and answers 2025
Types .of .microbes .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-bacteria, .fungi, .protozoa, .microscopic
.algae, .and .viruses
Conditions .for .microbes .to .live .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-the .host .must .be .warm,
.dark, .need .water .and .nourishments
infection .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-Contamination .or .invasion .of .body .tissue .by
.pathogenic .organisms
Pandemic .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-Disease .that .occurs .over .a .wide .geographic
.area .and .affects .a .very .high .proportion .of .the .population.
Three .possible .outcomes .to .exposure .to .pathogens .- .CORRECT .ANSWER--
.Immune .system .destroys .pathogen.
- .Immune .system .does .not .destroy .pathogen, .but .no .infection .develops.
- .An .infection .develops .after .exposure .to .the .pathogen.
Th .Chain .of .Infection .- .measures .to .control .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-Wash .hands,
.sanitize .and .clean
contact .precautions .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-measures .taken .to .prevent .the
.spread .of .diseases .transmitted .by .the .physical .transfer .of .pathogens .to .a
.susceptible .host's .body .surface
Droplet .precautions .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-Methods .of .infection .control .that
.must .be .used .for .patients .known .or .suspected .to .be .infected .with .pathogens
.transmitted .by .large .particle .droplets .expelled .during .coughing, .sneezing,
.talking, .or .laughing.
Airborne .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-moved .or .conveyed .by .or .through .air
Vehicle .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-carried .by .sources .food ., .water, .medicine .,
.enquipment .and .body .fluids
Vector .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-transmitted .by .insects, .pest