EXERCISES, LESSON 1
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer the following exercises by marking the lettered response that
best answers the question, by completing the incomplete statement, or by writing the
answer in the space provided at the end of the exercise.
After you have completed all of these exercises, turn to "Solutions to Exercises" at the
end of the lesson, and check your answers. For each exercise answered incorrectly,
reread the material referenced with the solution.
1.
The baseline against which to estimate the prevalence of disease in wartime is
_______________________________________________________.
2.
Two reasons for preventive medicine measures being considered are:
a.
The health of the troops
b.
___________________
3.
Communicable diseases are _____________________________________.
4.
The meaning of the term "incubation period" in relation to a communicable disease
is ____________________________________________________________.
5.
List two ways to determine whether a healthy appearing individual is a carrier of a
communicable disease.
a.
__________________________________
b.
__________________________________
6.
The words "spectrum of infection" mean ________________________________.
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