Chapter 10: Communicable Diseases

Question 1

Disease transmitted person to person

Answer 1

Communicable disease

Question 2

What is the top cause of death due to communicable disease?

Answer 2

Lower respiratory infections

Question 3

What are the top 3 communicable disease killers?

Answer 3

1) HIV/Aids
2) Tb
3) Malaria

Question 4

Disease that affects people over a very large geographical area

Answer 4

Pandemic

Question 5

Disease with small numbers of cases continually present in the population

Answer 5

Endemic

Question 6

Disease with large numbers of people
infected concurrently in a
population

Answer 6

Epidemic

Question 7

Disease caused by a pathogenic microorganism

Answer 7

Infectious

Question 8

A subset of infectious diseases that can be acquired through close contact with an infected person/organism

Answer 8

Contagious

Question 9

Methods of controlling communicable diseases:

Answer 9

1) Immunization
2) ID, isolate, and treat
3) Control transmission route (e.g., hand-washing)

Question 10

True or false: All infectious diseases are contagious.

Answer 10

False; all contagious diseases are infectious

Question 11

Yersinia pestis disease

Answer 11

plague

Question 12

Example of disease that is highly contagious and infectious

Answer 12

Measles

Question 13

Example of disease that is highly infectious, but not highly contagious

Answer 13

Ebola