HSC: Exam 2
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+ LATEST 100%
GUARANTEED PASS
How can the chain of infection be broken? - CORRECT ANSWER--Controlling or eliminating the
agent at its source.
•For example, pasteurization of milk and chlorination of drinking water.
-Interrupting direct and indirect transmission by hand washing, safe sex practices, or avoiding
contact with infected individuals.
-Protecting portals of entry. For example, bed nets are used to protect sleeping persons from
being bitten by mosquitoes that may transmit malaria.
-Strengthening the immune system of the susceptible host through immunization, health
education, and medical treatment.
Most often transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal. - CORRECT ANSWER-Rabies
Almost all human cases of rabies were fatal until a ______ was developed in 1885 - CORRECT
ANSWER-Vaccine
,True or False: In the U.S., rabies has been successful controlled by public health efforts.
However, more than 55,000 people, mostly in Africa and Asia, die from rabies every year,
usually contracted through a dog bit. - CORRECT ANSWER-True
Rabies can be prevented through... - CORRECT ANSWER--Surveillance of wildlife
-Distributing bait containing an oral rabies vaccine in wildlife
-Immunization of dogs (Routine immunization of everyone is not suggested since it is expensive
and inconvenient to deliver)
So far only one disease, ________, has been eradicated by vaccines in 1977, saving
approximately 5 million lives annually. - CORRECT ANSWER-Smallpox
_______ were the only reservoir for the smallpox virus, naturally occurring smallpox was
eradicated after the last human case was identified and isolated. - CORRECT ANSWER-Humans
What other diseases other than smallpox only infect humans, but haven't been eradicated? -
CORRECT ANSWER-Measles and polio
Polio only exists in a few countries but is difficult to eradicate due to.... - CORRECT ANSWER--
Suspicious of vaccine
-Low vaccination coverage in war zone and areas with poor hygiene and bad sanitation.
There is no current multi-state ______ outbreak in the U.S., but cases still exist. Until 2016,
around 9% of the children aged 19-35 months in the U.S. were not vaccinated (MMR vaccine). -
CORRECT ANSWER-Measles
, _______ can bring measles into the United States from any country where the disease still
occurs or where outbreaks are occurring including Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Pacific. -
CORRECT ANSWER-Travelers
Why is it hard to eradicate measles? - CORRECT ANSWER--Lack of people getting vaccines
-Travelers coming into the US from places where outbreaks still occur
Why is there a fear of vaccines? - CORRECT ANSWER--Religious reasons
-Personal beliefs/ philosophical reasons
-Safety concerns
Why is there religious fear over vaccines? - CORRECT ANSWER--The ethical dilemmas associated
with using human tissue cells to create vaccines.
-The beliefs that the body is sacred, should not receive certain chemicals or blood or tissues
from animals, and should be healed by God.
Why is there personal/philosophical fears over vaccines? - CORRECT ANSWER--The belief that
natural immunity is better for their children than is immunity acquired through vaccinations.
-The belief that if their child contracts a preventable disease, it will help make their children's
immune system stronger as they grow into adulthood.
Why is there fear over safety in regards to vaccines? - CORRECT ANSWER--Rumors spread of
vaccines causing autism and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
-Side effects do exist for some vaccines. But the risk are much smaller than the risk of the
diseases in an unvaccinated population.
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+ LATEST 100%
GUARANTEED PASS
How can the chain of infection be broken? - CORRECT ANSWER--Controlling or eliminating the
agent at its source.
•For example, pasteurization of milk and chlorination of drinking water.
-Interrupting direct and indirect transmission by hand washing, safe sex practices, or avoiding
contact with infected individuals.
-Protecting portals of entry. For example, bed nets are used to protect sleeping persons from
being bitten by mosquitoes that may transmit malaria.
-Strengthening the immune system of the susceptible host through immunization, health
education, and medical treatment.
Most often transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal. - CORRECT ANSWER-Rabies
Almost all human cases of rabies were fatal until a ______ was developed in 1885 - CORRECT
ANSWER-Vaccine
,True or False: In the U.S., rabies has been successful controlled by public health efforts.
However, more than 55,000 people, mostly in Africa and Asia, die from rabies every year,
usually contracted through a dog bit. - CORRECT ANSWER-True
Rabies can be prevented through... - CORRECT ANSWER--Surveillance of wildlife
-Distributing bait containing an oral rabies vaccine in wildlife
-Immunization of dogs (Routine immunization of everyone is not suggested since it is expensive
and inconvenient to deliver)
So far only one disease, ________, has been eradicated by vaccines in 1977, saving
approximately 5 million lives annually. - CORRECT ANSWER-Smallpox
_______ were the only reservoir for the smallpox virus, naturally occurring smallpox was
eradicated after the last human case was identified and isolated. - CORRECT ANSWER-Humans
What other diseases other than smallpox only infect humans, but haven't been eradicated? -
CORRECT ANSWER-Measles and polio
Polio only exists in a few countries but is difficult to eradicate due to.... - CORRECT ANSWER--
Suspicious of vaccine
-Low vaccination coverage in war zone and areas with poor hygiene and bad sanitation.
There is no current multi-state ______ outbreak in the U.S., but cases still exist. Until 2016,
around 9% of the children aged 19-35 months in the U.S. were not vaccinated (MMR vaccine). -
CORRECT ANSWER-Measles
, _______ can bring measles into the United States from any country where the disease still
occurs or where outbreaks are occurring including Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Pacific. -
CORRECT ANSWER-Travelers
Why is it hard to eradicate measles? - CORRECT ANSWER--Lack of people getting vaccines
-Travelers coming into the US from places where outbreaks still occur
Why is there a fear of vaccines? - CORRECT ANSWER--Religious reasons
-Personal beliefs/ philosophical reasons
-Safety concerns
Why is there religious fear over vaccines? - CORRECT ANSWER--The ethical dilemmas associated
with using human tissue cells to create vaccines.
-The beliefs that the body is sacred, should not receive certain chemicals or blood or tissues
from animals, and should be healed by God.
Why is there personal/philosophical fears over vaccines? - CORRECT ANSWER--The belief that
natural immunity is better for their children than is immunity acquired through vaccinations.
-The belief that if their child contracts a preventable disease, it will help make their children's
immune system stronger as they grow into adulthood.
Why is there fear over safety in regards to vaccines? - CORRECT ANSWER--Rumors spread of
vaccines causing autism and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
-Side effects do exist for some vaccines. But the risk are much smaller than the risk of the
diseases in an unvaccinated population.
