CIC Practice Test 2 Questions and
Answers (Latest Update 2025)
1. The infection preventionist (IP) on the Antimicrobial
Stewardship Team is thinking of ways that he can support
efforts and add to the success of the team in decreasing
antimicrobial resistance. Some of the activities that he can do
to help with the mission of the team include:
1) Calculate multidrug-resistant organism (MDRO) infection
rates
2) Detect asymptomatic carriers using active surveillance
cultures
3) Use molecular typing for investigating outbreaks
4) Collect environmental cultures of isolation rooms
a. 2, 3, 4
b. 1, 3, 4
c. 1, 2, 4
d. 1, 2, 3 - Correct Answer ✅1. D 1, 2, 3
Rationale: Surveillance of MDROs is critical to an
antimicrobial stewardship program. IPs monitoring
microbiology isolates to detect prevalence and emergence of
MDROs. IPs may also support antimicrobial stewardship
efforts in the following ways:• Calculate MDRO incidence on
the basis of clinical culture results• Calculate MDRO infection
,CIC Practice Test 2 Questions and
Answers (Latest Update 2025)
rates• Use molecular typing for investigating outbreaks•
Detect asymptomatic carriers using active surveillance
cultures
2. A classic sign of measles is:
a. Kaposi sarcoma
b. Stiff neck
c. Koplik spots
d. Bull's-eye rash - Correct Answer ✅C Koplik spots
Rationale: Measles is a highly communicable viral illness with
prodromal fever, conjunctivitis, coryza, cough, and small
spots with white or bluish-white centers on an erythematous
base on the buccal mucosa. These small spots are called
Koplik spots.
The IP has been notified that three patients with possible
pneumonic plague have been admitted to the Emergency
Department. The IP recommends which of the following
strategies?a. A surgical mask worn within 3 feet of patient,
door may be open
,CIC Practice Test 2 Questions and
Answers (Latest Update 2025)
b. Negative pressure isolation room with use of N95
respirators
c. Normal ventilation, but door must remain closed and N95
respirator mask worn
d. No masks are required, but patient must be placed in
private room and contacts should be treated for exposure -
Correct Answer ✅A A surgical mask worn within 3 feet of
patient, door may be open
Rationale: Pneumonic plague is the least common form of
naturally occurring disease and also the most severe. The
mortality rate is nearly 100 percent in untreated cases and
almost 60 percent even when treated. In a bioterrorism
event, primary pneumonic plague is most likely to occur
because it results from the inhalation of aerosolized bacterial
particles. The incubation period for pneumonic plague is 1 to
6 days, but most commonly occurs 2 to 4 days after
exposure. Clinical features for pneumonic plague are similar
to symptoms for the other forms of plague: nonspecific
influenza-le symptoms such as fever, chills, body aches,
malaise, headache, and gastrointestinal distress such as
nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. Patients
typically progress from feeling well to having severe
, CIC Practice Test 2 Questions and
Answers (Latest Update 2025)
pneumonia with cough, chest pain, shortness of breath, and
stridor within 24 hours. Pneumonic plague can be spread
from person to person. Transmission occurs by respiratory
droplets. Patients with pneumonic plague require Droplet
Precautions. Special air handling or negative pressure rooms
are not indicated. Droplet Precautions (in addition to Standard
Precautions) require that patients be placed in private rooms
or cohorted, wearing a mask when working within 3 feet of
the patient (logistically, some hospitals may want to
implement the wearing of a mask to enter the room). Patient
transport should be minimized to essential purposes only,
and if movement is necessary, the patient should wear a
surgical mask to minimize dispersal of droplets. Isolation
generally can be discontinued after 48 hours of appropriate
antimicrobial therapy. However, isolation should never be
discontinued if the patient is not clinically improving. It is
possible that the terrorists will gen
4. Using the surgical risk index to stratify the identified
infections for the previous quarter, an IP would report which
of the following case(s) as having a higher risk for developing
a surgical site infection (SSI)?
Answers (Latest Update 2025)
1. The infection preventionist (IP) on the Antimicrobial
Stewardship Team is thinking of ways that he can support
efforts and add to the success of the team in decreasing
antimicrobial resistance. Some of the activities that he can do
to help with the mission of the team include:
1) Calculate multidrug-resistant organism (MDRO) infection
rates
2) Detect asymptomatic carriers using active surveillance
cultures
3) Use molecular typing for investigating outbreaks
4) Collect environmental cultures of isolation rooms
a. 2, 3, 4
b. 1, 3, 4
c. 1, 2, 4
d. 1, 2, 3 - Correct Answer ✅1. D 1, 2, 3
Rationale: Surveillance of MDROs is critical to an
antimicrobial stewardship program. IPs monitoring
microbiology isolates to detect prevalence and emergence of
MDROs. IPs may also support antimicrobial stewardship
efforts in the following ways:• Calculate MDRO incidence on
the basis of clinical culture results• Calculate MDRO infection
,CIC Practice Test 2 Questions and
Answers (Latest Update 2025)
rates• Use molecular typing for investigating outbreaks•
Detect asymptomatic carriers using active surveillance
cultures
2. A classic sign of measles is:
a. Kaposi sarcoma
b. Stiff neck
c. Koplik spots
d. Bull's-eye rash - Correct Answer ✅C Koplik spots
Rationale: Measles is a highly communicable viral illness with
prodromal fever, conjunctivitis, coryza, cough, and small
spots with white or bluish-white centers on an erythematous
base on the buccal mucosa. These small spots are called
Koplik spots.
The IP has been notified that three patients with possible
pneumonic plague have been admitted to the Emergency
Department. The IP recommends which of the following
strategies?a. A surgical mask worn within 3 feet of patient,
door may be open
,CIC Practice Test 2 Questions and
Answers (Latest Update 2025)
b. Negative pressure isolation room with use of N95
respirators
c. Normal ventilation, but door must remain closed and N95
respirator mask worn
d. No masks are required, but patient must be placed in
private room and contacts should be treated for exposure -
Correct Answer ✅A A surgical mask worn within 3 feet of
patient, door may be open
Rationale: Pneumonic plague is the least common form of
naturally occurring disease and also the most severe. The
mortality rate is nearly 100 percent in untreated cases and
almost 60 percent even when treated. In a bioterrorism
event, primary pneumonic plague is most likely to occur
because it results from the inhalation of aerosolized bacterial
particles. The incubation period for pneumonic plague is 1 to
6 days, but most commonly occurs 2 to 4 days after
exposure. Clinical features for pneumonic plague are similar
to symptoms for the other forms of plague: nonspecific
influenza-le symptoms such as fever, chills, body aches,
malaise, headache, and gastrointestinal distress such as
nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. Patients
typically progress from feeling well to having severe
, CIC Practice Test 2 Questions and
Answers (Latest Update 2025)
pneumonia with cough, chest pain, shortness of breath, and
stridor within 24 hours. Pneumonic plague can be spread
from person to person. Transmission occurs by respiratory
droplets. Patients with pneumonic plague require Droplet
Precautions. Special air handling or negative pressure rooms
are not indicated. Droplet Precautions (in addition to Standard
Precautions) require that patients be placed in private rooms
or cohorted, wearing a mask when working within 3 feet of
the patient (logistically, some hospitals may want to
implement the wearing of a mask to enter the room). Patient
transport should be minimized to essential purposes only,
and if movement is necessary, the patient should wear a
surgical mask to minimize dispersal of droplets. Isolation
generally can be discontinued after 48 hours of appropriate
antimicrobial therapy. However, isolation should never be
discontinued if the patient is not clinically improving. It is
possible that the terrorists will gen
4. Using the surgical risk index to stratify the identified
infections for the previous quarter, an IP would report which
of the following case(s) as having a higher risk for developing
a surgical site infection (SSI)?
