Common
Common
Common
(5m)
2. Relation between disease, illness and sickness. (5m)
3. Differences between community medicine and clinical / internal medicine. (5m)
4. State why Cholera is called milestone. (5m)
5. Why Cholera / TB / Rabies are called public health emergency. (5m)
6. Is epidemiology important to identify the cause of dengue / malaria in Malaysia?
(5m)
7. Epidemiologist is a public health scientist. Evaluate this statement. (5m)
8. What are the 7 components of Epidemiology? (10m)
9. Importance of Epidemiology in public health. (5m)
10. What are the differences between descriptive and analytical Epidemiology? (5m)
11. If you want to search the distribution of disease globally, which is the choice of study,
and why?
12. If you want to search the etiology or outcome of the disease, which is the choice of
study, and why?
13. What is epidemic, and what are the causes of epidemic? (5m)
14. Draw an epidemic curve, and explain its varieties with examples. (15m)
15. Explain epidemic curve. (10m)
16. Public health significance of epidemic curve.
17. Classify epidemic diseases with example, how you will investigate epidemic outbreak.
(8m)
18. Explain terminologies: Epidemic, Pandemic, Holodemic with examples. (5m)
19. How you evaluate the natural process of disease (eg: Chicken pox). (15m)
20. What are the outcomes or consequences or prospective results of any diseases.
(15m)
21. Risk factor of disease / What are the triggers for Diabetes / hypertension / TB. (5m)
22. Draw a diagram of natural history of disease. (5m)
23. Describe germ theory with 2 examples. (8m)
24. Draw epidemiological triad with examples. (6m)
25. What are the components of infectious disease? Draw a table with examples. (5m)
26. Differences between reservoir, carrier and vector. (3m)
27. Shedding of different microorganisms occur at different stages of the disease. Justify
the statement. (8m)
28. Explain the iceberg of the disease. (15m)
29. For better progression and control measurement of the disease, mode of
transmission plays an important role. Clarify the statement. (8m)
30. Draw a timeline of infectious agent. How we will evaluate the time period. (8m)
31. Linda, 25 years old, pregnant comes to the clinic for screening test. What is the
screening test for mother & child?
32. Mr. John had an accident & loss his foot. Doctor did amputation. What are the
preventive advices? (5m)
33. Explain screening test for newborn. (5m)
34. Rh negativity is a good screening test for pregnant woman. Explain. (5m)
35. How will you evaluate the 2X2 table of screening test? (5m)
36. (i) What are the differences between screening test and diagnostic test? (ii) What is
the diagnostic test and screening test for Hepatitis? What are their differences?
37. In Malaysia, how does health promotion improve healthy life? (5m)
38. Differences of the levels of disease preventive stages. (15m)
39. Differences between mortality and morbidity. (5m)
40. Differences between incidence rate and prevalence rate. (5m)
41. Importance of incidence and prevalence rate in the community. (5m)
42. Relationship between incidence rate & prevalence rate.
43. If duration of disease is prolonged, the prevalence rate of disease will be prolonged.
Is this statement true, and why?
44. How will you clarify or plot the epidemiology studies.
45. Differences of experimental and observational studies.
46. Explain cross-sectional study.
47. Explain case control study.
48. Explain cohort study.