Chapter 4 Infection Prevention and Control (CIC) Exam questions with correct answers

1. I identify the median in the following list of the numbers: 6,2,9,7,1,4 CORRECT ANSWER-C. 5 A.9 B.7 D.4 2. In a study of whether Operating room A (OR A) is associated with a higher number of surgical site infections (SSIs) than Operating room B (OR B), the infection preventionist (IP) is testing whether : WRITE BY HAND The IP conclusion that the SSI rate in OR A is not equal to the SSI rate in OR B, but in reality the two rates are equal. What is the statistical error ? CORRECT ANSWER-B. She has committed a type I error A. No error has been made C. She has committed error type II D. She committed an error equal to B 3. For which of the following procedure(s) is the surveillance period for deep incisional or organ/space SSI 90 days 1) Caesarean section 2) Craniotomy 3) Coronary artery bypass graft 4. Laminectomy CORRECT ANSWER-2,3 4. An appropriate indicator to monitor process compliance would be : CORRECT ANSWER-B.Appropriate antibiotic dosage A. Class 1 SSI rate C. Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) D. Infections caused by multidrug-resistance organisms. 5. What key infection control activity is defined as the systematic, ongoing collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of data followed by the dissemination of these data to public health programs to stimulate public health action? CORRECT ANSWER-B. Surveillance A. Research C. Benchmarketing D. Accredition 6. An IP reading a journal a