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Jun 6, 2026

162. What technical term describes the measure of association in a case-control study, approximating the relative risk when the disease is rare?

A. Relative Risk (RR).
B. Odds Ratio (OR). ✓
C. Attributable Risk (AR).
D. Prevalence Ratio (PR).
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Jun 6, 2026

161. A cluster of severe birth defects is reported in a community. What is the urgent epidemiological action?

A. Dismiss it as random genetic mutations.
B. Initiate an investigation to identify common environmental exposures, maternal factors, or infectious agents during pregnancy. ✓
C. Advise all pregnant women to leave the community.
D. Only focus on treating the affected children.
nmdcat.online BS Nursing
Jun 6, 2026

159. A study attempts to estimate the prevalence of diabetes by administering a questionnaire that asks about self-reported diagnosis. What critical type of bias might this introduce?

A. Selection bias.
B. Information bias (e.g., misclassification due to self-report). ✓
C. Confounding.
D. Observer bias.
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Jun 6, 2026

158. A new medicinal drug is found to be effective but also carries a significant risk of a rare, severe adverse event. What critical ethical consideration guides its approval and prescribing?

A. Only efficacy matters.
B. The balance between benefits and harms, and informed consent for patients. ✓
C. Adverse events are always acceptable.
D. Only the cost of the drug matters.
nmdcat.online BS Nursing
Jun 6, 2026

157. What technical measure quantifies the number of deaths in a population over a specified period per unit of population?

A. Incidence rate.
B. Prevalence rate.
C. Crude mortality rate. ✓
D. Case-fatality rate.
nmdcat.online BS Nursing
Jun 6, 2026

156. A patient is diagnosed with a highly resistant strain of tuberculosis. What is the urgent clinical and epidemiological responsibility?

A. Treat the patient and send them home.
B. Immediately initiate isolation, multi-drug therapy, and rigorous contact tracing to prevent widespread transmission. ✓
C. Wait for the disease to spread to other family members.
D. Only treat the patient's symptoms.
nmdcat.online BS Nursing
Jun 6, 2026

155. A clinical decision is made to prescribe a broad-spectrum antibiotic to a patient with a severe infection before culture results are available. What epidemiological concept informs this initial empiric treatment?

A. Resistance patterns.
B. Local epidemiology of pathogens and their susceptibility. ✓
C. Only individual patient symptoms.
D. The cost of the antibiotic.
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Jun 6, 2026
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