UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Antibiotic - CORRECT ANSWER - The goal of ____ therapy is elimination of the
pathogenic microorganism.
Bactericidal - CORRECT ANSWER - The type of antibiotics that work by killing the
organism
Bacteriostatic - CORRECT ANSWER - The type of antibiotics that work by inhibiting the
growth until the organism is destroyed by the individuals own protective mechanisms
1. Inhibition of the function of the production of the cell wall
2. Prevention of protein synthesis
3. Blockage of DNA replication
4. Interference with folic acid metabolism - CORRECT ANSWER - The mechanisms of
most antibiotics
Multidrug Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER - Employed to suppress resistant organisms
(combination of drugs used to treat an ailment including TB & Leprosy)
1. Direct Transmission
2. Indirect Transmission
3. Horizontal Transmission
4. Vertical Transmission - CORRECT ANSWER - 4 types of transmission
Direct Transmission - CORRECT ANSWER - Type of transmission that includes: kissing,
sexual contact, oral secretions, or contact with body lesions; person to person, droplet,
touches/exchanges in body fluids, sneezing, coughing, STDs
, Indirect Transmission - CORRECT ANSWER - Type of transmission that includes:
airborne transmission (Measles), contaminated objects, food and drinking water, person-animal
contact, animal reservoirs (anthrax, rabies), insect bites (malaria/west nile virus), environmental
reservoirs (soil/water)
Horizontal Transmission - CORRECT ANSWER - Type of transmission between members
of the same species that are not in a parent- child relationship
Vertical Transmission - CORRECT ANSWER - Type of transmission from parent to
offspring, via placenta, breast milk, direct contact after birth, HIV
1. Incubation
2. Prodromal
3. Acute
4. Convalescent
5. Resolution - CORRECT ANSWER - 5 stages of infection
1. Inflammatory response
2. Repair and Regeneration
3. Remodeling and Maturation - CORRECT ANSWER - 3 stages of the inflammatory
response
Inflammatory - CORRECT ANSWER - Stage of the inflammatory response in which
healing of acute injuries begins
Repair and Regeneration - CORRECT ANSWER - Stage of inflammatory response in
which there is new collagen formation