Practice Questions

61. A foodborne illness outbreak occurs at a large event, and the responsible public health agency needs to identify the most likely contaminated food item quickly to prevent more cases. What is the urgent epidemiological study type to conduct?

A. Cohort study (following all attendees for symptoms).
B. Case-control study (comparing food exposures among ill and well attendees).
C. Cross-sectional study.
D. Clinical trial.
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60. A clinical research team wants to study the relationship between smoking and lung cancer but is concerned that age could confound the results. What technical method can be used to control for confounding by age in the study design?

A. Increasing the sample size.
B. Randomization (if experimental) or matching in observational studies.
C. Using a different outcome measure.
D. Ignoring age altogether.
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59. An epidemiologist conducts a study comparing the prevalence of obesity in different countries. What critical limitation of ecological studies should be considered when interpreting these findings?

A. They are expensive.
B. They cannot establish individual-level associations due to the ecological fallacy.
C. They are always biased.
D. They only measure incidence.
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57. What technical term describes the proportion of individuals in a population who die from a specific disease over a specified period?

A. Incidence rate.
B. Prevalence rate.
C. Case-fatality rate.
D. Mortality rate.
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56. A public health department identifies a cluster of unexplained acute kidney failure cases in a specific geographic area. What is the urgent epidemiological action?

A. Issue a general health warning about kidney disease.
B. Conduct a rapid field investigation to identify common exposures, geographical distribution, and patient characteristics.
C. Wait for more cases to appear.
D. Assume it's a genetic predisposition.
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