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SOALAN PH
1- Estimated population means;
The number of the population calculated in the year of census conduction
The number of the population in the years between two censuses
Midyear population in the year of census conduction
Midyear population in the years between two censuses
2- Which of the following leaves absolute immunity?
Measles
Gonorrhea
Enteric fever
Yellow fever
3- 1-Which of the following is a measure of dispersion?
The 50th percentile.
The range.
The mode.
The median.
4- Active immunization for measles gives:
temporary immunity
solid immunity
cellular immunity
subclinical infection
5- 4-In practice the existence of an epidemic is most often determined by:
The identification of more than 10 new cases per week
A current incidence rate that is more than two standard deviations higher than
theprevious year
Most laboratory specimens are testing positive
An incidence of disease that is clearly in excess of that expected
6- The number of death of a particular disease per 100 cases in certain locality
and year is:
Crude death rate
Case fatality rate
Age specific death rate
Proportionate death rate
7- To determine incidence of a certain disease the target population are:
Studied at single point of time
Followed prospectively over time
Looked backward in the previous years
Divided into cases and controls
8- 5) which of the following is a character of good screening test :
Gives different results when repeated
Couldn't differentiate between diseased and non-diseased cases
Has no definite cut off level
Simple and safe
9- Yellow fever is
An arthropod-born bacterial disease
An emerging zoonotic disease
Re-emerging bacterial disease
Re-emerging viral disease of international concern
10- 10) Which of the following diseases is monthly reported?
Pertussis
Viral hepatitis
Cholera
Botulism
11- Which of the following is the type of immunity followed yellow fever
infection?
Solid immunity
Absolute immunity
Moderate immunity
Weak immunity
12- Which of the following is characterized by necrotizing gas producing
infection of skeletal muscle ?
Tetanus (lock jaw)
Gas gangrene
Anthrax
Rabies
13- Which of the following is a specific preventive measure in Typhoid fever?
Seroprophylaxis
Food sanitation
Active immunization
Environmental sanitation
14- 13.The booster vaccination for food handlers should be renewed every :
One year
Two years
Three years
Four years
15- Which of the following is a non- ionizing radiation exposure:
X- ray exposure
Micro wave exposure
gamma rays exposure
Alpha rays exposure
16- Which of the following statement is not a nosocomial infection?
Appear more than 48 hours after admission
Is incubating at admission to hospital
Acquired in the hospital but appear after discharge
As occupational infections among staff.
17- 35-The calendar date is a variable that can be measured on:
Nominal scale
Interval scale
Ordinal scale
Ratio scale
18- Which of the following is a characteristic of the population pyramid of
developed countries;
The top of the pyramid is narrow
The top of population pyramid is flat
Body strata are shorter
The top of the pyramid is narrow
19- Immunity due to yellow fever vaccine lasts for:
6 months
10 months
6 years
10 years
20- Catarrhal stage of pertussis remains for:
3 weeks
4 weeks
5 weeks
2 weeks
21- 3-Which of the following data is need to draw epidemic curve:
Time of occurrence of complications.
Time of onset of symptoms and signs
Time of recovery from the disease
Time of exposure to the risk
22- Which of the following increases prevalence rate?
High cure rate of cases
Improved diagnostic facilities
Immigration of healthy people
Short disease duration
23- In experimental studies data are collected from subjects:
Studied at single point of time
Followed prospectively over time
Looked backward in the previous years
Who subjected to intervention
24- 3) which of the following describe the proportion of correctly identified cases
among tested positive individuals
Sensitivity
Specificity
Positive predictive value
Negative predictive value
25- Which of the following is a reservoir of infection in urban yellow fever?
Monkey
Man
Female Aedes Egypti
Female Aedes Africans
26- The following are bacterial sexually transmitted infections except:
Syphilis
Gonorrhea
Chancroid
Trichomoniasis
27- Rice watery diarrhea is a characteristic of:
Shigellosis
Typhoid fever carriers
Cholera cases
Salmonella food poisoning
28- carbon dioxide (CO2) is an example of:
Simple asphyxiants
Chemical asphyxiants
Respiratory irritants
Systemic poisons
29- Which of the following is suitable for collection of infectious waste in health
care facility?
Yellow plastic bags
Yellow puncture proof box
Red lead box
Black plastic bags
30- 40-Which of the following statements is false:
The sample mean is more sensitive to extreme values than the median
The sample range is more sensitive to extreme values than the standard
deviation
The sample standard deviation is a measure of spread around the sample
mean
The sample standard deviation is a measure of central tendency around the
median
31- The basal layers of the population pyramid in Egypt are broad due to:
High birth rate
Higher proportion of the elderly
Significant differences in sex distribution
High proportion of Ages from 15-59 years
32- The first model of epidemiology describes distribution of disease by:
Time, host, environment
Time, place, person
Place, host, environment
Agent, host, environment
33- Reactivation of latent TB infection occurs in the following occupation:
Silica workers
Medical professions
Farmers
Workers in public services
34- The number of live births per 1000 females of childbearing period in a
certain locality and year is:
Birth rate
General fertility rate
Age specific fertility rate
Fecundity rate
35- Medical consultation is required 4-6 weeks before international travel if
Vaccination is mandatory
The traveler is chronically ill
The journey is planned to extend for a month
The traveler is immunocompromized
36- 2) A laboratory reported case is:
A Suspected case
A Confirmed case
An Epidemiologically linked case
A Probable case
37- Which of the following is a bacterial infection?
Yellow fever
Dengue fever
Plague
Rift valley fever
38- Which of the following infection can be transmitted by a bite or a lick of
infected animal?
Tetanus (lock jaw)
Gas gangrene
Anthrax
Rabies
39- Diarrhea is not a common feature in:
Salmonella food poisoning
Shigella dysenterie
Staph food poisoning
Botulism
40- 12. Which of the following is a routine vaccine for food handlers?
Hepatitis B vaccine
17D vaccine
TAB vaccine
Otten,s vaccine
41- Which of the following is the main objective of Periodic Medical Examination
in occupational health?
Gives basic information about workers' health.
screen and diagnosis morbidity before employment
follow-up and assessment of workers health status
To put the right worker in the right place
42- 5-The most important indication to calculate attack rates among the exposed
and unexposed in food poisoning outbreaks is to:
Measure the disease frequency
Identify population at risk
Identify the contaminated food
Both b and c
43- To determine prevalence of a certain disease the target population are:
Studied at single point of time
Followed prospectively over time
Looked backward in the previous years
Allocated into cases and controls
44- 5) Referring data to policy makers is a process termed:
Data collection
Data analysis
Interpretation of data
Dissemination of data
45- Validity of 17 D vaccination certificate begins after:
5 days
6 days
10 days
15 days
46- Which of the following vaccines is safe in pregnancy for prevention of
poliomylietes?
Sabin
Salk
TAB
Koll,s vaccine
47- Silica is classified as:
Organic plant dust
Organic animal dust
Inorganic metallic dust
Inorganic nonmetallic dust
48- 2-Which of the following is not a measure of central tendency?
Mean.
Interquartile range.
Median.
Midrange.
49- Which of the following determines fertility;
Fertility motives,
Fertility attitude
Fertility behaviors
All of the above
50- Which of the following is a predisposing Factor for TB reinfection
good nutrition
Prolonged steroid therapy
Physical rest
Living in slum areas
51- 1-The epidemic curve in the picture below represents:
A point common source outbreak
An intermittent common source outbreak
A propagated epidemic
A Continuous common source outbreak
52- 6) for the calculation of positive predictive value denominator is comprised
of:
True positive + False negative
False positive + True negative
True positive + False positive
True positive + True negative
53- The international incubation period of yellow fever is:
5 days
6 days
7 days
8 days
54- 'shaggy heart' sign appearance is a radiological finding characteristic of:
Byssinosis
Bagassosis
Silicosis
Asbestosis
55- Which of the following is relatively non- risky health care waste?
Human tissues
Needles and syrings
Kitchen waste
Body fluids
56- 30- The value that divides ordered series of data into two equal groups is:
The mean.
The median.
The mode.
Midrange
57- Which of the following is a high fertility motive in a community;
Satisfactory socioeconomic level
High infant and child mortality
Better rearing of children and survival
Decreased infant and child mortality
58- Which of the following characterizes milk borne epidemics :
Gradual onset
There is secondary cases
Long incubation period
Cases are related to milk consumption
59- Reservoir of infection in chickenpox is :
case only
carrier only
both case and incubatory carrier
not the case nor the carrier
60- Both the population and the affecting factors are not controlled in:
-Observational study
-Experimental study
- Intervention study
-Ecological study
61- The first emerging infectious disease during the 21st century is:
SARS
H5N1
H1N1
MERS-CoV
62- Which of the following is the vector of Rift valley fever?
Female Aedes Egyptie
House flies
Female Aedes Africans
Culex
63- Which of the following STIs characterize by discharge?
Syphilis
Chancroid
Chlamydia
Lymphogranuloma venerum
64- Which of the following is the main cause of death in cholera?
Fluid loss and dehydration
Respiratory muscle paralysis
Liver failure
Toxemia
65- Worker should protect their ear at noise level :
>6o Db
>7O Db
<85 Db
<95 Db
66- Which of the following is suitable for collection of general health care waste
in health care facility?
Yellow plastic bags
Yellow puncture proof box
Red lead box
Black plastic bags
67- Which of the following is successful communication:
Conveying message
Just having opportunity to send and receive message
The sender and the receiver understand the same information
Giving verbal pieces of information is quite enough
68- Which of the following characterizes water borne epidemics :
Small number of cases
Cases are not related to each other
Sudden onset
There is no secondary cases
69- which of the following is the Mode of transmission of meningococcal
meningitis :
Direct droplet infection.
Mosquito bites.
Waterborne infection.
Food borne infection.
70- Which of the following is not needed in calculation of incidence rate?
The number of new cases of the disease
The number of population at risk
The disease cases
Non of the above
71- During health education session, which of the following represents
environmental barrier:
Overcrowding
Non familiar pictures
Lack of confidence
Different languages

72- 39-Which one of the following is false about the interval scale;
numerical unit of measurement
any two successive points are equally spaced
It has a true zero point
example of this scale is temperature
73- Serogroup of Neisseria meningitides that most commonly cause epidemics in
African belt is:
Serogroup A
Serogroup B
Serogroup D.
None of the above.
74- 9) positive predictive value is calculated by the following formula
True negative/(false positive +true negative)*100
True positive/(false positive +true positive)*100
True positive/(false negative +true positive)*100
True negative/(false negative +true negative)*100
75- Which of the following is a vector for rural yellow fever?
Female Aedes Egypti
Female Aedes Africans
Culex
House fly
76- Which of the following Typhoid vaccines is used in Egypt?
Oral live attenuated Ty 21a vaccine
Koll,s vaccine
TAB vaccine
Intramuscular vi polysaccharide vaccine
77- Which of the following diseases is the most frequent complication of silicosis?
Mesothelioma of the pleura
Bronchogenic carcinoma
Pulmonary tuberculosis
Core pulmonale
78- 6- In a distribution with negative skewness:
Median is smaller than the mean.
Median is smaller than the mode.
Mean is larger than the median.
Mean is larger than the mode
79- Which of the following age group forms the body of the population pyramid?
Ages below 15 years
Ages from 15-59 years
Ages from 15- 35 years
60 years and over
80- Flu vaccine is required for:
Everyone
Children only
Elderly only
High risk groups
81- 2-The epidemic curve in the picture above represents:
A point common source outbreak
An intermittent common source outbreak
A propagated epidemic
A Continuous common source outbreak
82- 6) Detection and notification of acute flaccid paralysis cases is:
A Routine surveillance for poliomyelitis case finding
A Sentinel surveillance for poliomyelitis
A routine surveillance to exclude hemiplegia
A Sentinel surveillance for a rare disease
83- Which of the following is a pathognomonic cause of botulism?
Tissue invasion by clostridium botulinum
Exotoxin liberated from clostridium botulinum
Neurotoxin liberated from clostridium botulinum
Tissue invasion and Neurotoxin liberated from clostridium botulinum
84- The main objective(s) of pre-employment medical examination is:
To employ the right worker in the right place.
To treat acute cases.
To detect and manage occupational diseases early.
To give nutritional support
85- Which of the following is suitable for collection of radio- active waste in
health care facility?
Yellow plastic bags
Yellow puncture proof box
Red lead box
Black plastic bags