Chapter 09: Standard Precautions, Contraindications, and Emergency Preparedness
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MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which term means the study of disease?
a. Syndrome
b. Pathology
c. Etiology
d. Autoimmunity
ANS: B
Pathology is the study of disease.
2. Which term means a prediction of how a disease will progress?
a. Etiology
b. Syndrome
c. Prognosis
d. Diagnosis
ANS: C
Prognosis is a prediction of how the disease will progress, and the chances of recovery based
on the person’s condition and the usual course of the disease as observed in similar situations.
3. Which term refers to a disease that has an abrupt onset and persists for a short time?
a. Acute
b. Chronic
c. Idiopathic
d. Autoimmune
ANS: A
When signs and symptoms have an abrupt onset, persist for a short time, run a brief course
(less than 3 months) then resolves or, in some cases, bring death, it is called an acute disease.
4. Which type of disease involves the body mistakenly attacking and destroying healthy tissue?
a. Metabolic
b. Deficiency
c. Degenerative
d. Autoimmune
ANS: D
Autoimmune diseases are part of a large group of diseases marked by an inappropriate or
excessive immune response. The body mistakenly attacks and destroys healthy tissue.
5. Which example is of an autoimmune disease?
a. Athlete’s foot
b. Multiple sclerosis
c. Parkinson disease
d. Down syndrome
ANS: B
, Examples of autoimmune diseases are rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and
multiple sclerosis.
6. Which type of disease is characterized by growth of abnormal cells that can accumulate into
masses or tumors?
a. Cancer
b. Infectious
c. Metabolic
d. Deficiency
ANS: A
Cancer is characterized by growth of abnormal cells that possess uncontrolled cell division,
lack programmed cell death, and can accumulate into masses or tumors.
7. Which term means the ability to invade other tissues of the body?
a. Metastasize
b. Incubate
c. Transmit
d. Contaminate
ANS: A
Cancer can metastasize, which is the ability to invade other tissues of the body.
8. Which type of disease is caused by a lack of an essential nutrient in the diet or the inability to
digest and absorb a particular nutrient properly?
a. Cancer
b. Infectious
c. Deficiency
d. Autoimmune
ANS: C
Deficiency diseases are caused by a lack of an essential nutrient in the individual’s diet or by
the individual’s inability to digest and absorb a particular nutrient properly. This deficiency
typically interferes with the body’s growth, development, and metabolism.
9. Which example is of a degenerative disease?
a. Anemia
b. Multiple sclerosis
c. Osteoarthritis
d. Diabetes mellitus
ANS: C
Examples of degenerative diseases are osteoporosis (bone degeneration), Alzheimer and
Parkinson diseases (brain degeneration), and osteoarthritis (joint degeneration).
10. Which example is of a genetic disease?
a. Down syndrome
b. Multiple sclerosis
c. Osteoarthritis
d. Hypertension
ANS: A
Salvo: Massage Therapy
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which term means the study of disease?
a. Syndrome
b. Pathology
c. Etiology
d. Autoimmunity
ANS: B
Pathology is the study of disease.
2. Which term means a prediction of how a disease will progress?
a. Etiology
b. Syndrome
c. Prognosis
d. Diagnosis
ANS: C
Prognosis is a prediction of how the disease will progress, and the chances of recovery based
on the person’s condition and the usual course of the disease as observed in similar situations.
3. Which term refers to a disease that has an abrupt onset and persists for a short time?
a. Acute
b. Chronic
c. Idiopathic
d. Autoimmune
ANS: A
When signs and symptoms have an abrupt onset, persist for a short time, run a brief course
(less than 3 months) then resolves or, in some cases, bring death, it is called an acute disease.
4. Which type of disease involves the body mistakenly attacking and destroying healthy tissue?
a. Metabolic
b. Deficiency
c. Degenerative
d. Autoimmune
ANS: D
Autoimmune diseases are part of a large group of diseases marked by an inappropriate or
excessive immune response. The body mistakenly attacks and destroys healthy tissue.
5. Which example is of an autoimmune disease?
a. Athlete’s foot
b. Multiple sclerosis
c. Parkinson disease
d. Down syndrome
ANS: B
, Examples of autoimmune diseases are rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and
multiple sclerosis.
6. Which type of disease is characterized by growth of abnormal cells that can accumulate into
masses or tumors?
a. Cancer
b. Infectious
c. Metabolic
d. Deficiency
ANS: A
Cancer is characterized by growth of abnormal cells that possess uncontrolled cell division,
lack programmed cell death, and can accumulate into masses or tumors.
7. Which term means the ability to invade other tissues of the body?
a. Metastasize
b. Incubate
c. Transmit
d. Contaminate
ANS: A
Cancer can metastasize, which is the ability to invade other tissues of the body.
8. Which type of disease is caused by a lack of an essential nutrient in the diet or the inability to
digest and absorb a particular nutrient properly?
a. Cancer
b. Infectious
c. Deficiency
d. Autoimmune
ANS: C
Deficiency diseases are caused by a lack of an essential nutrient in the individual’s diet or by
the individual’s inability to digest and absorb a particular nutrient properly. This deficiency
typically interferes with the body’s growth, development, and metabolism.
9. Which example is of a degenerative disease?
a. Anemia
b. Multiple sclerosis
c. Osteoarthritis
d. Diabetes mellitus
ANS: C
Examples of degenerative diseases are osteoporosis (bone degeneration), Alzheimer and
Parkinson diseases (brain degeneration), and osteoarthritis (joint degeneration).
10. Which example is of a genetic disease?
a. Down syndrome
b. Multiple sclerosis
c. Osteoarthritis
d. Hypertension
ANS: A
