2024 NAPLEX EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Name the five diseases transmitted through contaminated food and water -
CORRECT-ANSWERS1. Traveler's diarrhea
2. Typhoid fever
3. Cholera
4. Polio
5. Hepatitis A
If traveler's diarrhea includes blood in the stool, it is characterized as ___ -
CORRECT-ANSWERSDysentery
These four symptoms of meningitis require immediate medical attention -
CORRECT-ANSWERSFever, severe and unrelenting headache, nausea, and
stiff neck
Meningitis is spread by ____ and is prevalent in many parts of the world
including the meningitis belt of ___. The vaccine is required to enter ___
during the period of annual pilgrimages - CORRECT-ANSWERSRespiratory
secretions; Africa; Saudi Arabia
Name the five diseases transmitted by insect bites - CORRECT-
ANSWERSDengue, malaria, Japanese encephalitis, yellow fever, and zika
virus
True or false: prevention of dengue includes protection from mosquito bites
and a vaccine. - CORRECT-ANSWERSFalse; no vaccine exists
Malaria is transmitted by the ___ mosquito, with ___ being the most common
cause and ___ being the most deadly - CORRECT-ANSWERSAnopheles;
Plasmodium vivax, Plasmodium falciparum
Malaria can be fatal even with treatment, so prophylaxis specific to ____ is
essential - CORRECT-ANSWERSRegion of travel
General counseling for all malaria medications: side effects include ___ and
___, so take with sufficient food, water, and/or milk - CORRECT-
ANSWERSNausea and GI distress
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Name the five diseases transmitted through contaminated food and water -
CORRECT-ANSWERS1. Traveler's diarrhea
2. Typhoid fever
3. Cholera
4. Polio
5. Hepatitis A
If traveler's diarrhea includes blood in the stool, it is characterized as ___ -
CORRECT-ANSWERSDysentery
These four symptoms of meningitis require immediate medical attention -
CORRECT-ANSWERSFever, severe and unrelenting headache, nausea, and
stiff neck
Meningitis is spread by ____ and is prevalent in many parts of the world
including the meningitis belt of ___. The vaccine is required to enter ___
during the period of annual pilgrimages - CORRECT-ANSWERSRespiratory
secretions; Africa; Saudi Arabia
Name the five diseases transmitted by insect bites - CORRECT-
ANSWERSDengue, malaria, Japanese encephalitis, yellow fever, and zika
virus
True or false: prevention of dengue includes protection from mosquito bites
and a vaccine. - CORRECT-ANSWERSFalse; no vaccine exists
Malaria is transmitted by the ___ mosquito, with ___ being the most common
cause and ___ being the most deadly - CORRECT-ANSWERSAnopheles;
Plasmodium vivax, Plasmodium falciparum
Malaria can be fatal even with treatment, so prophylaxis specific to ____ is
essential - CORRECT-ANSWERSRegion of travel
General counseling for all malaria medications: side effects include ___ and
___, so take with sufficient food, water, and/or milk - CORRECT-
ANSWERSNausea and GI distress
