Infectious Disease

Question 1

How is influenza transmitted?
a. airborne
b. vehicle
c. droplet
d. vectorborne

Answer 1

droplet

Question 2

The following can cause latent infections EXCEPT
a. Epstein-barr virus
b. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
c. Neisseria gonorrhea
d. Varicella zoster virus

Answer 2

Neisseria gonorrhea

Question 3

Fever in this disease generally does not exceed 39 degrees centigrade
a. heat stroke
b. hepatitis
c. HIV infection
d. healthcare associated pneumonia

Answer 3

hepatitis

Question 4

Which of the following organisms is NOT under Enterobacteriaceae?
a. Group B streptococci
b. Klebsiella pneumonia
c. Group A streptococci
d. Clostridium difficile

Answer 4

Group B streptococci

Question 5

Dewdrop on a rose petal
a. Herpesvirus type 5
b. Herpesvirus 4
c. Herpesvirus 3
d. Herpesvirus 6

Answer 5

Herpesvirus 3

Question 6

Which is NOT a complication of scarlet fever?
a. arthritis
b. jaundice
c. hearing loss
d. high fever

Answer 6

hearing loss

Question 7

What type of skin lesion is seen in varicella?
a. nodular lesions
b. vesiculobullous eruptions
c. diffuse erythema
d. maculopapular eruptions

Answer 7

vesiculobullous eruptions

Question 8

What organism may cause swimmer+IBk-s ear?
a. Streptococcus pneumoniae
b. Escherichia coli
c. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
d. Clostridium botulinum

Answer 8

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Question 9

What is the most common complication of varicella zoster virus?
a. pneumonia
b. secondary bacterial skin infection
c. deafness
d. scarring

Answer 9

secondary bacterial skin infection

Question 10

What pattern of fever is usually seen in a patient with sepsis?
a. recurrent
b. continuous
c. intermittent
d. remittent

Answer 10

intermittent

Question 11

What line of defense is the immune response
a. first
b. third
c. second
d. fourth

Answer 11

third

Question 12

Mode of transmission of measles
a. vehicle
b. airborne
c. vectorborne
d. droplets

Answer 12

airborne

Question 13

What is the time period when an organism can be shed?
a. period of communicability
b. prodromal period
c. latent infection
d. incubation period

Answer 13

period of communicability

Question 14

What is a the leading cause of neonatal pneumonia?
a. rachitic rosary
b. muscle cramps
c. bone pain
d. knock-knees

Question 15

What is the recommended frequency of influenza immunization of health care personnel?
a. every 10 years
b. every 3 years
c. every year
d. every 5 years

Answer 15

every 3 years

Question 16

Episodic fevers lasting 1 to 3 days with 1 or more days of normal temperatures between episodes
a. relapsing
b. sustained
c. remittent
d. intermittent

Answer 16

relapsing

Question 17

Type of gangrene which does NOT result from loss of blood circulation
a. dry
b. none of the above
c. moist
d. gas

Answer 17

gas

Question 18

Self-replicating bacteria
a. chlamydia
b. rickettsiae
c. mycoplasma
d. coxiella

Answer 18

mycoplasma

Question 19

Disease caused by Staphylococcus aureus
a. scalded skin syndrome
b. puerperal sepsis
c. gas gangrene
d. scarlet fever

Answer 19

scalded skin syndrome

Question 20

What is the most commonly isolated gram-negative organism in the hospital?
a. Enterobacteriaceae
b. Clostridium
c. Streptococcus
d. MRSA

Answer 20

Enterobacteriaceae