Part of the expanding PassProfessor catalog: This program is built — 1,010 original practice questions covering the full scope of an introduction to epidemiology course, organized chapter by chapter — and it opens soon. Join the notify list and we will email you the day it launches.
This program is part of the expanding PassProfessor catalog — join the notify list and we’ll email you when enrollment opens.
PassProfessor’s Introduction to Epidemiology program is a chapter-simulation program for students taking an introduction to epidemiology course. You pick the course, then pick the textbook and edition your class uses, and the program builds chapter-based simulation exams optimized for that book’s chapter order — so the practice you do this week matches the chapter your instructor is teaching this week. The bank holds 1,010 original questions across 10 chapters plus three depth sets — Depth I on frequency and association measures, Depth II on designs, bias, and inference, and Depth III on screening, outbreaks, and critique — plus an applied analysis set of applied epidemiology cases and a synthesis set of integrated epidemiology synthesis, covering foundations, history, and natural history of disease, measures of disease frequency, measures of association and impact, descriptive epidemiology and surveillance, observational designs — ecological, cross-sectional, and case-control studies, cohort studies and trials, bias, confounding, and effect modification, causation and causal inference, screening and diagnostic test evaluation, and outbreak investigation and applied field methods. There is no licensing exam at the end of an introduction to epidemiology course — there is your instructor’s exam, chapter by chapter — and this program is built to rehearse exactly that.
PassProfessor’s Introduction to Epidemiology program is a chapter-simulation program for the undergraduate introduction to epidemiology course: 1,010 original practice questions across 10 chapters plus three depth sets — frequency and association measures; designs, bias, and inference; and screening, outbreaks, and critique — an applied analysis set of applied epidemiology cases, and a synthesis set, organized by textbook and edition so chapter drills and timed simulation exams match the chapter your instructor is teaching. It rehearses your instructor’s chapter tests and finals — there is no licensing exam for a college course — with results reported by chapter. All material is coursework: study designs, measures, and investigation methods as the course teaches them, not guidance for any real situation.
What this program is — and what it is not
It is a simulation of your course, not a licensing product. Licensing-exam prep rehearses one fixed, official exam. A college course works differently: your instructor chooses the textbook, sets the chapter order, and writes the exams. This program is designed around that reality. The textbook-and-edition selector aligns the simulations to the chapter sequence of the book your course actually uses, and chapter drills let you practice one chapter at a time, at the point in the semester when you need it.
It is not published, sponsored, or endorsed by any textbook publisher or author. PassProfessor is an independent study provider. The program is never branded or titled under a textbook’s name, and nothing in it reproduces textbook text, textbook figures, or a publisher’s test bank. Selecting your textbook only tells the program which chapter order to organize your practice around.
Every question is original. The bank was built from the published structure of an introduction to epidemiology course — the standard chapter sequence and topic scope the discipline itself uses — and every stem, scenario, and answer option was written from scratch and checked against verified disciplinary facts. Sources supplied facts and course structure only; the questions are ours.
What’s included
1,010 questions, organized the way your course is organized. The bank follows a 10-chapter structure that mirrors the standard introduction to epidemiology course, from foundations, history, and natural history of disease through outbreak investigation and applied field methods, plus three depth sets — Depth I on frequency and association measures, Depth II on designs, bias, and inference, and Depth III on screening, outbreaks, and critique — plus an applied analysis set of applied epidemiology cases and a synthesis set of integrated epidemiology synthesis. The full chapter-by-chapter breakdown is in the coverage table below.
Chapter drills. Practice a single chapter — only that chapter — until the misses stop repeating. Finished the frequency lectures? Drill that chapter until choosing between incidence and prevalence feels automatic. Design test in ten days? Work the case-control chapter in sequence, the way your course presents it.
Chapter-based simulation exams. When a chapter test or a unit exam approaches, sit a timed simulation built from the chapters it covers, in the proportions your selected textbook’s organization suggests. Simulations draw questions you have not seen first, so a second or third run at the same chapter is a fresh test, not a memory exercise.
A textbook-and-edition selector. Different textbooks divide the same material into chapters differently — one book’s single chapter is another book’s two. When you select the textbook and edition your course uses, the program maps its bank onto that book’s chapter organization, so the chapter number in your practice means the same chapter in your syllabus.
Results broken down by chapter and topic. Your practice results report by chapter, so a weak area — say, confounding, or screening test measures — shows up in your data while there is still time to fix it, not for the first time on a graded exam.
A note on editions and course versions. Instructors adopt different textbooks and different editions of the same textbook, and departments periodically revise the course itself. The bank’s organization follows the discipline’s standard chapter structure — the sequence the field itself teaches — and the selector maps that structure onto your edition’s numbering, so a chapter that your book splits in two, or merges into one, still lines up with the practice built for it. Where an instructor reorders chapters, chapter drills can be assembled in your course’s order; the practice follows the syllabus, not the other way around.
The course at a glance
Introduction to Epidemiology has no single official exam, so there is no official exam-facts table to publish — your instructor’s syllabus is the authority for your course’s test dates, formats, and grading. What is standard is the scope of the discipline itself, summarized here as course background. For the full picture of what an introduction to epidemiology course covers and how to study it, see our Introduction to Epidemiology study guide.
| Undergraduate introduction to epidemiology — the course this program simulates | |
|---|---|
| Course type | Undergraduate college course (the standard introductory epidemiology course in public health and health-science programs; commonly taken after introductory statistics or alongside it, with prerequisites varying by institution) |
| Standard scope | Foundations, history, and natural history of disease; measures of disease frequency; measures of association and impact; descriptive epidemiology and surveillance; observational designs I: ecological, cross-sectional, and case-control; observational designs II: cohort studies and trials; bias, confounding, and effect modification; causation and causal inference; screening and diagnostic test evaluation; outbreak investigation and applied field methods |
| How the course is assessed | Instructor-set chapter tests, unit exams, and a final — formats and weights vary by instructor and institution |
| This program’s bank | 1,010 original questions across 10 chapters + measures, designs and inference, and screening and outbreaks depth sets, plus applied analysis and synthesis sets |
| Program format | Chapter drills and chapter-based simulation exams, organized by your selected textbook/edition |
How the practice maps to the course
Every question in the bank carries the chapter it belongs to. Counts below are the bank itself, counted question by question from the delivered file — they sum to 1,010.
| Chapter | Practice questions |
|---|---|
| Ch 1 — Foundations, History, and Natural History of Disease | 51 |
| Ch 2 — Measures of Disease Frequency | 51 |
| Ch 3 — Measures of Association and Impact | 51 |
| Ch 4 — Descriptive Epidemiology and Surveillance | 51 |
| Ch 5 — Observational Designs I: Ecological, Cross-Sectional, and Case-Control | 51 |
| Ch 6 — Observational Designs II: Cohort Studies and Trials | 51 |
| Ch 7 — Bias, Confounding, and Effect Modification | 51 |
| Ch 8 — Causation and Causal Inference | 51 |
| Ch 9 — Screening and Diagnostic Test Evaluation | 51 |
| Ch 10 — Outbreak Investigation and Applied Field Methods | 51 |
| Depth I — Frequency and Association Measures in Depth | 100 |
| Depth II — Designs, Bias, and Inference in Depth | 102 |
| Depth III — Screening, Outbreaks, and Critique in Depth | 97 |
| Applied Analysis — Applied Epidemiology Cases | 99 |
| Synthesis — Integrated Epidemiology Synthesis | 102 |
| Total | 1,010 |
Depth follows the bank’s own structure: the Depth II set (102 questions) and the synthesis set (102 questions) tie as the bank’s largest single sets, and the three depth sets together revisit every core chapter at second-pass difficulty — this course is graded on choosing the right measure and naming the right design or threat, and the bank’s weight sits where that double judgment is practiced.
How to use it
- Join the notify list today. When the program opens, set up your course first: select Introduction to Epidemiology, then select the textbook and edition your syllabus names.
- Drill the chapter you are in. After each lecture block, drill that chapter while the material is current. Short, chapter-matched practice beats a single long session the night before the test.
- Watch your chapter breakdown. Your results show which chapters are costing you. Return to the weakest chapter’s drill before moving on — introduction to epidemiology builds measure on measure — the frequency and association calculations from the early chapters are the quantities every design, bias, and screening chapter then produces, compares, and critiques, so an early gap in the measures resurfaces wherever the course turns.
- Simulate before each graded test. In the days before a chapter test or unit exam, sit a timed simulation over exactly the chapters it covers. Practice the pacing and the question style, not just the facts.
- Use the integrated set before midterms and finals. The cross-chapter questions combine chapters the way cumulative exams do. They are the closest rehearsal for a final that reaches back to the start of the term.
Frequently asked questions
Is this a licensing exam prep program? No. Introduction to epidemiology is a college course, not a licensed credential, and there is no official epidemiology exam at the end of it. This is a chapter-simulation program: it rehearses the tests your own instructor gives, chapter by chapter, using original questions built to the standard scope of the undergraduate course.
How many practice questions are in the program? The bank holds 1,010 original questions: the 10 chapters of the standard course, three depth sets, an applied analysis set of applied epidemiology cases, and a synthesis set. Every question is tagged to its chapter, so drills and simulations can be built over exactly the chapters your test covers.
Is this program public-health or medical advice for real situations? No. The program is study preparation for a college course — it rehearses study designs, measures, screening evaluation, and investigation methods as coursework, using described study and classroom-style scenarios. It offers no guidance for any real outbreak, exposure, test result, or personal health decision, and real situations belong with qualified professionals and the appropriate public-health authorities, never with a practice program.
Which textbook does the program follow? The program is organized around the standard chapter structure of the introduction to epidemiology course, and the textbook-and-edition selector maps the bank onto your book’s chapter order when you set up your course. No textbook is named, branded, or reproduced — the selector only aligns chapter numbering.
How much mathematics and statistics does the program assume? The level the course itself assumes: proportions, ratios, and rates, two-by-two table measures, and percentage reasoning, worked carefully rather than quickly, plus the introductory-statistics vocabulary your program’s prerequisites supply. The drills present numbers the way exam items do, so the practice doubles as rehearsal for the course’s computational items.
What are the depth, applied analysis, and synthesis sets? Second-pass material. The depth sets revisit the course in three layered sets — frequency and association measures; designs, bias, and inference; and screening, outbreaks, and critique — at finer distinction; the applied analysis set presents compact coursework cases built around described studies and tables; the synthesis set combines chapters the way cumulative finals do — a cohort result re-read under a confounding description.
Can I practice just one chapter? Yes — that is the core of the design. Chapter drills draw only from the chapter you select, and simulation exams can be built over any set of chapters, so your practice can match a single chapter test, a unit exam, or a cumulative final.
Does the outbreak chapter teach me how to respond to a real outbreak? No. Outbreak investigation is covered the way the course covers it: as a taught method, sequenced and applied to described, classroom-style investigation scenarios for examination purposes. The program is coursework preparation only and gives no guidance for any real event; real situations are handled by qualified professionals and public-health authorities.
My course splits the design chapters differently. Will the practice still line up? In most cases, yes. Programs differ mainly in where trials are placed and in how the observational designs are grouped across chapters. The textbook selector maps the program’s chapters onto your book’s organization, and drills can be assembled in your course’s order when a sequence differs.
When can I start using the Introduction to Epidemiology program? Soon — the 1,010-question bank is complete and quality-checked, and the program is in final preparation. Join the notify list on this page and we will email you the day it opens.
Disclaimer
PassProfessor is an independent exam-preparation and study provider, based in Salt Lake City, UT and operating entirely online. This program is study preparation only: it is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any textbook publisher, textbook author, college, university, or instructor, and it reproduces no textbook content. Practice questions are original, written to the published structure and standard scope of an introduction to epidemiology course; they are not questions from any instructor’s exam or any publisher’s test bank. Your course syllabus is the authority for your course’s schedule, formats, and grading.