PHLT 301 Final questions with complete
solutions A+ passed
P^2R academy and partners - correct answer ✔✔Prevention, preparedness, and response
consortium. The partners are University of Michigan, UT Health Center, Texas A&M, and the
University of Utah
One health - correct answer ✔✔The idea that human health is intertwined with the health of
animals and the environment (like a triangle)
Zoonotic diseases - correct answer ✔✔Disease spread from animals to people. Ex: rabies, zika,
salmonella, q fever, toxoplasmosis
IDPHS - correct answer ✔✔Infectious diseases of public health significance. Many are zoonotic,
and many are likely to spark a public health emergency.
Examples of IDPHS - correct answer ✔✔Anthrax, avian flu, botulism, ebola, tuberculosis, lassa
fever, marburg virus, MERS-CoV, monkeypox, plague, q fever, SARS, smallpox, staphylococcal
entertoxin B
The chain of infection - correct answer ✔✔Portal of entry
Host
Agent
Reservoir
Portal of exit
Transmission
, Portals of entry - correct answer ✔✔Mucous membranes, gi tract, urinary tract, breaks in the
skin, iv lines
Hosts - correct answer ✔✔Humans and animals
Agents - correct answer ✔✔Bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites, prions
Reservoirs - correct answer ✔✔Humans, animals, the environment, symptomatic and
asymptomatic periods, incubation periods
Portal of exit - correct answer ✔✔Blood, body fluids, skin, respiratory tract, gi tract, mucous
membranes
Where is the best place to break the chain of infection? - correct answer ✔✔At the mode of
transmission
6 routes of exposure (transmission) - correct answer ✔✔Contact/ formite (inanimate objects)
Droplet
Airborne
Vehicle
Vector borne
Aerosol
Contact and formite exposure - correct answer ✔✔Touching someone (contact) or an inanimate
object (formite)
Droplet exposure - correct answer ✔✔Large particles from one's mouth
solutions A+ passed
P^2R academy and partners - correct answer ✔✔Prevention, preparedness, and response
consortium. The partners are University of Michigan, UT Health Center, Texas A&M, and the
University of Utah
One health - correct answer ✔✔The idea that human health is intertwined with the health of
animals and the environment (like a triangle)
Zoonotic diseases - correct answer ✔✔Disease spread from animals to people. Ex: rabies, zika,
salmonella, q fever, toxoplasmosis
IDPHS - correct answer ✔✔Infectious diseases of public health significance. Many are zoonotic,
and many are likely to spark a public health emergency.
Examples of IDPHS - correct answer ✔✔Anthrax, avian flu, botulism, ebola, tuberculosis, lassa
fever, marburg virus, MERS-CoV, monkeypox, plague, q fever, SARS, smallpox, staphylococcal
entertoxin B
The chain of infection - correct answer ✔✔Portal of entry
Host
Agent
Reservoir
Portal of exit
Transmission
, Portals of entry - correct answer ✔✔Mucous membranes, gi tract, urinary tract, breaks in the
skin, iv lines
Hosts - correct answer ✔✔Humans and animals
Agents - correct answer ✔✔Bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites, prions
Reservoirs - correct answer ✔✔Humans, animals, the environment, symptomatic and
asymptomatic periods, incubation periods
Portal of exit - correct answer ✔✔Blood, body fluids, skin, respiratory tract, gi tract, mucous
membranes
Where is the best place to break the chain of infection? - correct answer ✔✔At the mode of
transmission
6 routes of exposure (transmission) - correct answer ✔✔Contact/ formite (inanimate objects)
Droplet
Airborne
Vehicle
Vector borne
Aerosol
Contact and formite exposure - correct answer ✔✔Touching someone (contact) or an inanimate
object (formite)
Droplet exposure - correct answer ✔✔Large particles from one's mouth
