Question 1

Evaluation of a surveillance programme should address which of the following? (Select all that apply)

Accepted Answer

A) The timeliness of the information it produces 
B) The sensitivity of the system to detect cases 
C) The number of peer‐reviewed publications it generates 
D) The effectiveness of the measures used to control the disease under surveillance 
E) Cost 
A) The timeliness of the information it produces 
B) The sensitivity of the system to detect cases 
C) The number of peer‐reviewed publications it generates 
D) The effectiveness of the measures used to control the disease under surveillance 
E) Cost A, B ,E

Question 2

Which of the following statements describe event‐based surveillance? (Select all that apply)

Accepted Answer

A) It is based on a specific case definition 
B) It is based on symptoms, signs, or other characteristics of a disease 
C) It requires diagnosis based on a laboratory test 
D) It is based on reports of individual cases of disease 
E) It plays a role in detecting potential outbreaks of disease 
A) It is based on a specific case definition 
B) It is based on symptoms, signs, or other characteristics of a disease 
C) It requires diagnosis based on a laboratory test 
D) It is based on reports of individual cases of disease 
E) It plays a role in detecting potential outbreaks of disease B, E

Question 3

Which of the following statements could be used to describe sentinel surveillance? (Select all that apply)

Accepted Answer

A) It requires a very sophisticated data collection system 
B) It can play a valuable role in resource‐poor countries 
C) It requires all healthcare providers to report cases 
D) It relies on reporting of cases from a small number of sources to give an indication of the level of disease in the whole community 
E) It is always conducted at a national level 
A) It requires a very sophisticated data collection system 
B) It can play a valuable role in resource‐poor countries 
C) It requires all healthcare providers to report cases 
D) It relies on reporting of cases from a small number of sources to give an indication of the level of disease in the whole community 
E) It is always conducted at a national level B ,D

Question 4

Which of the following might be the subject of a public health surveillance programme? (Select all that apply)

Accepted Answer

A) Infectious diseases 
B) Chronic diseases 
C) Injuries 
D) Risk factors for disease 
E) Presence of viruses in mosquitoes 
A) Infectious diseases 
B) Chronic diseases 
C) Injuries 
D) Risk factors for disease 
E) Presence of viruses in mosquitoes

Question 5

Which of the following activities form part of public health surveillance? (Select all that apply)

Accepted Answer

A) Data collection 
B) Data analysis 
C) Data interpretation 
D) Data dissemination 
E) Intervention 
A) Data collection 
B) Data analysis 
C) Data interpretation 
D) Data dissemination 
E) Intervention

Question 6

What is the single most important reason for distributing regular surveillance summaries?

Accepted Answer

A) To document epidemiologic investigations 
B) To provide timely information on disease patterns and trends to those who need this information 
C) To provide feedback to those who provided the data 
D) To publish the results of surveillance programmes in peer‐reviewed journals 
E) Regular surveillance summaries should not be distributed because the information is confidential 
A) To document epidemiologic investigations 
B) To provide timely information on disease patterns and trends to those who need this information 
C) To provide feedback to those who provided the data 
D) To publish the results of surveillance programmes in peer‐reviewed journals 
E) Regular surveillance summaries should not be distributed because the information is confidential

Question 7

Common uses of public health surveillance include which of the following? (Select all that apply)

Accepted Answer

A) To identify the relationship between a risk factor and a disease 
B) To inform health policy 
C) To identify the health costs associated with various health conditions 
D) To monitor the introduction of new drugs 
E) To detect clusters 
A) To identify the relationship between a risk factor and a disease 
B) To inform health policy 
C) To identify the health costs associated with various health conditions 
D) To monitor the introduction of new drugs 
E) To detect clusters

Question 8

Which of the following are forms of surveillance? (Select all that apply)

Accepted Answer

A) Digital surveillance 
B) Rumour surveillance 
C) Passive surveillance 
D) Syndromic surveillance 
E) Indirect surveillance 
A) Digital surveillance 
B) Rumour surveillance 
C) Passive surveillance 
D) Syndromic surveillance 
E) Indirect surveillance

Question 9

For surveillance, the public health importance of a disease is determined by which of the following? (Select all that apply)

Accepted Answer

A) The incidence of the disease 
B) The severity of the disease 
C) The duration of the disease 
D) The results of randomised controlled trials 
E) The cost of the disease to society 
A) The incidence of the disease 
B) The severity of the disease 
C) The duration of the disease 
D) The results of randomised controlled trials 
E) The cost of the disease to society

Question 10

The case definition used for surveillance of a health problem should always be the
same as the case definition used for clinical (treatment) purposes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Evaluation of a surveillance programme should address which of the following? (Select all that apply)

Which of the following statements describe event‐based surveillance? (Select all that apply)

Which of the following statements could be used to describe sentinel surveillance? (Select all that apply)

Which of the following might be the subject of a public health surveillance programme? (Select all that apply)

Which of the following activities form part of public health surveillance? (Select all that apply)

What is the single most important reason for distributing regular surveillance summaries?

Common uses of public health surveillance include which of the following? (Select all that apply)

Which of the following are forms of surveillance? (Select all that apply)

For surveillance, the public health importance of a disease is determined by which of the following? (Select all that apply)

The case definition used for surveillance of a health problem should always be the same as the case definition used for clinical (treatment) purposes.

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Exam 12: Surveillance: Collecting Health-Related Data for Epidemiological

Evaluation of a surveillance programme should address which of the following? (Select all that apply)

Which of the following statements describe event‐based surveillance? (Select all that apply)

Which of the following statements could be used to describe sentinel surveillance? (Select all that apply)

Which of the following might be the subject of a public health surveillance programme? (Select all that apply)

Which of the following activities form part of public health surveillance? (Select all that apply)

What is the single most important reason for distributing regular surveillance summaries?

Common uses of public health surveillance include which of the following? (Select all that apply)

Which of the following are forms of surveillance? (Select all that apply)

For surveillance, the public health importance of a disease is determined by which of the following? (Select all that apply)

The case definition used for surveillance of a health problem should always be the same as the case definition used for clinical (treatment) purposes.

How Long Is a Piece of String Measuring Disease Frequency

Who, What, Where and When Descriptive Epidemiology

Healthy Research: Study Designs for Public Health

Why Linking Exposure and Disease

Heads or Tails: the Role of Chance

All That Glitters Is Not Gold: The Problem of Error

Muddied Waters: The Challenge of Confounding

Who Sank the Boat Association and Causation

Assembling the Building Blocks: Reviews and Their Uses

Outbreaks, Epidemics and Clusters

Prevention: Better Than Cure

Early Detection: What Benefits at What Cost

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