Infection control Multiple Choice Questions and answers

11.    single individuals or localized groups
 
     A.    epidemic
     B.    pandemic
     C.    endemic

      Ans:A    

12.    live and grow EVERYWHERE (animals, plants, humans, food, medical equipment)
 
     A.    bacteria
     B.    fungi
     C.    viruses
     D.    protozoa

      Ans:B    

13.    worms, not microorganisms but are parasites and cause infection in humans. they destroy living cells and are common in intestines, heart, worms, hookworms, whipworms, and round worms
 
     A.    influenza
     B.    amebic dysentery
     C.    helminths

      Ans:C    

14.    drugs derived from organisms such as penicillin from mold. now many drugs are synthetic
 
     A.    anitmicrobials
     B.    anitibiotics
     C.    bactericidal

      Ans: B    

15.    causes skin infections
 
     A.    staphylococci
     B.    streptoccia
     C.    diplococci

      Ans: A    

16.    not causing disease and may be benificial
 
     A.    pathogenic
     B.    non-pathogenic
      Ans:B    

17.    ends when the host reisitance becomes effective
 
     A.    incubation period
     B.    prodromal period
     C.    acute period

       Ans:C    

18.    genetic material takes over control of the host cell, using the host's capacity for cell metabolism for replication
 
     A.    bacteria
     B.    fungi
     C.    viruses
     D.    protozoa

      Ans:C    

19.    staph that has developed resistance to Penicillin and methicillin and related drugs, primary mode of transmission is hands, life threatening
 
     A.    VRE
     B.    MRSA (methicillin resistant staphlococcus aureus)

       Ans:B    


20.    protozoa that causes a sexually transmitted infection of the reproductive tracts of men and women, attaching to the mucous membranes and causing inflammation
 
     A.    amebic dysentery
     B.    helminths
     C.    trichomonas vaginalis

      Ans:C

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