CETP PRE CERTIFICATION TEST BANK
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
FULL REVIEW
●● Active Surveillance
Answer: Surveillance where public health staff actively contact
providers, labs, or facilities to seek case information.
●● Passive Surveillance
Answer: Surveillance relying on health care providers and laboratories
to report cases to public health authorities.
●● After-Action Report (AAR)
Answer: A feedback tool summarizing events during an incident,
analyzing actions, and identifying areas for improvement.
●● Associate
Answer: A non-infected person connected to a case or contact through a
shared social/risk network.
●● Body Substance Isolation
Answer: Infection control assuming all body fluids are infectious,
requiring protective barriers like gloves and masks.
,●● Case Investigation
Answer: Helping a diagnosed person recall close contacts during their
infectious period.
●● Case Management
Answer: Coordinating, planning, implementing, and monitoring services
to treat infectious disease and prevent transmission.
●● Cluster Interview
Answer: Interviewing a diagnosed/exposed person to identify others in
their social or risk network.
●● Contract Referral
Answer: Strategy where the patient notifies contacts; if they fail to do so,
public health staff step in.
●● Directly Observed Therapy (DOT)
Answer: A professional watching a patient take medication to ensure
adherence and successful treatment.
●● Dual Referral
Answer: A partner notification method where the patient and public
health staff work together to notify contacts.
, ●● Endemic
Answer: The constant, baseline amount of a specific disease usually
present in a geographic location.
●● Expedited Partner Therapy (EPT)
Answer: Providing prescriptions/meds to a diagnosed patient to give to
their partners without clinical examination.
●● Field Delivered Therapy (FDT)
Answer: Providing medication to a diagnosed/exposed person in the
field to initiate prompt treatment.
●● Health Alert Network (HAN)
Answer: CDC's nationwide system ensuring rapid distribution of public
health information to departments and hospitals.
●● Incident Command System (ICS)
Answer: A standardized approach to incident management used across
all levels of government and organizations.
●● Incubation Period
Answer: The time interval between exposure to an infectious agent and
the onset of symptoms.
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
FULL REVIEW
●● Active Surveillance
Answer: Surveillance where public health staff actively contact
providers, labs, or facilities to seek case information.
●● Passive Surveillance
Answer: Surveillance relying on health care providers and laboratories
to report cases to public health authorities.
●● After-Action Report (AAR)
Answer: A feedback tool summarizing events during an incident,
analyzing actions, and identifying areas for improvement.
●● Associate
Answer: A non-infected person connected to a case or contact through a
shared social/risk network.
●● Body Substance Isolation
Answer: Infection control assuming all body fluids are infectious,
requiring protective barriers like gloves and masks.
,●● Case Investigation
Answer: Helping a diagnosed person recall close contacts during their
infectious period.
●● Case Management
Answer: Coordinating, planning, implementing, and monitoring services
to treat infectious disease and prevent transmission.
●● Cluster Interview
Answer: Interviewing a diagnosed/exposed person to identify others in
their social or risk network.
●● Contract Referral
Answer: Strategy where the patient notifies contacts; if they fail to do so,
public health staff step in.
●● Directly Observed Therapy (DOT)
Answer: A professional watching a patient take medication to ensure
adherence and successful treatment.
●● Dual Referral
Answer: A partner notification method where the patient and public
health staff work together to notify contacts.
, ●● Endemic
Answer: The constant, baseline amount of a specific disease usually
present in a geographic location.
●● Expedited Partner Therapy (EPT)
Answer: Providing prescriptions/meds to a diagnosed patient to give to
their partners without clinical examination.
●● Field Delivered Therapy (FDT)
Answer: Providing medication to a diagnosed/exposed person in the
field to initiate prompt treatment.
●● Health Alert Network (HAN)
Answer: CDC's nationwide system ensuring rapid distribution of public
health information to departments and hospitals.
●● Incident Command System (ICS)
Answer: A standardized approach to incident management used across
all levels of government and organizations.
●● Incubation Period
Answer: The time interval between exposure to an infectious agent and
the onset of symptoms.
