Epidemiology Quiz, Chapter 2, 9/19/01

5 points (5 minute time limit)

1.	What event or happening marks the very beginning of the subclinical stage of disease?

2.	This is the stage of prevention that occurs during the stage of susceptibility and is intended to reduce new occurrences of the disease.

a.	Primary prevention

b.	Secondary prevention

c.	Tertiary prevention

d.	Quartile prevention

3.	What does the Latin term cetaris parabus mean?

4.	What type of factor is a biological, physical, or chemical factor that is essential for the disease to
occur.

a.	Agent

b.	Host

c.	Environmental

5.	In describing the epidemiology of a disease we often speak of three different types of variable. These are person variables, place variables, and ________________ variables.