INFECTION PREVENTION & CONTROL | NURSING PRACTICE
INFECTION
PREVENTION & CONTROL
100 ORIGINAL QUESTIONS | ANSWERS + RATIONALES
Five sections of 20 | Scenario-based review | Print-friendly
BREAK THE CHAIN. PROTECT EVERY PATIENT.
Independent educational practice | No publisher affiliation
,Exam Instructions
Suggested time: 120 minutes. Select the single best response. Complete all five sections before reviewing the answer key and rationales.
Apply current public-health guidance, facility policy, and organism-specific instructions in clinical practice.
Coverage: Standard Precautions, hand hygiene, transmission-based precautions, PPE, injection safety, device-associated infection
prevention, environmental controls, outbreak response, occupational exposure, antimicrobial stewardship, specimen collection, and
prioritization.
This independently written educational practice exam is not an official certification examination, publisher test bank, or affiliated product. Isolation
guidance may change by organism and jurisdiction.
CONTENTS
Section 1: Questions 1-20
Section 2: Questions 21-40
Section 3: Questions 41-60
Section 4: Questions 61-80
Section 5: Questions 81-100
Answer Key and Rationales: Questions 1-100
INFECTION PREVENTION & CONTROL NURSING | PRACTICE EXAM 2
, SECTION 1 | QUESTIONS 1-20
STANDARD PRECAUTIONS & HAND HYGIENE 1. A nurse is about to insert a peripheral IV. When is hand hygiene
indicated?
A. Immediately before the aseptic task.
B. Only when hands look dirty.
C. After completing all care at the end of the shift.
D. Only after leaving the room.
Answer: ______
STANDARD PRECAUTIONS & HAND HYGIENE 2. A nurse removes gloves after emptying a urinary drainage bag. What is
required next?
A. Put on new gloves without cleaning hands.
B. No action if the gloves looked intact.
C. Perform hand hygiene before the next care activity.
D. Touch the computer first.
Answer: ______
STANDARD PRECAUTIONS & HAND HYGIENE 3. A nurse’s hands are visibly soiled with body fluid. Which method is
appropriate?
A. Wash with soap and water.
B. Wipe hands on a towel.
C. Use alcohol rub over visible soil only.
D. Put on gloves without cleaning.
Answer: ______
STANDARD PRECAUTIONS & HAND HYGIENE 4. A client has no known infection. Which infection-control measures
apply?
A. Airborne Precautions for every client.
B. Only gloves for all activities.
C. No precautions until a diagnosis is confirmed.
D. Standard Precautions based on anticipated exposure risk.
Answer: ______
STANDARD PRECAUTIONS & HAND HYGIENE 5. A nurse is irrigating a wound with expected splash. What PPE is
appropriate?
A. A gown only, with no eye protection.
B. Use PPE that protects skin, clothing, eyes, and face from anticipated splash.
C. Gloves only regardless of splash risk.
D. No PPE if the wound is chronic.
Answer: ______
INFECTION PREVENTION & CONTROL NURSING | PRACTICE EXAM 3
INFECTION
PREVENTION & CONTROL
100 ORIGINAL QUESTIONS | ANSWERS + RATIONALES
Five sections of 20 | Scenario-based review | Print-friendly
BREAK THE CHAIN. PROTECT EVERY PATIENT.
Independent educational practice | No publisher affiliation
,Exam Instructions
Suggested time: 120 minutes. Select the single best response. Complete all five sections before reviewing the answer key and rationales.
Apply current public-health guidance, facility policy, and organism-specific instructions in clinical practice.
Coverage: Standard Precautions, hand hygiene, transmission-based precautions, PPE, injection safety, device-associated infection
prevention, environmental controls, outbreak response, occupational exposure, antimicrobial stewardship, specimen collection, and
prioritization.
This independently written educational practice exam is not an official certification examination, publisher test bank, or affiliated product. Isolation
guidance may change by organism and jurisdiction.
CONTENTS
Section 1: Questions 1-20
Section 2: Questions 21-40
Section 3: Questions 41-60
Section 4: Questions 61-80
Section 5: Questions 81-100
Answer Key and Rationales: Questions 1-100
INFECTION PREVENTION & CONTROL NURSING | PRACTICE EXAM 2
, SECTION 1 | QUESTIONS 1-20
STANDARD PRECAUTIONS & HAND HYGIENE 1. A nurse is about to insert a peripheral IV. When is hand hygiene
indicated?
A. Immediately before the aseptic task.
B. Only when hands look dirty.
C. After completing all care at the end of the shift.
D. Only after leaving the room.
Answer: ______
STANDARD PRECAUTIONS & HAND HYGIENE 2. A nurse removes gloves after emptying a urinary drainage bag. What is
required next?
A. Put on new gloves without cleaning hands.
B. No action if the gloves looked intact.
C. Perform hand hygiene before the next care activity.
D. Touch the computer first.
Answer: ______
STANDARD PRECAUTIONS & HAND HYGIENE 3. A nurse’s hands are visibly soiled with body fluid. Which method is
appropriate?
A. Wash with soap and water.
B. Wipe hands on a towel.
C. Use alcohol rub over visible soil only.
D. Put on gloves without cleaning.
Answer: ______
STANDARD PRECAUTIONS & HAND HYGIENE 4. A client has no known infection. Which infection-control measures
apply?
A. Airborne Precautions for every client.
B. Only gloves for all activities.
C. No precautions until a diagnosis is confirmed.
D. Standard Precautions based on anticipated exposure risk.
Answer: ______
STANDARD PRECAUTIONS & HAND HYGIENE 5. A nurse is irrigating a wound with expected splash. What PPE is
appropriate?
A. A gown only, with no eye protection.
B. Use PPE that protects skin, clothing, eyes, and face from anticipated splash.
C. Gloves only regardless of splash risk.
D. No PPE if the wound is chronic.
Answer: ______
INFECTION PREVENTION & CONTROL NURSING | PRACTICE EXAM 3
