1. Which among the following statement is true to communicable disease?
(select all that apply) *
A. An infectious disease can be contagious because the latter can be transmitted
indirectly.
B. Communicable diseases could either be contagious or infectious.
C. An infectious disease is transmitted through indirect physical contact.
D. Contagious diseases are sometimes called as infectious diseases.
2. In order for an agent to cause infection, it must be: (select all that
apply) *
A. present all that time
B. capable of infecting the host
C. a virus
D. a bacteria
3. Which among the following is NOT true to the epidemiologic triangle
model? *
A. As long as the balance is maintained or is tilted in favor of the host, disease does
not occur.
B. Environmental elements can tilt the balance in favor of the agent.
C. The model suggests that the agent and the susceptible host interact freely in a
common environment.
D. If the balance is tilted in favor of the agent, disease does not occur.
4. This refers to the manner in which a pathogen enters a susceptible
host: *
A. Causative agent
B. Reservoir
C. Portal of exit
D. Portal of entry
5. Which among the following is a direct transmission of agents? *
A. Droplet spread
B. Airborne transmission
C. Vehicleborne transmission
D. Vectorborne
6. Which among the following statements made by the student denotes
understood the concept of indirect transmission? *
A. “I will not eat street foods.”
B. “I should be wearing gloves when taking care of a patient with gonorrhea.”
C. “Unprotected sexual intercourse may result to sexual transmitted disease.”
D. “I will advise mothers not to let their children walk barefooted.
7 To prevent transmission of diseases, the best way is to: *
, A. Remove any elements to prevent the onset of a communicable disease
B. Enhance the immune system of the susceptible host
C. Immunize all people
D. Eradicate the causative agent
8. The student nurse knows that a host is susceptible to diseases because
of: (select all that apply) *
A. Malnutrition
B. Old age
C. Not alcoholic
D. Present existing disease (co-morbidity)
9. Select all early signs of leprosy: *
A. Reddish or white change in skin color
B. gynecomastia
C. Loss of sweating
D. Madarosis
`10. The specific vector of malaria: *
A. Female anopheles mosquito
B. Oncomelaniaquadrasi
C. Aedes aegypti
D. Plasmodium falciparum
11. This oral malarial treatment is given to resistant case of P. falciparum: *
A. Sulfadoxine 50 mg
B. Primaquine
C. Chloroquine phosphate 250mg
D. Quinine hydrochloride 300mg/mL, 2 mL
12. The best way to control Schistosomiasis is: *
A. Protect self from insect bites.
B. Do not swim in rivers and other bodies of water.
C. Do not walk barefooted.
D. Snails must be killed.
13. Which among the following can be a host of Mycobacterium? *
A. Humans
B. Dogs
C. Cattles
D. Monkeys