NUR 210 FINAL EXAM WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS 2025
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are permanent inhabitants of the skin and cannot usually
be removed with routine handwashing. They live and
multiply harmlessly deep in skin layers. correct answers
>> resident flora.
are normal microbes that you acquire by coming in
contact with objects or another person correct answers
>> transient flora.
are microorganisms that are capable of causing disease.
correct answers >> pathogens
Once a pathogen enters a host, four factors determine
whether the person develops infection: correct answers
>> Virulence - power to cause disease.
Host environment
Number of organisms
Host defense
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,A source of an infection? correct answers >> reservoir
What are the 6 links in the chain of infection? correct
answers >> 1. Infectious Agent
2. Reservoir
3. Portal of Exit
4. Mode of Transmission
5. Portal of Entry
6. Susceptible Host
most pathogens flourish in? correct answers >> warm,
dark, moist environments.
a contaminated object that transmits an infection?
correct answers >> fomite
an organism that carries an infection? correct answers
>> vector
Infections that cause no symptoms for long periods of
time like TB and HIV? correct answers >> Latent
infections
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, stage of infection where the patient begins to experience
vague symptoms? correct answers >> prodrome
Condition occurs at a stable, predictable rate within a
particular environment, region, or population. correct
answers >> edemic
when there is a sudden increase in the number of people
with a condition that is greater than expected. Outbreaks
are limited to relatively small areas correct answers >>
outbreak
is an outbreak of a disease that spreads over a large
geographic region or in a defined population group
correct answers >> epidemic
is an exceptionally widespread epidemic—that is, one
that affects a large number of people in an entire country
or worldwide. correct answers >> pandemic
occurs when the body makes its own antibodies or T
lymphocytes (also called T cells) to protect the body
against a pathogen. correct answers >> active
immunityt
when a person receives antibodies that come from
someone else rather than producing them through their
GRADED A+
CORRECT ANSWERS 2025
GRADED A+ 2025
are permanent inhabitants of the skin and cannot usually
be removed with routine handwashing. They live and
multiply harmlessly deep in skin layers. correct answers
>> resident flora.
are normal microbes that you acquire by coming in
contact with objects or another person correct answers
>> transient flora.
are microorganisms that are capable of causing disease.
correct answers >> pathogens
Once a pathogen enters a host, four factors determine
whether the person develops infection: correct answers
>> Virulence - power to cause disease.
Host environment
Number of organisms
Host defense
GRADED A+
,A source of an infection? correct answers >> reservoir
What are the 6 links in the chain of infection? correct
answers >> 1. Infectious Agent
2. Reservoir
3. Portal of Exit
4. Mode of Transmission
5. Portal of Entry
6. Susceptible Host
most pathogens flourish in? correct answers >> warm,
dark, moist environments.
a contaminated object that transmits an infection?
correct answers >> fomite
an organism that carries an infection? correct answers
>> vector
Infections that cause no symptoms for long periods of
time like TB and HIV? correct answers >> Latent
infections
GRADED A+
, stage of infection where the patient begins to experience
vague symptoms? correct answers >> prodrome
Condition occurs at a stable, predictable rate within a
particular environment, region, or population. correct
answers >> edemic
when there is a sudden increase in the number of people
with a condition that is greater than expected. Outbreaks
are limited to relatively small areas correct answers >>
outbreak
is an outbreak of a disease that spreads over a large
geographic region or in a defined population group
correct answers >> epidemic
is an exceptionally widespread epidemic—that is, one
that affects a large number of people in an entire country
or worldwide. correct answers >> pandemic
occurs when the body makes its own antibodies or T
lymphocytes (also called T cells) to protect the body
against a pathogen. correct answers >> active
immunityt
when a person receives antibodies that come from
someone else rather than producing them through their
GRADED A+
