CIC Exam practice questions and
Answers (Latest Update 2025)
1. I was discovered in 1894 by a Swiss physician in Hong
Kong
2. I was the causative agent of an epidemic that tore through
Europe in the 1300s, killing millions of people
3. I am a rod shaped Gram-negative, facultative anaerobic
bacterium
4. People most commonly become infected when bitten by an
infected flea; however can also become infected from direct
contact with infected fluids or tissues from an animal that is
sick or has died from the disease.
5. Three types: Bubonic, septicemic, and pneumonic
6. Symptoms of me may vary based on form. Bubonic form
presents with swollen, tender and painful lymph nodes.
7. A person usually becomes ill with the bubonic form 2-6
days after being infected. Airborne route is 1-3 days.
8. There are still sporadic cases in the US - Correct Answer
✅Yersinia pestis (Plague)
Who am I? #MicroMonday
,CIC Exam practice questions and
Answers (Latest Update 2025)
1. I am box-car shaped, anaerobic gram-positive that forms
spores. I'm sensitive to heat and cannot survive in the
presence of oxygen.
2. My spores are found in the soil, and in animal feces and
teeth.
3. The spore form can remain inactive in the soil, but can
remain infectious for more than 40 years!
4. Infection occurs when my spores enter the body through
an injury or wound. Time to infection ranges from 7-21 days.
5. Disease from me often begins with mild spasms in the jaw
muscles, but can also affect the chest, neck, back, and
abdominal muscles.
6. Other symptoms: drooling, excessive sweating, fever, hand
or foot spasms, irritability, swallowing difficulty, urinary or
bowel incontinence
7. Back spasms often cause arching, also called opisthotonos
8. There are no hospital labs that can diagnose the disease.
Treatment includes hospitalization, TIG, vaccine, drugs to
control spasms, wound car - Correct Answer ✅Clostridium
tetani
, CIC Exam practice questions and
Answers (Latest Update 2025)
Who am I? #MicroMonday
1) I am a microscopic parasite that infects red blood cells.
2a) I am transmitted by the bite of infected Ixodes scapularis
ticks (deer ticks).
2b) While deer are an important food source for adult ticks,
they're not infected with me. I normally infect white-footed
mice, small mammals, and humans.
3a) Transmission most commonly occurs during the warm
months in the Northeast and upper Midwest and is spread by
the young nymph stage of the tick.
3b) These are normally the size of a poppy seed, and may be
referred to by locals as a "seed tick".
4a) Most infections are asymptomatic.
4b)Some may present with flu-like symptoms, such as fever,
chills, sweats, headache, body aches, anorexia, nausea, or
fatigue.
5) I can cause hemolytic anemia from destruction of red
blood cells.
6) Symptoms, if present, can begin approximately a week
after infection. For others, symptoms may take weeks or
Answers (Latest Update 2025)
1. I was discovered in 1894 by a Swiss physician in Hong
Kong
2. I was the causative agent of an epidemic that tore through
Europe in the 1300s, killing millions of people
3. I am a rod shaped Gram-negative, facultative anaerobic
bacterium
4. People most commonly become infected when bitten by an
infected flea; however can also become infected from direct
contact with infected fluids or tissues from an animal that is
sick or has died from the disease.
5. Three types: Bubonic, septicemic, and pneumonic
6. Symptoms of me may vary based on form. Bubonic form
presents with swollen, tender and painful lymph nodes.
7. A person usually becomes ill with the bubonic form 2-6
days after being infected. Airborne route is 1-3 days.
8. There are still sporadic cases in the US - Correct Answer
✅Yersinia pestis (Plague)
Who am I? #MicroMonday
,CIC Exam practice questions and
Answers (Latest Update 2025)
1. I am box-car shaped, anaerobic gram-positive that forms
spores. I'm sensitive to heat and cannot survive in the
presence of oxygen.
2. My spores are found in the soil, and in animal feces and
teeth.
3. The spore form can remain inactive in the soil, but can
remain infectious for more than 40 years!
4. Infection occurs when my spores enter the body through
an injury or wound. Time to infection ranges from 7-21 days.
5. Disease from me often begins with mild spasms in the jaw
muscles, but can also affect the chest, neck, back, and
abdominal muscles.
6. Other symptoms: drooling, excessive sweating, fever, hand
or foot spasms, irritability, swallowing difficulty, urinary or
bowel incontinence
7. Back spasms often cause arching, also called opisthotonos
8. There are no hospital labs that can diagnose the disease.
Treatment includes hospitalization, TIG, vaccine, drugs to
control spasms, wound car - Correct Answer ✅Clostridium
tetani
, CIC Exam practice questions and
Answers (Latest Update 2025)
Who am I? #MicroMonday
1) I am a microscopic parasite that infects red blood cells.
2a) I am transmitted by the bite of infected Ixodes scapularis
ticks (deer ticks).
2b) While deer are an important food source for adult ticks,
they're not infected with me. I normally infect white-footed
mice, small mammals, and humans.
3a) Transmission most commonly occurs during the warm
months in the Northeast and upper Midwest and is spread by
the young nymph stage of the tick.
3b) These are normally the size of a poppy seed, and may be
referred to by locals as a "seed tick".
4a) Most infections are asymptomatic.
4b)Some may present with flu-like symptoms, such as fever,
chills, sweats, headache, body aches, anorexia, nausea, or
fatigue.
5) I can cause hemolytic anemia from destruction of red
blood cells.
6) Symptoms, if present, can begin approximately a week
after infection. For others, symptoms may take weeks or
