MICROBIOLOGY IUPUI EXAM 1
2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Transmissible - ....ANSWER ...-an infectious disease agent that's transmitted
from either reservoir or a portal (1) contact, (2) vehicle, (3) vector
Contact Transmission - ....ANSWER ...--Direct: person to person (kissing)
-Indirect: one host to another by fomites (needles, toothbrush)
-Droplet: droplets of mucus that exit mouth (cold and flu)
Vehicle Transmission - ....ANSWER ...-spread of pathogens via air, drinking
water, and food (airborne, waterborne, food borne, blood and body fluids)
Vector Transmission - ....ANSWER ...-animals that transmit diseases from
one host to another
-Biological: vectors affecting humans are biting arthropods (mosquito)
-Mechanical: passively carry pathogens to new hosts on their feet or other body
parts (houseflies, cockroach)
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, Epidemic - ....ANSWER ...-appearance of infectious disease or condition
that attacks many people at the same time in the same area
Pandemic - ....ANSWER ...-epidemic that occurs simultaneously on more
than one continent (AIDS)
Endemic - ....ANSWER ...-disease peculiar and recurring constantly in a
particular locality or population (histoplasmosis-ohio valley)
Contagious - ....ANSWER ...-communicable disease that is easily transmitted
from a reservoir or person (cold)
Epidemiology - ....ANSWER ...-study of the occurrence, distribution, and
spread of disease in humans
Incidence - ....ANSWER ...-number of new cases of a disease in a given area
or population
Prevalence - ....ANSWER ...-the total number of cases, new and existing in a
given area
Flagellum - ....ANSWER ...-provides motility
Fimbria - ....ANSWER ...-small bristle like fibers on surface; helps bacteria
stick to each other and surfaces
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2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Transmissible - ....ANSWER ...-an infectious disease agent that's transmitted
from either reservoir or a portal (1) contact, (2) vehicle, (3) vector
Contact Transmission - ....ANSWER ...--Direct: person to person (kissing)
-Indirect: one host to another by fomites (needles, toothbrush)
-Droplet: droplets of mucus that exit mouth (cold and flu)
Vehicle Transmission - ....ANSWER ...-spread of pathogens via air, drinking
water, and food (airborne, waterborne, food borne, blood and body fluids)
Vector Transmission - ....ANSWER ...-animals that transmit diseases from
one host to another
-Biological: vectors affecting humans are biting arthropods (mosquito)
-Mechanical: passively carry pathogens to new hosts on their feet or other body
parts (houseflies, cockroach)
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, Epidemic - ....ANSWER ...-appearance of infectious disease or condition
that attacks many people at the same time in the same area
Pandemic - ....ANSWER ...-epidemic that occurs simultaneously on more
than one continent (AIDS)
Endemic - ....ANSWER ...-disease peculiar and recurring constantly in a
particular locality or population (histoplasmosis-ohio valley)
Contagious - ....ANSWER ...-communicable disease that is easily transmitted
from a reservoir or person (cold)
Epidemiology - ....ANSWER ...-study of the occurrence, distribution, and
spread of disease in humans
Incidence - ....ANSWER ...-number of new cases of a disease in a given area
or population
Prevalence - ....ANSWER ...-the total number of cases, new and existing in a
given area
Flagellum - ....ANSWER ...-provides motility
Fimbria - ....ANSWER ...-small bristle like fibers on surface; helps bacteria
stick to each other and surfaces
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