Question 1

The objective,measurable evidence of disease evaluated by an observer is termed a/an

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A)  syndrome.
B)  symptom.
C)  sign.
D)  pathology.
E)  inflammation.

Question 2

Which of the following is an example of sequelae?

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A)  headache from meningitis
B)  difficulty swallowing from streptococcal infection
C)  arthritis from Lyme disease
D)  diarrhea from Salmonella enteritidis infection

Question 3

Which of the following is a direct contact method of microbe transmission?

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A)  fomites
B)  water
C)  droplet nuclei
D)  aerosols
E)  droplets

Question 4

The prevalence rate of tuberculosis in one particular county in Texas is 7/1000 people,while the incidence rate for 2011 is 2/1000 people.Analyze this data and summarize the situation.

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A)  The data were collected incorrectly because the two values should match.
B)  Incidence rate should really be higher than prevalence rate because it includes all new cases for the year.
C)  Prevalence rate is higher than incidence rate because the number of people still alive with tuberculosis is higher because of better treatments.
D)  Prevalence rate and incidence rate cannot be determined for the same disease.

Question 5

A disease that has a steady frequency over time in a particular geographic location is referred to as

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A)  epidemic.
B)  endemic.
C)  pandemic.
D)  sporadic.
E)  chronic.

Question 6

Based upon new information from the Human Microbiome Project,the human body typically begins to be colonized by its normal biota

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A)  before birth,in utero.
B)  during and immediately after birth.
C)  when a child first goes to school.
D)  when an infant gets its first infectious disease.
E)  during puberty.

Question 7

Your patient has a rash,a fever,and a very high white blood cell count.Blood specimens are taken,put into culture bottles,and sent down to the microbiology lab for incubation and analysis.Select the statement that best reflects why microbial analysis of blood is an important step in patient diagnosis:

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A)  Microbial growth in blood samples may indicate sepsis.
B)  A few bacterial cells in a blood sample are no big deal and should be ignored.
C)  Blood specimen are often obtain through poor aseptic technique by the healthcare worker: this is documentation of their failure to employ proper universal precautions.
D)  A lack of microbes in the blood means that the patient's health is critical. A

Question 8

A symptom is

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A)  an objective indication of disease.
B)  a subjective indication of disease.
C)  measurable by health care personnel.
D)  a temperature.

Question 9

Healthcare-associated infections are characterized by all of the following except

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A)  are only transmitted by medical personnel.
B)  often involve the patient's urinary tract and surgical incisions.
C)  the patient's resident biota can be the infectious agent.
D)  Escherichia coli and staphylococci are common infectious agents.
E)  medical and surgical asepsis help lower their occurrence.

Question 10

The intermediary object or individual from which the infectious agent is actually acquired is termed the

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A)  fomite.
B)  carrier.
C)  vector.
D)  reservoir.
E)  source.

Question 11

Endogenous infectious agents arise from microbes that are

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A)  in food.
B)  the patient's own normal biota.
C)  on fomites.
D)  in the air.
E)  transmitted from one person to another.

Question 12

Koch's postulates are easily satisfied for viral diseases.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Resident biota are found in/on the

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A)  skin.
B)  mouth.
C)  nasal passages.
D)  large intestine.
E)  All of the choices are correct.

Question 14

Fomites,food,and air serve as indirect transmission routes of pathogens.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Exotoxins are

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A)  proteins secreted by living bacterial cells.
B)  only released after a cell is damaged or lysed.
C)  antiphagocytic factors.
D)  secretions that always target nervous tissue.
E)  lipopolysaccharides.

Question 16

You are studying a newly identified infectious disease within a population.Think of the typical graph of the course of infection--incubation period through to convalescent period.The new disease reveals a course of infection characterized by fluctuating symptoms,with intermittent periods of invasion (acute period) between prodromal periods.The whole course of infection occurs over a period of months or even years.Based upon the information presented,select the statement that most accurately reflects this new infectious disease:

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A)  This infectious disease exhibits latency.
B)  This is not an infectious disease at all.
C)  The host has immune problems and this is the typical course of a disease for that population.
D)  Viral infections always present with this type of disease course.

Question 17

Latency is a dormant state of an infectious agent.

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A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 18

Animals that participate in the life cycles of pathogens and transmit pathogens from host to host are

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A)  fomites.
B)  aerosols.
C)  mechanical vectors.
D)  droplet nuclei.
E)  biological vectors.

Question 19

_____ are various bacterial enzymes that dissolve fibrin clots.

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A)  Coagulases
B)  Mucinases
C)  Keratinases
D)  Kinases
E)  Hyaluronidases D

Question 20

Someone who inconspicuously harbors a pathogen and spreads it to others is a

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A)  fomite.
B)  carrier.
C)  vector.
D)  reservoir.
E)  source.

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