NSG 3280 Exam 2 Pathophysiology – Questions
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An infectious disease that is common a
in a community is termed:
a) endemic
b) epidemic
c) pandemic
d) partdemic
The most common method of disease b
transmission is:
a) airborne
b) droplet
c) vector
d) inoculant
Immune function is likely to be most c
effective in a
a) newborn
b) 7-month-old infant
c) 30-year-old
d) 70-year-old
A characteristic of some bacteria c
a) is intracellular parasite
b) is composed of RNA or DNA
c) contains cell wall endotoxin
d) cannot replicate extracellularly
, The term used to describe fungal b
infections is
a) sepsis
b) mycoses
c) amebiasis
d) Chlamydia
Drug resistance of microbes occurs b
secondary to
a) patient allergy to a drug
b) mutation of the microbe
c) enhance pathogenicity of the
microbe
d) using high doses of drugs
dietary zinc is an important defense a, b, d, e
against infections, because it
maintains (select all that apply)
a) natural killer cell function
b) lymphocyte activity
c) antioxidant activity
d) neutrophil activity
e) complement activity
Characteristics of immunization A, D, E
include which of the following? (select
all that apply)
a) giving injections of preformed
antibodies provides immediate
immunity
b)Immunization provides life-long
immunity
c) Immunization with killed vaccines
may lead to infection from the agent
d) Herd immunity controls disease
without immunizing everyone in the
population
e) lack of immunization may lead to an
epidemic
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Terms in this set (52)
An infectious disease that is common a
in a community is termed:
a) endemic
b) epidemic
c) pandemic
d) partdemic
The most common method of disease b
transmission is:
a) airborne
b) droplet
c) vector
d) inoculant
Immune function is likely to be most c
effective in a
a) newborn
b) 7-month-old infant
c) 30-year-old
d) 70-year-old
A characteristic of some bacteria c
a) is intracellular parasite
b) is composed of RNA or DNA
c) contains cell wall endotoxin
d) cannot replicate extracellularly
, The term used to describe fungal b
infections is
a) sepsis
b) mycoses
c) amebiasis
d) Chlamydia
Drug resistance of microbes occurs b
secondary to
a) patient allergy to a drug
b) mutation of the microbe
c) enhance pathogenicity of the
microbe
d) using high doses of drugs
dietary zinc is an important defense a, b, d, e
against infections, because it
maintains (select all that apply)
a) natural killer cell function
b) lymphocyte activity
c) antioxidant activity
d) neutrophil activity
e) complement activity
Characteristics of immunization A, D, E
include which of the following? (select
all that apply)
a) giving injections of preformed
antibodies provides immediate
immunity
b)Immunization provides life-long
immunity
c) Immunization with killed vaccines
may lead to infection from the agent
d) Herd immunity controls disease
without immunizing everyone in the
population
e) lack of immunization may lead to an
epidemic
