Answer: B. are used when a patient is suspected of/or diagnosed with a highly contagious disease.
Explanation: Healthcare workers should take extra precautions when dealing with a patient who has been diagnosed or is suspected of having a highly contagious disease. These
precautions are known as transmission-based precautions (TBP)... PF
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1. What was louis pasteur major contribution in science
A. The microscope
B. Cell theory
C. Discovery of cell
D. Pasteurization
Answer: D
2. Pin worms, tape worms, and hook worms are examples of
A. rickettsiae.
B. protozoas.
C. metazoas.
D. cocci.
Answer: C
3. Which of the following choices lists the correct signs of inflammation?
A. Redness, heat, swelling, and pain
B. Redness, swelling, amount of ecchymosis,
and use of body part
C. Redness, heat, swelling, and amount of
ecchymosis
D. Swelling, amount of ecchymosis, use of
body part, and drainage
Answer: A
4. Where do vaccines help to break the chain of infection?
A. At the portal of exit
B. At the reservoir
C. At the means of transmission
D. At the susceptible host
Answer: D
5. In order for disease to spread there is a chain of infection that needs to occur. What is the order of the chain?
A. Susceptible host, age, infectious agent,
portal of entry, means of transmission,
vector
B. Age, infectious agent, portal of entry, portal
of exit, vector, susceptible host
C. Infectious agent, reservoir, portal of exit,
vector, indirect contact transmission,
susceptible host
D. Infectious agent, reservoir, portal of exit,
means of transmission, portal of entry,
susceptible host
Answer: D
6. What is a symptom?
A. The patient's subjective report of how he/
she feels
B. Information that is observed and can
usually be measured
C. Period of decreased disease activity
D. When and where disease occurs
Answer: A
7. Which statement correctly describes humoral immunity?
A. It does not produce antibodies, but can
recognize pathogens in the future.
B. Generally, this immunity occurs in six
phases.
C. It produces antibodies that can kill
microorganisms and recognize the
same pathogen in the future.
D. It is usually involved in attacks against
viruses, fungi, and organ transplants
Answer: C
8. What is an example of a symptom?
A. Fever
B. Dizziness
C. Edema
D. Reddened throat
Answer: B
9. Who discovered the cell?
A. Antony Van Leeuwenhoek
B. Theodor Schwann
C. Louis Pasteur
D. Robert Hooke
Answer: D
10. What are some of the natural defenses that human bodies have to help keep pathogens out?
A. Cilia, skin, and clothing
B. Skin, eyelashes, and vaccines
C. Antibiotics, vaccines, clothing
D. Cilia, tears, and skin
Answer: D
11. When pathologists are examining cells under the microscope and there is an abnormality, what do they evaluate and document?
A. Diagnosis, grade, indirect causes
B. Diagnosis, grade, stage
C. Grade, stage, immunological reactions
D. Stage, agents, immunological reactions
Answer: B
12. The assessment technique used by health care providers that utilizes a stethoscope to listen to lung sounds is called
A. percussion.
B. observation.
C. palpation.
D. auscultation.
Answer: D
13. Within the chain of infection, what is the reservoir?
A. A way for the pathogen to enter the body
B. The way a pathogen can be transmitted
C. The location/place where the pathogens
live and grow
D. The way for a pathogen to leave the host
Answer: C
14. Which organization is responsible for the bloodborne pathogen standard?
A. CDC
B. OSHA
C. Medicare
D. FDA
Answer: B
15. We need normal flora in order to
A. help aid in elimination and excretion of
byproducts.
B. help aid in the digestion of the food
that we eat.
C. help keep our bones strong.
D. help aid in elimination of toxins.
Answer: A
16. Any microorganism that is capable of causing disease is considered to be a
A. protozoan.
B. bacteria.
C. rickettsiae.
D. pathogen.
Answer: D
17. Anatomic pathology focuses on
A. the laboratory study and analysis of
bodily fluids and waste products.
B. the gross and microscopic changes in
the tissues caused by disease and
injury.
C. when and where disease
occurs.
D. issues in both civil and criminal law.
Answer: B
18. Fomites can often harbor disease causing pathogens. An example of a fomite is
A. the family pet that is close with all of the
household members.
B. the medical receptionist who makes the
appointments and take the copayments for
all of the patients that are coming in to see
the physician.
C. our food supply.
D. the remote control for the TV in the doctor's
office waiting room.
Answer: D
19. Objective information that can be observed and usually measured is called a/an
A. etiology.
B. sequelae.
C. symptom.
D. sign.
Answer: D
20. Transmission-based precautions
A. are precautions that only the physicians
need to follow.
B. is another term for standard precautions.
C. are used when a patient is suspected of/or
diagnosed with a highly contagious
disease.
D. are precautions used only in the inpatient
setting.
Answer: C... PF
