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Roll No. of theCandidate

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ENGINEERING & MANAGEMENT EXAMINATIONS, JUNE – 2007EPIDEMIOLOGY AND ANALYSIS OF HEALTH INFORMATION DATA ( SEMESTER - 4 )

Time : 3 Hours ] [ Full Marks : 70

INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CANDIDATES :1. This Booklet is a Question-cum-Answer Booklet. The Booklet consists of 32 pages. First

page of the Booklet shows Instructions to the Candidates. The questions of this concernedsubject commence from Page No. 3.

2. a) In Group – A, Questions are of Multiple Choice type. You have to write the correct choicein the box provided against each question.

b) For Groups – B & C you have to answer the questions in the space provided marked‘Answer Sheet’. Questions of Group – B are Short answer type. Questions of Group – C areLong answer type. Write on both sides of the paper.

3. Fill in your Roll No. in the box provided as in your Admit Card before answering the questions.4. Read the instructions given inside carefully before answering.5. You should not forget to write the corresponding question numbers while answering.6. Do not write your name or put any special mark in the booklet that may disclose your identity,

which will render you liable to disqualification. Any candidate found copying will be subject toDisciplinary Action under the relevant rules.

7. Use of Mobile Phone, Calculator or Log table is totally prohibited in the examination hall.8. You should return the booklet to the invigilator at the end of the examination and should not

take any page of this booklet with you outside the examination hall, which will lead todisqualification.

9. Rough work, if necessary is to be done in this booklet only and cross it through.No additional sheets are to be used and no loose paper will be provided

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ENGINEERING & MANAGEMENT EXAMINATIONS, JUNE – 2007

EPIDEMIOLOGY AND ANALYSIS OF HEALTH INFORMATION DATASEMESTER – 4

Time : 3 Hours ] [ Full Marks : 70

GROUP – A

( Multiple Choice Type Questions )

1. Choose the correct alternative answers for any ten of the following : 10 × 1 = 10

i) Cohort study is a

a) Retrospective study

b) Prospective study

c) Prevalence study.

ii) Morbidity is

a) study of distribution of diseases

b) study of sickness

c) study of death.

iii) Influenza is caused by

a) protozoa b) bacteria

c) virus d) Arthropods.

iv) Accuracy of a test in Epidemiology is assessed by

a) specificity b) positivity

c) sensitivity d) both (a) and (c).

v) Which one of the following is not an immunizing agent ?

a) Vaccine b) Plasma

c) Immunoglobulin d) Antisera.


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vi) The disease that has been eradicated till date is

a) Tetanus b) Chicken pox

c) Small pox d) Whooping cough.

vii) Literary meaning of Malaria is

a) bad air b) mosquito

c) inclement weather d) high fever.

viii) Following are the communicable diseases, except

a) Tetanus b) Cancer

c) Plague d) Typhoid.

ix) The vaccines mentioned below are all live vaccines except

a) BCG b) Measles

c) Oral Polio vaccine d) Tetanus.

x) An outbreak is

a) hyperendemic b) pandemic

c) a small localised epidemic d) point epidenic.

xi) Which of the following diseases do not spread by droplet infection ?

a) Cholera b) Common cold

c) Diphtheria d) Whooping cough.

xii) Which of the following is not a vaccine preventable disease ?

a) Tetanus b) Measles

c) Poliomyelitis d) Alcoholism.


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GROUP – B

( Short Answer Type Questions )

Write short notes on any three of the following. 3 × 5 = 15

2. Universal Immunization Programme.

3. Cohort study.

4. Infant mortality rate.

5. Surveillance.

6. Disease transmission.

GROUP – C

( Long Answer Type Questions )

Answer any three questions. 3 × 15 = 45

7. Describe in detail, the various levels of prevention with examples.

8. Describe the different types of Epidemiology. State the uses of Epidemiology.

9. What is a communicable disease ? Give the steps of control of communicable disease.

10. Write down the symptoms, signs, transmission & control of bubonic plague. How is

pneumonic plague transmitted ?

11. What are the types of diabetes mellitus ? What are salient features of diabetes. State

the measures of control.

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