includes:
• Personal hygiene
• Environmental hygiene
• Both of above
• None of above

30. 29.Which of the following is the
characteristic of community?
• Different language
• Different attitude
• Common values and interest
• None of above

31. 30.According to Holistic concept,
health is considered as:
• Absence of disease
• Proper adequate environment
• Good interpersonal relationship
• Sound body with sound mind living
in sound family surrounded by
sound environment.

32. 31. Identify the factors which
are responsible for health
• External environment
• Genetic inheritance
• Social Support system
• All of above

33. 32.Which of the following is not
the pre-requisite of health
promotion?
• Educate
• Unhealthy practices
• Enable
• Mediate

34. 33. Is the physiological or
psychological dysfunction?
• Illness
• Sickness
• Disease
• None of the above

35. 34. The concept Disease agent
man disease is known as
• Germ theory of disease
• Epidemiological tread
• Natural history of disease
• All the above

36. 35. Dimensions of health
• Physical dimension
• Mental dimension
• Social dimension
• All the above

37. 36.The determinants of health
include
• Biological determinants
• Behavioral and socio-cultural
conditions
• Environmental
• All of the above

38. 37. Health is defined as State of
complete physical, mental and
social well being and not merely
absence of disease or infirmity by
• Perkin
• Oxford English Dictionary
• World Health Organization
• Webster

39. 38. One of the following is not true
international classification of disease
(ICD):
• It is revised once in 10 years
• It was devised by UNICEF
• The 10th revision consists of 21 major
chapters
• It provides the basis for use in other
health fields.
• It is accepted for National and
International use.

40. 39. Prophylactic administration
of vitamin A in a child is:
• Health promotion
• Treatment
• Specific protection
• Rehabilitation

41. 40. The restoration of body
function is known
• Vocational rehabilitation
• Primary prevention
• Social rehabilitation
• None of these

42. 41. False about primary
prevention is:
• Early diagnosis and treatment
• Environmental sanitation
• Vaccination
• Health promotion

43. 42. About community diagnosis all
are true except:
• Virtual statistics taken
• Age and sex distribution
statistics needed
• Age specific, death rate needed
• Incidence of important diseases
taken

44. 43. Administration of oral polio
vaccine to the children is a
measure of:
• Health promotion
• Specific protection
• Treatment
• Rehabilitation

45. 44. Which of the following
constitutes specific
protection?
• Immunization
• Avoidance of allergens
• Healthy environment
• Chemoprophylaxis

46. 45. Which of the following is
tertiary level of prevention?
• Health promotion
• Specific protection
• Early diagnosis and treatment
• Disability limitation

47. 46. Screening for carcinoma
cervix is:
• Health promotion
• Specific protection
• Early diagnosis and treatment
• Disability limitation

48. 47. Iron and folic acid
supplementation is type of:
• Specific protection
• Health promotion
• Health education
• Primordial protection

49. 48. The current concept of health
promotion and the related
activities lead to:
• Better treatment of a problem
• Critical awareness and lifestyle
changes
• Adoption of prophylactic services
• Better health services usage

50. 49. The best method of
promoting healthy lifestyle in
children:
• Primordial prevention
• Specific protection
• Secondary prevention
• High risk strategy

51. 50. All are health promotion
activities except:
• Better treatment of a problem
• Critical awareness and lifestyle
changes
• Adoption of prophylactic
services
• Better health services and usage

52. 51. Primary aim of sentinel
surveillance is:
• To know total number of
disease patient
• To know trend of disease
• To decide mode of treatment
• Notification

53. 52. Primordial prevention is
applied when:
• Risk factors appear before
disease
• After risk factors appear
• Prevalence of disease is low
• No disease and no risk factors

54. 53. False about primary
prevention is:
• Early diagnosis and treatment
• Environmental sanitation
• Vaccination
• Health promotion

55. 54. Which type of prevention
used in change of smoking
habit?
• Primordial prevention
• Population (mass) strategy
• High risk strategy
• Secondary prevention

56. 55. Sentinel surveillance is
done for all except:
• Hook worm Infestation
• Diarrhea
• Acute flaccid paralysis
• Per capita income

57. 56.A concept directed against
prevention of risk factors of
CAD is:
• Primordial prevention
• Secondary prevention
• Health education
• Primary prevention

58. 57. Pap smear is an example of:
• Primary level of prevention
• Secondary level of prevention
• Tertiary level of prevention
• None of above

59. 58.Keeping the frequency of
illness within acceptable limits is
best described as disease:
• Control
• Prevention
• Eradication
• Surveillance
• Treatment

60. 59.The words drug, alcohol, syrup
and sugar are derived from
which one of the following
language:
• Arabic
• Chinese
• Greek
• German

61. 60. Theory of contagion was
formulated by:
• Galen
• Paracelsus
• Fracastorius
• Andreas Vesalius

62. 61. The first sanitary awakening
took place in:
• Russia
• Europe
• England
• Persia

63. 62. The germ theory was
proposed by:
• Louis Pasteur
• Robert Koch
• Edward Jenner
• John Hunter

64. 63. The major problem faced by
the preventive medicine in
developing countries is:
• Population explosion
• Social problems
• Economical problems
• Environmental problem

65. 64. Health is a state where every cell
and every organ is functioning at
optimum capacity. This definition
of health is given under the
following dimension of health:
• Biological dimension
• Physical dimension
• Physiological dimension
• Vocational dimension

66. 65. According to mental
dimension of health, health is
described as:
• A state of harmony between
oneself and others
• Absence of mental illness
• A state of harmony between
oneself and their emotions
• Integration within individual

67. 66. The major factor in reducing
the morbidity, increasing life
expectancy and improving the
quality of life is:
• Economic status
• Education
• Literacy
• Occupation

68. 67.The total number of infant
death in a population of 5000 is
9, the infant mortality rate (IMR)
where the number of live birth is
ISO:
• 75
• 60
• 65
• 62

69. 68. In health illness continuum,
the transition of health from one
stage to another stage is:
• Gradual
• A cut-off point
• A turning point
• Distinct

70. 69. Modern diseases of
civilization are due
• Life style changes
• Traditional life styles
• Mass media
• Present behavioral patterns

71. 70. One to one relationship
between the causal agent and
disease is explained in:
• Epidemiological triad
• Germ theory of disease
• Web of causation
• Multifactorial causation

72. 71. A substance which destroys
or inhibits the growth of
microorganisms is known as:
• Disinfectant
• Detergent
• Deodorant
• Antiseptic

73. 72. The most effective method for
sterilization of dressing materials
is:
• Sun light
• Hot air
• Radiation
• Autoclave

74. 73.The continuous scrutiny of all
aspects of occurrence and
spread of disease that are
pertinent to effective, control is
known as:
• Quarantine
• Screening
• Surveillance
• Monitoring

75. 74. Identifying the causes and
risk factors are the part of:
• Descriptive epidemiology
• Analytical epidemiology
• Experimental epidemiology
• Chronic disease epidemiology

76. 75. An epidemic of food poisoning
is an example of:
• Common source single exposure
epidemic
• Common source repeated
exposure
• Propagated epidemic
• Slow epidemic

77. 76. False association between the
disease and suspected factor is
known as:
• Indirect association
• Direct association
• Spurious association
• One to one causal association

78. 77. The first step in investigation
of an epidemic is:
• Defining the population at risk
• Confirming the existence of
epidemic
• Verification of diagnosis
• Rapid search for cases and their
characteristics

79. 78.There is an increased risk for
children with lead exposure to
develop:
• Hematological and neurological
problems
• Circulatory disorders
• Growth & development changes.
• Changes in the sensory organs

80. 79. Cooling power of air includes
all except:
• Air temperature
• Heat retention
• Air movement
• Humidity

81. 80. The establishment of green
belts in the prevention and
control of air pollution is a
method of:
• Containment
• Replacement
• Legislation
• Dilution

82. 81. The genetic effects of
radiation exposure is:
• Leukemia
• Congenital deformities
• Point mutation
• Dermatitis

83. 82. The persons who are doing
heavy muscular work in high
temperature and humidity are
prone fro get:
• Heat exhaustion
• Fleet syncope
• Heat cramps
• Heat hyperpyrexia

84. 83. All the following indicate air
pollution except:
• Sulphur dioxide concentration
• Soiling Index
• Formaldehyde concentration
• Total suspended particles

85. 84. Sullage means:
• Waste water excluding human
excreta
• Solid excreta of human being
• Solid and liquid excreta of
animals
• Waste water including human
excreta

86. 85. The heart of the slow sand
filter is:
• Sand bed
• Water level
• Drainage of water
• Vital layer

87. 86. Following are true regarding
chlorination except:
• Contact period: 30 minutes
• Water should not be turbid
• Residual chlorine: 0.5 mg/L
• Chlorine demand should be
estimated

88. 87. The following are the
indicators of organic micro
pollution of water except:
• Free ammonia
• Albuminoid ammonia
• Nitrites
• Nitrates

89. 88. Which one of the following
chemical is used as an
emergency disinfectant?
• Chlorine tablet
• Iodine
• Potassium permanganate
• Bleaching powder

90. 89. All the following are
mosquito born disease except
• Malaria
• Filariasis
• KFD
• dengue

91. 90. Incubation period less than 3
days in all expect
• Cholera
• Influenza
• Mumps
• Staph Food poisoning

92. 91. Herd immunity does not
protect an individual in
• Diphtheria
• Polio myelities
• Smallpox
• Tetanus

93. 92. Usually in live vaccines
immunization is achieved with
• 1 dose
• 2 dose
• 3 dose
• 1 booster

94. 93. Which is not a freeze dried
vaccine-?
• BCG
• yellow fever
• DPT
• Measles

95. 94. Most heat sensitive vaccine
is
• BCG
• Polio
• Measles
• DPT

96. 95. Cold chain equipment used
at outreach sites is
• Cold box
• Vaccine carrier
• Icepack
• Freezer

97. 96. Zero dose polio vaccine
means
• No vaccination
• Dose after first dose
• No antibody response
• Vaccination at mobile camps

98. 97. EPI includes all vaccines
expect
• Typhoid
• Measles
• Mumps
• BCG

99. 98. The advantage of hot air
oven is
• Costly
• Not effective
• No penetration power
• Damages articles

100. 99. Specificity is ability of a
screening test to identify
• True positives
• True negatives
• False positives
• False negatives

101. 100. An ideal screening test
should have all expect
• Low sensitivity
• Low specificity
• High yield
• High specificity

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