.1.Which of the following statements regarding perinatal mortality is

true?

A) the fetal mortality rate plus the number of fatalities among

live-born neonates within the first 6 days of life

B) the number of fatalities within the first 27 days of life

C) the number of abortions plus the fetal mortality rate (including

the number of fatalities within the first 6 months of life)

D) mortality occurs within the first year of life

2.The most frequently used indicator for the quality of life is:

A) the life expectancy rate at birth

B) the life expectancy rate without chronic disease and disability

C) the life expectancy rate at 60 years of age

D) the raw mortality rate

3.The proportion of children aged 0-12 years in developing countries

is:

A) approx. 10-12%

B) approx. 20%

C) approx. 20-25%

D) approx. 30%

.4. The term "communal diagnosis" means:

A) the consensual health diagnoses within a community

B) the determination, analysis, and evaluation of the communal

and health profiles

C) the determination of the priorities of a diagnosis

.5.Reliable indicators of a quality-life include:

A) the amount of the gross domestic product

B) the unemployment rate

C) the raw mortality rate

D) crime statistics

E) leisure utilization statistics

6.All of the following are integral elements of communal health movements,

EXCEPT:

A) self-help groups

B) minority health-groups

C) health societies

D) the public health and medical officer service

.7.All of the following are important elements of the social case-review,

EXCEPT:

A) the etiological social factors resulting in the development of the disease

B) the social effects of a disease

C) the clinical therapy

D) the social therapy

.8.The term "descriptive epidemiology" means:

A) the obseivationanddescription of phenomena prwailing in the population

B) the research and testing of associations and correlations

C) the application of experimental instruments for the description

of phenomena

D) the establishment and testing of the zero-hypothesis

.9.Which of the following formulas is appropriate for the calculation of

the age-specific mortality rate?

A) the number of new cases observed during the test period

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the number of observed individual years during the test period

B) the number of events studied within the given age –group

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the size of the affected population within the given age – group

C) the number of cases observed during the test period

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the size of the population at the beginning of the test period

10.The term "perinatal mortality" means:

A) the number of fatalities among live-born neonates during the

first 6 days of life

B) the number of fatalities among live-born neonates during the

first 27 days of life

C) the number of stillbirths plus the number of fatalities among

live-born neonates during the first 6 days of life

D) the number of stillbirths

11.According to 1990 data, which of the following causes resulted in

the highest mortality rate per 10,000 inhabitants in Hungary?

A) mortality due to hypertension

B) mortality due to ischemic heart disease (IHD)

C) mortality due to cerebrovascular diseases

D) mortality due to myocardial infarction

.12.Which of the following is a WHO program for the monitoring of cardiovascular

diseases?

A) TETRA-CP

B) MONICA

C) CINDI

D) Health City

.13.The leading diseases causing disability are:

A) psychiatric conditions

B) malignancies

C) musculoskeletal diseases

D) cardiovascular diseases

.14.The coincidence of three risk factors increases the likelihood of developing

ischemic heart disease (IHD):

A) eightfold

B) fourfold

C) thirteenfold

D) sevenfold

.15.All of the following are considered as deviant behavior, EXCEPT.

A) alcoholism

B) suicide

C) drug abuse

D) accidents

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 Ideal answer

1-A  ,

 2-B , 

3-D,

4-B  ,

5-C , 

6-D,

7-C,

8-A ,

9-B,

10-C,

 11-B,

 12-B,

 13- D

, 14-C,

 15-D