HCB TEST 2 QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
who does the airborne precautions apply to? - Answer-patients who are known to be
infected by a pathogen or suspected to be infected by the airborne route
what equipment would you wear to prevent airborne transmission? - Answer-exam
mask, N95
What are contact precautions? - Answer-designed to reduce risk of transmission of
microorganisms through direct or indirect contact
what equipment would you wear to prevent contact transmission? - Answer-exam
gloves and isolation gown
What are droplet precautions? - Answer-designed to reduce the risk of droplet
transmission of infectious agents
how far do infectious droplets travel? - Answer-3 feet or less through the air
what equipment would you wear to prevent droplet transmission? - Answer-gown, mask,
protective eyewear, surgical cap, shoe covers, gloves
medical asepsis - Answer-used to reduce and prevent the spread of microorganisms
(clean technique)
surgical asepsis - Answer-used to eliminate all microorganisms, pathogens, and spores
from an object or area (sterile technique)
what are the four rules of surgical asepsis? - Answer-1. know what is sterile
2. know what is not sterile
3. separate sterile from unsterile
4. remedy contamination immediately
what is considered be outside the sterile field? - Answer-one inch
vital signs - Answer-signs necessary to life used to evaluate a patient's condition
temperature - Answer-measure of the amount of heat below the skin
fever - Answer-elevated body temperature
febrile - Answer-with fever
, afebrile - Answer-without fever
hypothermia - Answer-body temp below normal
hyperthermia - Answer-body temp above normal
pulse - Answer-regular expansion and contraction of the artery produced by waves of
pressure when the heart beats
tachicardia - Answer-abnormally rapid heartbeat, above 100
bradycardia - Answer-abnormally slow heartbeat, below 60
thready pulse - Answer-weak and rapid pulse
bounding pulse - Answer-unusually strong pulse
arrhythmia - Answer-pulse with irregular rhythm
respiration - Answer-exchange of gases between the atmosphere, blood, and body cells
inhalation - Answer-taking air into the lungs
exhalation - Answer-expelling air out of the lungs
dyspnea - Answer-difficult breathing
apnea - Answer-absence of breathing
tachypnea - Answer-excessively rapid breathing
respiration - Answer-measurement of one inhalation and one exhalation
blood pressure - Answer-the force that circulating blood exerts against artery walls as
the heart contracts and relaxes
systolic pressure - Answer-created in the arteries when the heart contracts and forces
blood out in to circulation
diastolic pressure - Answer-pressure remaining in the arteries when the heart relaxes
perfusion - Answer-flow of blood through tissues, providing them with oxygen and
nutrients, and removing waste products
hypotension - Answer-abnormally low blood pressure; could cause insufficient perfusion
of internal organs
CORRECT ANSWERS
who does the airborne precautions apply to? - Answer-patients who are known to be
infected by a pathogen or suspected to be infected by the airborne route
what equipment would you wear to prevent airborne transmission? - Answer-exam
mask, N95
What are contact precautions? - Answer-designed to reduce risk of transmission of
microorganisms through direct or indirect contact
what equipment would you wear to prevent contact transmission? - Answer-exam
gloves and isolation gown
What are droplet precautions? - Answer-designed to reduce the risk of droplet
transmission of infectious agents
how far do infectious droplets travel? - Answer-3 feet or less through the air
what equipment would you wear to prevent droplet transmission? - Answer-gown, mask,
protective eyewear, surgical cap, shoe covers, gloves
medical asepsis - Answer-used to reduce and prevent the spread of microorganisms
(clean technique)
surgical asepsis - Answer-used to eliminate all microorganisms, pathogens, and spores
from an object or area (sterile technique)
what are the four rules of surgical asepsis? - Answer-1. know what is sterile
2. know what is not sterile
3. separate sterile from unsterile
4. remedy contamination immediately
what is considered be outside the sterile field? - Answer-one inch
vital signs - Answer-signs necessary to life used to evaluate a patient's condition
temperature - Answer-measure of the amount of heat below the skin
fever - Answer-elevated body temperature
febrile - Answer-with fever
, afebrile - Answer-without fever
hypothermia - Answer-body temp below normal
hyperthermia - Answer-body temp above normal
pulse - Answer-regular expansion and contraction of the artery produced by waves of
pressure when the heart beats
tachicardia - Answer-abnormally rapid heartbeat, above 100
bradycardia - Answer-abnormally slow heartbeat, below 60
thready pulse - Answer-weak and rapid pulse
bounding pulse - Answer-unusually strong pulse
arrhythmia - Answer-pulse with irregular rhythm
respiration - Answer-exchange of gases between the atmosphere, blood, and body cells
inhalation - Answer-taking air into the lungs
exhalation - Answer-expelling air out of the lungs
dyspnea - Answer-difficult breathing
apnea - Answer-absence of breathing
tachypnea - Answer-excessively rapid breathing
respiration - Answer-measurement of one inhalation and one exhalation
blood pressure - Answer-the force that circulating blood exerts against artery walls as
the heart contracts and relaxes
systolic pressure - Answer-created in the arteries when the heart contracts and forces
blood out in to circulation
diastolic pressure - Answer-pressure remaining in the arteries when the heart relaxes
perfusion - Answer-flow of blood through tissues, providing them with oxygen and
nutrients, and removing waste products
hypotension - Answer-abnormally low blood pressure; could cause insufficient perfusion
of internal organs
