W/L Ch 9 Infection Control Quiz

Question 1

The person to whom the infectious agent is passed is a(n) _____________.

a. fomite
b. host
c. pathogenic
d. iatrogenic

Answer 1

b. host

Question 2

Which of the following terms describes the complete destruction or elimination of all living microorganisms?

a. Medical asepsis
b. Sterilization
c. Vaccine
d. Asepsis

Answer 2

b. Sterilization

Question 3

What is the most important way to prevent the spread of infection?

a. Hand washing
b. Wearing gloves
c. Using a gown
d. Using chemical disinfectants

Answer 3

a. Hand washing

Question 4

Which of the following is the ability of an infectious agent to cause clinical disease?

a. Virulence
b. Incubation
c. Pathogenicity
d. Convalescence

Answer 4

c. Pathogenicity

Question 5

CDC stands for the _________________________.

a. Cancer Diagnostic Centers
b. Center for Diagnosis of Cancer
c. Cancer Domain Center
d. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Answer 5

d. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Question 6

Which of the following describes sources of nosocomial infections?

a. Carpet in a radiation oncology department
b. Fresh or dried flowers
c. Pen used to apply marks used on all patients
d. Both b and c
e. All of the above

Answer 6

e. All of the above

Question 7

Which of the following chemical methods of asepsis is applied to the skin?

a. Disinfectant
b. Antiseptic
c. Both a and b
d. All of the above

Answer 7

b. Antiseptic

Question 8

All of the following statements describe the use of Standard Precautions except which of the following?

a. Wear gloves when touching blood and body fluids.
b. No hand washing is necessary if using gloves.
c. Use mouthpieces when performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
d. Never recap used needles.

Answer 8

b. No hand washing is necessary if using gloves.

Question 9

Recommended vaccines for health care workers include all except which of the following?

a. Hepatitis B
b. Varicella
c. Measles, mumps, rubella
d. Annual influenza
e. All of the above vaccines are recommended.

Answer 9

e. All of the above vaccines are recommended.

Question 10

The agency that mandates the minimum level of respiratory protection in caring for those with tuberculosis is known as what?

a. WHO
b. NCI
c. JRC
d. OSHA

Answer 10

d. OSHA

Question 11

Contact spread can be ____________________.

a. airborne or direct
b. droplet or indirect
c. direct only
d. both direct or indirect
e. indirect only

Answer 11

d. both direct or indirect

Question 12

When should gloves be worn?

a. When handling the hand pendant
b. When blood and body fluids are present
c. Instead of washing hands all day
d. All of the above

Answer 12

b. When blood and body fluids are present

Question 13

Nosocomial infections affect which of the following?

a. Patients
b. Health care workers
c. The public
d. Both a and b
e. All of the above

Answer 13

e. All of the above

Question 14

Which of the following is the term used to indicate the number of antibodies present in a blood sample?

a. Vaccine
b. Titers
c. Pathogens
d. Antibiotics

Answer 14

b. Titers

Question 15

Which of the following is the study of the distribution and determinants of diseases and injuries in the human population?

a. Epidemiology
b. Colonization
c. Nosocomial
d. Virulence

Answer 15

a. Epidemiology

Question 16

Infection cycle includes all except which of the following?

a. Transmission
b. Incubation
c. Natural immunity
d. Convalescence

Answer 16

c. Natural immunity

Question 17

A person who is colonized but not ill is known as a ________________.

a. host
b. carrier
c. vector
d. fomite

Answer 17

b. carrier

Question 18

What are the five transmission routes that carry disease?

a. Airborne, vector-borne, contact, droplet, common vehicle
b. Airborne, vector-borne, indirect, subdirect, droplet
c. Airway, vector-borne, contact, blood-borne common vehicle
d. Airway, vector-borne, contact, drippings, common vehicle

Answer 18

a. Airborne, vector-borne, contact, droplet, common vehicle

Question 19

What is the most reliable, available, and economical method of destroying microorganisms?

a. Gas
b. Liquid
c. Heat
d. Radiation

Answer 19

c. Heat

Question 20

Hepatitis B is a virus transmitted mainly through which of the following?

a. Contact with blood and body fluids
b. Indirect contact with airborne droplets
c. Direct contact with respiratory droplets
d. Common vehicle or fomite exposure

Answer 20

a. Contact with blood and body fluids

Question 21

An OSHA-approved respiratory mask is required for use by health care workers at high risk of being exposed to which of the following?

a. Hepatitis B
b. Hepatitis C
c. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
d. Tuberculosis (TB)

Answer 21

d. Tuberculosis (TB)

Question 22

A marker used to apply marks on a patient’s skin should not be used on multiple patients to help prevent which of the following?

a. Transmission of disease
b. Drying out of markers
c. Confusion about color-specific field parameters
d. Skin permeability resistance

Answer 22

a. Transmission of disease

Question 23

Disease communicated through water supply is an example of which route of transmission?

a. Contact
b. Airborne
c. Fomite
d. Droplet

Answer 23

c. Fomite

Question 24

Following an accidental needle stick where exposure to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is possible, which of the following is the most appropriate first response?

a. Complete an incident report.
b. Apply bleach to the punctured area.
c. Squeeze the wound to make it bleed.
d. Decontaminate by using soap and water.

Answer 24

d. Decontaminate by using soap and water.

Question 25

When should Standard Precautions be used?

a. When exposure to blood is likely
b. When exposure to saliva is likely
c. During all patient care procedures
d. During patient procedures requiring sterile asepsis

Answer 25

c. During all patient care procedures