HCB TEST REVIEW QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
What is the hollow organ that acidic gastric juices break down food? - Answer-Stomach
What are the 3 parts of the small intestine? - Answer-duodenum, jejunum, ileum
What organ is responsible for the production of bile? - Answer-Liver
What is the predominant sound present in the stomach and intestines? - Answer-
Tympany
T/F Absent bowel sounds is typically associated with abdominal pain and is considered
a surgical emergency. - Answer-True
What the most commonly injured organ in the GI tract? - Answer-Liver
The most common GI cause of a person needing surgery is - Answer-Appendicitis
Describe the location of McBurney's Point - Answer-Above appendix, 1/3 from iliac crest
to the umbilicus
What are two most common signs of upper gastrointestinal bleeding? - Answer-Melena
and hematemesis
Which type of hemorrhoids are painful? Internal or External - Answer-External
antibacterial - Answer-directed or effective against bacteria
antiseptic - Answer-preventing or arresting the growth of microorganisms
asepsis - Answer-The condition of being aseptic
aseptic technique - Answer-preventing infection
bacteria - Answer-any of a domain of prokaryotic round, spiral, or rod shaped single-
felled microorganisms that may lack cell walls
blood-borne pathogen - Answer-A specific causative agent of disease located in the
blood
contagious disease - Answer-infectious disease communicable by contact with one who
has it
contaminated - Answer-to soil, stain, or infect by contact or association
, direct contact - Answer-Union or junction of body surfaces
disinfectant - Answer-to free from infection especially by destroying harmful
microorganisms
fungi - Answer-any of the kingdom fungi - lacking chlorophyll and include molds, rust,
mildew
HAI - Answer-nosocomial infection; acquired in a hospital
infection - Answer-infective agent contaminated with an infective agent
isolation - Answer-a separation for the period of communicability of infected people or
animals from others
microorganism - Answer-an organism of microscopic size
pathogen - Answer-a disease producing microorganism
standard precautions - Answer-a group of infection prevention practices that apply to all
patients
virus - Answer-DNA or RNA is encased in a protein coating
protozoa - Answer-unicellular microorganism that infect the blood, brain, intestines and
other body areas
helminthes - Answer-Parasitic worms or flukes
infectious agent - Answer-disease causing microorganism
reservoir - Answer-a place where the pathogen grows
portal of exit - Answer-an exit route for pathogen to leave its host
mode of transmission - Answer-The manner in which an infectious agent moves from
one source to another
portal of entry - Answer-Place where the pathogen enters the body
susceptible host - Answer-A person who becomes ill after pathogens enter the body
because they cannot fight off the pathogen
airway - Answer-The passageway by which air enters and leaves the body.
CORRECT ANSWERS
What is the hollow organ that acidic gastric juices break down food? - Answer-Stomach
What are the 3 parts of the small intestine? - Answer-duodenum, jejunum, ileum
What organ is responsible for the production of bile? - Answer-Liver
What is the predominant sound present in the stomach and intestines? - Answer-
Tympany
T/F Absent bowel sounds is typically associated with abdominal pain and is considered
a surgical emergency. - Answer-True
What the most commonly injured organ in the GI tract? - Answer-Liver
The most common GI cause of a person needing surgery is - Answer-Appendicitis
Describe the location of McBurney's Point - Answer-Above appendix, 1/3 from iliac crest
to the umbilicus
What are two most common signs of upper gastrointestinal bleeding? - Answer-Melena
and hematemesis
Which type of hemorrhoids are painful? Internal or External - Answer-External
antibacterial - Answer-directed or effective against bacteria
antiseptic - Answer-preventing or arresting the growth of microorganisms
asepsis - Answer-The condition of being aseptic
aseptic technique - Answer-preventing infection
bacteria - Answer-any of a domain of prokaryotic round, spiral, or rod shaped single-
felled microorganisms that may lack cell walls
blood-borne pathogen - Answer-A specific causative agent of disease located in the
blood
contagious disease - Answer-infectious disease communicable by contact with one who
has it
contaminated - Answer-to soil, stain, or infect by contact or association
, direct contact - Answer-Union or junction of body surfaces
disinfectant - Answer-to free from infection especially by destroying harmful
microorganisms
fungi - Answer-any of the kingdom fungi - lacking chlorophyll and include molds, rust,
mildew
HAI - Answer-nosocomial infection; acquired in a hospital
infection - Answer-infective agent contaminated with an infective agent
isolation - Answer-a separation for the period of communicability of infected people or
animals from others
microorganism - Answer-an organism of microscopic size
pathogen - Answer-a disease producing microorganism
standard precautions - Answer-a group of infection prevention practices that apply to all
patients
virus - Answer-DNA or RNA is encased in a protein coating
protozoa - Answer-unicellular microorganism that infect the blood, brain, intestines and
other body areas
helminthes - Answer-Parasitic worms or flukes
infectious agent - Answer-disease causing microorganism
reservoir - Answer-a place where the pathogen grows
portal of exit - Answer-an exit route for pathogen to leave its host
mode of transmission - Answer-The manner in which an infectious agent moves from
one source to another
portal of entry - Answer-Place where the pathogen enters the body
susceptible host - Answer-A person who becomes ill after pathogens enter the body
because they cannot fight off the pathogen
airway - Answer-The passageway by which air enters and leaves the body.
