Communicable Disease Control Principles Practice Questions

Question 1

Under the original International Health Regulations, the internationally quarantinable diseases were -

Accepted Answer

All of the above

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Cholera

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Plague

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Yellow fever

Question 2

Which of the following statements is true regarding the epidemiology of influenza?

Accepted Answer

Asymptomatic cases can occur and may contribute to transmission.

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Pandemics cannot occur with influenza viruses.

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Incubation period is typically 7-10 days.

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Humans are the only reservoir for influenza.

Question 3

Which diseases are infectious but not communicable?

Accepted Answer

Tetanus

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Mumps

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Scarlet fever

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Measles

Question 4

Assertion: VZV vaccine is live attenuated. Reason: It cannot be given to immunocompromised patients.

Accepted Answer

Both true, reason explains assertion

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Both true, reason doesn't explain assertion

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Assertion true, reason false

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Assertion false, reason true

Question 5

Which of the following is the true statement regarding measures to prevent typhoid transmission in the community?

Accepted Answer

Hygiene practice and clean sanitation control are more important than the typhoid vaccine.

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Typhoid vaccine administration is the best method of preventing transmission.

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Person-to-person transmission is the primary mode of spread.

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Drug resistance in typhoid is not as big a problem as in TB.

Question 6

Which of the following conditions does not primarily benefit from secondary level prevention?

Accepted Answer

None of the options

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Coronary heart disease

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Leprosy

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TB

Question 7

Which method is primarily used to assess HIV prevalence?

Accepted Answer

Sentinel surveillance in high-risk populations

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Passive surveillance through reporting systems

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Disease registries for HIV patients

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Active case finding through outreach programs

Question 8

The detection of sore throat cases in children and their treatment with Benzathine Penicillin in Community Control Programme of Rheumatic Fever/Rheumatic Heart Disease (RF/RHD) constitutes

Accepted Answer

Primary prevention of RF/RHD

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Primordial prevention of RF/RHD

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Tertiary prevention of RF/RHD

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Secondary prevention of RF/RHD

Question 9

To prevent KFD which of the following is not used?

Accepted Answer

Deforestation

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Self protection against ticks

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Control of cattle roaming in the forest

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Vaccination

Question 10

Which of the following is an example of indirect transmission in communicable diseases?

Accepted Answer

Soil

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Transplacental (vertical)

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Respiratory

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STD

Communicable Disease Control Principles — MCQs

Communicable Disease Control Principles — MCQs

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