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Question 58/2023/0ட

Paper Code:

Category 052/2020

Code:

Exam: Assistant Professor Community Medicine (Social and

Preventive Medicine)
Date of Test 03-06-2023
Department Government Homoeopathic Medical Colleges

Question1:-Primary data collection Techniques used in Community Diagnosis
includes all the following Except

A:-Key Informant Interview
B:-Focus Group Discussion
C:-Cross-Sectional Survey
D:-Sample Registration System
Correct Answer:- Option-D

Question2:-A number of passengers on a cruise ship from Singapore to Bintan
Island have recently developed a gastrointestinal illness compatible with Norovirus.
Testing for Norovirus is not readily available in the Island, and may take several
days to be made available. Assuming you are the Epidemiologist called on board
the ship to investigate the possible outbreak, your case definition should include at
minimum

A:-Clinical criteria, plus specifications of time, place and person
B:-Clinical features, plus exposure(s) you suspect
C:-Suspect case
D:-The nationally agreed standard case definition for disease reporting
Correct Answer:- Option-A

Question3:-Vaccine Efficacy measures
A:-The proportion of vaccinees who do not get the disease
B:-1- the attack rate among vaccinees
C:-The proportionate reduction in disease among the vaccinees
D:-1-disease attributable to the vaccine
Correct Answer:- Option-C

Question4:-The crude mortality rate in a community X is higher than the crude
mortality rate in Community Y. But the age adjusted mortality rates were higher in
the Community Y in all age groups than in Community X. This indicates that

A:-Investigator made a calculation error.

B:-The population of Community X is on an average older than that of
Community Y.