Questions & Verified Answers 2025 –
Complete Exam Material
Introduction:
This document contains the full collection of exam questions
and verified answers for the 2025 Infection Prevention
Certification. It covers key topics such as transmission-based
precautions, hand hygiene, MDRO prevention, wound care,
surveillance, outbreak management, antibiotic stewardship, TB
prevention, respiratory infection control, and regulatory
standards. The material is structured as a comprehensive exam
resource designed to support preparation for certification and
review of core infection-prevention concepts.
Exam Questions and Answers:
Which of the following are recommended cautions? -Answer:-
Donning a gown and gloves for all interactions with resident
and environment
Which of the following are categories of transmission based
precautions recommended by the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention -Answer:-Droplet and contact
,True or false signage at the entrance to a residence room and
being the type of transmission based precautions that should
be used in caring for the resident are not allowed in nursing
homes resident confidentiality -Answer:-False
Which of the following is true about placement within the
facility of residence on transmission based precautions -
Answer:-If a limited number of single person rooms are
available, highest priority, should be given to residents who
are known or suspected to be infected with Haley
communicable pathogens
Which of the following should you apply contact precautions? -
Answer:-Scabies cliff
Which of the following are true about the development and
spread of MDRX nursing homes -Answer:-Colonization
pressure contributes to transmission and presence of
indwelling medical device increases the risk of acquiring an
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As a result of lessons learned from outbreaks of MDR, which of
the following situation should warrant use a contact
,precautions in consideration of a single person room for MDR
oh, nice residence -Answer:-Residence with difficulty
containing secretions from sites of M Deorro, colonization and
potential for extensive environmental contamination and new
residence on the unit, our phone to be colonized with MDRO's
evidence of ongoing transmission despite efforts to control the
spread
Which of the following is true about the appropriate time to
initiate contact precautions when caring for resident with new
unexplained diarrhea -Answer:-Contact precaution should be
initiated at the onset of
What information should be included in communicating that
the resident has been placed on transmission based
precaution? -Answer:-Category of precautions PPE required
for staff, caring for residents and instructions for visitors
Which of the following is the best practice regarding decisions
to restrict residents to the rooms while and transmission
Residence with active signs and symptoms of an infection from
a highly communicable pathogen should be restricted to the
room -Answer:-
, Before performing wound care, if the hands are not visible,
which method of hand hygiene by staff members is preferred -
Answer:-Alcohol-based hand rub
True or false and hygiene should be performed when moving
from a contaminated bodyside to a clean body site on a
resident -Answer:-True
Which of the following activities is necessary for an effective
hand hygiene program -Answer:-Training, develop policies,
ensure proper assessability performance, monitoring, and
feedback of staff performance, all of the above. All of the
above.
True or false it is appropriate to refill a BHR dispensers,
whenever more than half of the product has been used -
Answer:-Falls
Which of the following statements is true about a BHR -
Answer:-ABHR is the most effective product for reducing the
number of pathogens on hands