1. Which are the most common ways that a local health department uncovers outbreaks?
A. Performing descriptive analysis of surveillance data each week
B. Performing time series analysis to detect deviations from expected values based on the previous few weeks and comparable periods during the previous few years
C. Receiving calls from affected residents
D. Receiving calls from healthcare providers
E. Reviewing all case reports received each week to detect common features
2. Factors that influence a health department’s decision whether or not to conduct a field investigation in response to one or more cases of disease include:
A. The nature of the disease
B. The number of cases
C. Resources available
D. Health department’s traditional attitude toward conducting field investigations
3. If a particular outbreak presents an unusual opportunity to learn more about the disease and its epidemiology by conducting a study, but early disease control measures would interfere with the study, one should conduct the study quickly, then implement control measures immediately afterwards.
A. True
B. False
4. Use the following choices for Questions 14a–c.
A. Disease control and prevention efforts take priority over investigation efforts
B. Investigation efforts take priority over disease control and prevention efforts
4a. _____ Outbreak with known causative agent, source, and mode of transmission
4b. _____ Outbreak with known causative agent, but unknown source and mode of transmission
4c. _____ Outbreak with unknown causative agent, source, and mode of transmission