NURS 5602 EXAM 1 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. What are live vaccines?
Answer:
Vaccines that contain weakened (attenuated) forms of the pathogen that can replicate but usually don't
cause disease in healthy individuals.
Question:
2. Name a commonly used live vaccine that protects against measles, mumps, and rubella.
Answer:
Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR) vaccine.
Question:
3. What is the live vaccine for chickenpox called?
Answer:
Varicella vaccine.
Question:
4. Which live vaccine is administered orally to protect against rotavirus?
Answer:
Rotavirus vaccine.
Question:
5. What is the name of the live attenuated influenza vaccine administered intranasally?
Answer:
FluMist.
Question:
6. Which live vaccine is used to prevent yellow fever?
Answer:
Yellow fever vaccine.
Question:
7. What is the oral polio vaccine (OPV) and its current status in the U.S.?
Answer:
A live vaccine for polio that is no longer used in the U.S.
Question:
8. What virus is used in the smallpox vaccine?
Answer:
Vaccinia virus.
, Question:
9. What are the key benefits of live vaccines?
Answer:
They generally provide strong and long-lasting immunity, often requiring fewer doses.
Question:
10. Who should avoid live vaccines?
Answer:
Immunocompromised individuals and pregnant women, as the weakened virus can cause disease in these
populations.
Question:
11. What type of vaccines are not considered live vaccines?
Answer:
Most other vaccines, such as inactivated flu shots, hepatitis B, Tdap, and COVID-19 vaccines.
Question:
12. Influenza (inactivated, not live)
Answer:
Recommended during any trimester; protects newborn via passive immunity.
Question:
13. Tdap (Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis)
Answer:
Recommended every pregnancy, ideally 27-36 weeks; protects the newborn from pertussis.
Question:
14. COVID-19 vaccine
Answer:
Recommended as per current CDC guidance; reduces maternal illness and may provide passive immunity
to baby.
Question:
15. Hepatitis B
Answer:
Recommended if not previously vaccinated or at risk; prevents maternal infection and vertical
transmission.
Question:
16. Hepatitis A
Answer:
Recommended if at risk (travel, exposure); inactivated vaccine.
Question:
17. Pneumococcal
CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. What are live vaccines?
Answer:
Vaccines that contain weakened (attenuated) forms of the pathogen that can replicate but usually don't
cause disease in healthy individuals.
Question:
2. Name a commonly used live vaccine that protects against measles, mumps, and rubella.
Answer:
Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR) vaccine.
Question:
3. What is the live vaccine for chickenpox called?
Answer:
Varicella vaccine.
Question:
4. Which live vaccine is administered orally to protect against rotavirus?
Answer:
Rotavirus vaccine.
Question:
5. What is the name of the live attenuated influenza vaccine administered intranasally?
Answer:
FluMist.
Question:
6. Which live vaccine is used to prevent yellow fever?
Answer:
Yellow fever vaccine.
Question:
7. What is the oral polio vaccine (OPV) and its current status in the U.S.?
Answer:
A live vaccine for polio that is no longer used in the U.S.
Question:
8. What virus is used in the smallpox vaccine?
Answer:
Vaccinia virus.
, Question:
9. What are the key benefits of live vaccines?
Answer:
They generally provide strong and long-lasting immunity, often requiring fewer doses.
Question:
10. Who should avoid live vaccines?
Answer:
Immunocompromised individuals and pregnant women, as the weakened virus can cause disease in these
populations.
Question:
11. What type of vaccines are not considered live vaccines?
Answer:
Most other vaccines, such as inactivated flu shots, hepatitis B, Tdap, and COVID-19 vaccines.
Question:
12. Influenza (inactivated, not live)
Answer:
Recommended during any trimester; protects newborn via passive immunity.
Question:
13. Tdap (Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis)
Answer:
Recommended every pregnancy, ideally 27-36 weeks; protects the newborn from pertussis.
Question:
14. COVID-19 vaccine
Answer:
Recommended as per current CDC guidance; reduces maternal illness and may provide passive immunity
to baby.
Question:
15. Hepatitis B
Answer:
Recommended if not previously vaccinated or at risk; prevents maternal infection and vertical
transmission.
Question:
16. Hepatitis A
Answer:
Recommended if at risk (travel, exposure); inactivated vaccine.
Question:
17. Pneumococcal
