1. A dentist assigns a specific task to be done on a patient to a junior doctor. The dentist remains in the set up while the task is carried out but does not continuously watches the task is being carried out. What is this called:Direct supervisionIndirect supervisionPersonal supervisionGeneral supervision 2. Parametric test are all exceptPaired testChi-square testZ testPearson correlation 3. Which of these is a parametric testMann-Whitney U TestT-TestWilcoxon signed rank TestChi-Square Test 4. In statistical studies, data represents:Every individual of sampleObservational recordsWhole sampleSample groups 5. In national water supply and sanitation program, a 'Problem village' is defined as all exceptWater source has excess of iron, fluoride and heavy metalsWater is available at a depth of more than 15 metersWater is infested with guinea wormsDistance of safe water source is more than 1.6.km 6. Study carried out among children of around 12yr age group in an orphan house with less carbohydrate diet isTurku studyHopewood house studyVipeholm studyTristan da Cunha 7. Test used to represent difference in heights of students in two different classes in schoolChi squareANOVAUnpaired t testPaired T test 8. When analyzing a small sample with two sets of observations where values of observations are dependent on each other, which test will be used:Fisher F testZ testUnpaired T testPaired T test 9. Chronic carrier state is seen in all exceptMeaslesDiphtheriaTyphoidGonorrhea 10. According to concept of primary health centre hilly areas cover a population of300005000010000020000- 11. Dentist act was passed in1945194219501956 12. According to Dunning classification, the screening procedure only using tongue depressor and available illumination inspection in school children and to identify the treatment needsType 3Type 1Type 2Type 4 13. Safe disposal of mercury is:Collect carefully and recycleControlled combustionDeep burialTreatment with chemicals 14. Forecast of probable cause and outcome of an attack of the disease and prospects of recovery as indicated by nature of disease and symptoms of the caseRiskPrognosisTreatmentDiagnosis 15. Which of the following exposure carries the maximum risk of transmission of HIV?Sexual IntercourseBlood TransfusionTraits- placentalNeedle prick 16. Application of Incubation period is all EXCEPTTo differentiate co-primary cases from secondary casesTo find out time for isolationTo find out time for QuarantineTo prevent infection to the contacts of the infected person 17. All of the following are applications of knowing the incubation period of a disease exceptTo determine the period of isolationTo determine the period of quarantineTo differentiate among secondary cases and co-primary casesTo prevent infection amongst contacts of the infected person 18. If the incidence of a disease is high and prevalence is low, it means thatDisease is either cured easily or is fatalDisease is not cured easilyThey are not relatedNone incidence and low prevalence 19. All of the following are true about cluster sampling except:Samples are similar to those in Simple Random SamplingIs a Rapid and simple methodThe sample size may vary according to study designIt is a type of probability sample 20. A screening test is used in the same way in two similar populations; but the proportion of false positive results among those who test positive in population A is lower than those who test positive in population B. What is the likely explanation?The specificity of the test is lower in population A.The prevalence of the disease is lower in population A.The prevalence of the disease is higher in population AThe specificity of the test is higher in population A. 21. Reliability of a screening test refers to:Accurately measures what it is supposed to measureGives same values even on repeated testingThe extent to which the observer can go in finding the resultDepends on knowledge of the observer 22. Power of a statistical test indicatesThe ability of a test to accept a null hypothesis when it is falseThe ability of a test to accept a null hypothesis when it is trueThe ability of a test to reject a null hypothesis when it is falseThe ability of a test to reject a null hypothesis when it is false 23. Education of young children in school about the harmful effects of soft foods leading to caries is done to prevent dental caries. What is this type of prevention calledPrimary preventionSecondaryTertiary preventionEducational intervention 24. Eradication is defined as:Interruption of transmission of diseaseCessation of disease progression in a local geographical areaTermination of all man to man transmission of agentTreatment of all patients with the disease 25. In case of Confounding variable which type of association is seen between disease and factorDirectIndirectTemporalSpurious 26. Role of humectant in toothpastes:Retain moistureAbrasiveTasteAnti-bacterial 27. The proportion of the population which is included in the study sample is called asSampling frameSampling fractionTarget populationReference population 28. Comprehensive school based dental care for whole country is adopted byUSANew ZealandSwedenAustralia 29. Mean respiratory rate in different kind of smokers and nonsmokers, categorized as four categories mild, moderate, heavy and nonsmoker. test used to assess the means between them -One way ANOVATwo way ANOVAStudent t testChi square test 30. Recently two methods of cPAP: conventional and bubble cPAP were compared. In the conventional method, 90 out of 160 showed extubation failure while 40 out of 160 showed extubation failure in the bubble method. Which test would be the best to compare the statistical significance between the rates of extubation failure in the two testsPaired t testChi square testStudent t testANOVA 31. Which one of the following is a good index of the severity of an acute disease?Cause specific death rate.Case fatality rate.Standardized mortality ratio.Five year survival. 32. Diameter of adult tooth brush range0.007-0.0150.010-0.0120.004-0.0070.006-0.009 33. A Path finder survey for oral health needs to be done at 12 sites for 4 index age groups at each site. What should be the sample size for the survey30040012001500 34. Crude death rate is usually measured per ___________ of population:100001000001001000 35. In a study done for the evaluation of prevalence of caries in a given population, the ratio of its standard deviation to the mean of data is calledStandard error of meanCoefficient of skewnessStandard variationCoefficient of variance 36. Study done on a group of patients showed coefficient of variance for BP and serum creatinine to be 20% & 15% respectively. Inference is that:Variation in BP is more than in serum creatinine.Variation in serum creatinine is more than in BPStandard deviation of BP is more than of creatinineStandard deviation of creatinine is more than of BP. 37. Method commonly used to represent variations around mean:Standard errorRangeStandard deviationPercentile 38. In a disease process, probability of correctly identifying case of disease isReliabilitySensitivitySpecificityValidity 39. Space maintainers belong to which level of preventionHealth promotionDisability limitationSpecific protectionPrimary prevention 40. Vitamin A prophylaxis is an example ofPrimordial preventionHealth promotionSpecific protectionDisability limitation 41. Which of the following methods of water fluoridation do not depend on electric assistance for water flowDry feederVenturi fluoridator systemSolution feederSaturator 42. Choking off mechanism takes place after topical application ofAPFNaFSnF2Sodium monofluorophosphate 43. An active carious lesion can be stopped from progression by application of which of the following:NaFAPFSnFSilver diamine fluoride 44. Back washing is a recommended technique forCommunity WellRapid Sand FilterSlow Sand FilterDomestic Filter 45. Which of the following statements regarding live vaccines is false :Two live vaccines cannot be administered simultaneouslyBooster doses are not required when live vaccines are administeredSingle dose gives lifelong immunityLive vaccine contains both major and minor antigens 46. In a community trial, every 5th house in a village was selected for sampling. This type of sampling is called asStratified random samplingCluster samplingSimple random samplingSystematic random sampling 47. World Anti Tobacco Day is?5/31/20161 Novemeber04-07-20161st Dec 48. Causative agent for AIDS was established in1969197219831994 49. Yellow bag used for disposal ofContaminated waste which can be incineratedContaminated waste which cannot be incineratedSharps & needlesNon-contaminated waste which can be incinerated 50. Not true about propagated epidemicsPerson to person transmissionHerd immunity presentSharp rise and decrease sharplyMultiple waves of epidemic 51. A high school child trained to teach dentistry to elementary children in schoolTHETAAskovSHARPTattle tooth program 52. Which of the following is cariogenicStrontiumFluorideSeleniumMolybdenum 53. Anganwadi Worker (AWW) is appointed for population200001000500030000 54. Which of the following types of bias can be reduced by allowing equal interview timeBerkesonian biasRecall biasSelection biasInterviewer bias 55. Age was found to be a factor affecting the relation of diabetes mellitus and periodonticsConfounding BiasSampling BiasSelection BiasInformation Bias 56. Screening of oral cancer comes under which level of prevention:PrimaryPrimordialSecondaryTertiary 57. Standard error of mean is calculated bySD/nSD/meanSD/ ?nMean/SD 58. When chlorate in water starts to disappear and free chlorine starts to appear, it is calledBreak pointEnd pointScreen pointFlow point 59. A standard z score is related to?Measure of central tendencyScore which is away from medianScore which is away from meanNone of the above 60. Which of the following statements about confidence limits/ interval is true:Smaller the confidence level larger will be the confidence intervalLess variable the data, wider will be the confidence intervalSample size does not affect the confidence interval95% confidence interval will cover 2 standard errors around the mean 61. Shortest incubation period is seen in:Hepatitis AHepatitis BRubellaInfluenza 62. Vectors may transmit infection by all of the following methods, ExceptIngestionRegurgitationRubbing of infected faecesContamination with body fluids 63. Which of the following is true about Epidemiological survey as compared to clinical trial: 1. Sample size small 2. Cross sectional and longitudinal approach 3. Dental indices are used 4. Control and experimental group1,2 and32,31,4All are true 64. Water fluoride concentration in areas with cold weather conditionLess than 0.7 ppmMore than 1 ppm1 ppm4 ppm 65. In 3x3 table, the degree of freedom is9364 66. The pattern of change of disease trends of mortality and morbidity where the pandemics of infection. are replaced by degenerative and manmade disorders as the main cause of morbidity and mortality is known as:Demographic transitionEpidemiological transitionReversal of transitionParadoxical transition 67. All are principles of ethics, exceptConfidentiality, veracity or truthfulnessDo not harmRespect the persons autonomy and informed consentNon-beneficence 68. In epidemiology, a sample is:A group of people in a small areaSmall group of people representing the populationRepresents each individualRepresents a small group of people of low socio-economic status 69. In statistics, sample represents:Group of samplesSubset of sampleRepresent each memberArithmetic unit used like Kg, gm 70. The usefulness of a screening test depends upon itsSensitivitySpecificityReliabilityPredictive value 71. Which of the following conditions does not have a National Screening / Control Programme?Diabetes MellitusDental cariesRefractive errorsCarcinoma cervix 72. Plastic wrapper of surgical syringe should be discarded in:Black bagYellow bagRed bagBlue 73. In Salivary reductase test, slightly conducive caries activity in represented as which colourBluePinkRedOrchid 74. QLF light emits blue colour when it is reflected on carious tooth which light is emitted?GreenBlueRedViolet 75. In caries reductase test slightly conductive shows which colorPinkOrchidRedBlue 76. Which study is used to evaluate the incidence of caries in 12 years old children in a Madhya Pradesh schoolProspectiveRetrospectiveRCTCross-over trial 77. Dmf index measuresCumulative caries experienceOral hygiene StatusRate of cariesNone of the above 78. Anti-Rabies vaccine is not indicated in:Dog biteMonkey biteRat biteCat bite 79. Measure of dispersion in normal distribution from mean is known asVarianceStandard deviationRangeMedian 80. STROBE guidelines are applied to:Non-concurrent studiesCross over studiesRandomized trialsObservational studies 81. Which of the following is an example of an observational study:Case control studyField trialsRandomized controlled trialsCommunity trials 82. Which epidemiological study gives the most accurate result?Meta analysisCross-sectional studyRandomized control trial with double blindingCohort study 83. Bias can be eliminated by all except:MatchingBlindingRandomizationMultivariate analysis 84. Dmf index isQuantitative dataQualitative discrete dataQualitative ordinal dataNormal data 85. Anti-calculus agent in toothpaste isFluorideCocoamidopropylPyrophosphateLauryl sulphate 86. Which of the following best reflects the highest level of community participationPlanning of intervention by communityIntervention based on assessment of communityProvision of resources by communityCommunity supports and cooperates with workers 87. Application of fluoride varnish after luting a crown has which of the following beneficial action:Removes fluorides from enamelReduces the peripheral sealProvides desensitizing actionAllows dissolution of marginal cement 88. The no. of death due to oral carcinoma divided by mid-year population?Case fatality rateSpecific death rateProportional death rateCrude death rate 89. Results obtained based on resources spendEfficiencyImpactProcessEffectiveness 90. Provision of integrated preventive, curative and promotional health services are part ofUniversal healthcareComprehensive health care systemPrimary healthcare systemBasic health care 91. In an epidemiological study, the first case which comes to the attention of the investigator isReference caseIndex casePrimary caseSecondary case 92. A- learned behaviour which is permanent and consistent but liable to changeAttitudeKnowledgePracticeCultural belief 93. Degree of relationship between cause and effect is represented byRisk ratioP valuePower of studySignificance 94. While calculating Infant mortality rate, which of the following is not includedStill birthPerinatal deathPostnatal deathNatal death 95. In calculating Dependency Ratio, the numerator is expressed as :Population under 10 years and 60 and above.Population under 15 years and 60 and above.Population under 10 years and 65 and abovePopulation under 15 years and 65 and above 96. A pregnant lady uses fluoridated drinking water. All of the following are true regarding exposure of the fetus to fluoride except:Placenta acts as a regulator and reduces the concentration of fluoride reaching the fetusPlacenta acts as a regulator and increases the concentration of fluoride reaching the fetusPlacenta has no role in fluoride regulation to fetusPlacenta acts as a barrier to fluoride ions 97. Cavity conditioning in ART is done by37% Phosphoric AcidCocoa ButterPetroleum Jelly10% Polyacrylic Acid 98. A Dental health survey in a community helps to establish what type of needs of the population:Felt needsExpressed needsPerceived needsNormative needs 99. The recent spread of Swine flu was in the news, this type of transmission can be termed:EpidemicEndemicPandemicSporadic 100. Highest amount of saturated fatty acid is seen inSoyabean oilGroundnut oilPalm oilSunflower oil Loading...