Quiz 3.1: Foundations of Health and Disease (Lecture Video) Test 1

Question 1

Which of the following is/are the range/s of host responses?

Answer 1

• Some become infected and develop mild or moderate signs or symptoms
• Some become infected and develop severe signs or symptoms
• Some become infected but develop no signs nor symptoms
• Some become infected and develop mild or moderate signs or symptoms
• Some do not become infected at all
• Some die as a result of their infection

Question 2

This refers to the health of the population as a whole

Answer 2

-Public health

Question 3

Disease reaches its highest point of development during this stage.

Answer 3

-Acute stage

Question 4

Signs and symptoms may become more severe at this stage

Answer 4

-Acute stage

Question 5

In what stage/s of infectious disease may the host be contagious.

Answer 5

• Incubation stage
• Acute stage
• Prodromal stage
• Convalescent stage
• Declining stage

Question 6

How does the World Health Organization define “health”

Answer 6

-Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

Question 7

This is an objective finding perceived by an examiner

Answer 7

-Sign

Question 8

This is also known as the silent stage

Answer 8

-Incubation stage

Question 9

This is the study and analysis of the distribution, patterns, and determinants of health and disease conditions in defined populations

Answer 9

-Epidemiology

Question 10

This refers to the appearance of signs or symptoms brought about by the presence of an etiologic agent or by abnormal function

Answer 10

-Disease

Question 11

The presence of this, as observed by an examiner, indicates that a particular disease is most likely

Answer 11

-Pathognomonic sign

Question 12

This refers to a group of signs and symptoms

Answer 12

-Syndrome

Question 13

Sign and symptoms have nearly vanished as the etiologic agent has been mostly eliminated.

Answer 13

-Convalescent stage

Question 14

This refers to the invasion of a body by an etiologic event

Answer 14

-Infection

Question 15

This is also known as the illness stage

Answer 15

-Acute stage

Question 16

This refers to the presence of etiologic agents in the skin, hair, or nails, of a host

Answer 16

-Infestation

Question 17

This is a subjective indication of disease perceived by the patient

Answer 17

-Symptom

Question 18

If a large number of individuals are equally exposed to an infectious agent, they will all respond in a similar manner

Answer 18

-FALSE

Question 19

The ability of an etiologic agent to cause harm is measured by this/these factor/s

Answer 19

• Virulence

- Pathogenicity

Question 20

This ends when the first signs and symptoms of the infectious disease appear

Answer 20

-Incubation stage

Question 21

This is an objective finding perceived by an examiner.

Answer 21

-Sign

Question 22

Host begins to regain strength and returns to original state of health

Answer 22

-Convalescent stage

Question 23

This refers to the ability of an etiologic agent to cause disease in a susceptible host

Answer 23

-Pathogenicity

Question 24

Signs and symptoms during this stage can help determine one disease from another.

Answer 24

-Acute stage

Question 25

Signs and symptoms start to subside and health of the host starts return to normal

Answer 25

-Declining stage

Question 26

This refers to the appearance of signs or symptoms brought about by abnormal function

Answer 26

-Disease

Question 27

This refers to the degree of harm caused by an etiologic agent in a susceptible host

Answer 27

-Virulence

Question 28

This is the stage when the first signs and/ or symptoms occur

Answer 28

-Prodromal stage