ALHS1040 Final Exam Review UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Hippocrates - CORRECT ANSWER Father of Western Medicine.
Greeks - CORRECT ANSWER emphasized a healthy diet, exercise and cleanliness as
important factors in maintaining ones health.
Galen - CORRECT ANSWER a Roman physician, was credited with being the first
physician to discover that our arteries contained blood and not air as originally believed by
early man.
Romans - CORRECT ANSWER were the first civilization to create the first hospitals
by providing care for injured soldiers in the first organized healthcare facilities.
Anton van Leeuwenhoek - CORRECT ANSWER Who was the person to observe and
describe bacteria as "tiny little beasties"?
Anton van Leeuwenhoek - CORRECT ANSWER invention of the microscope
Bubonic Plague (Black Death) - CORRECT ANSWER Which disease killed over 75%
of the population in Europe and Asia in the Middle Ages?
Airborne transmission - CORRECT ANSWER Face masks are your primary protection
from?
James Lind - CORRECT ANSWER discovered that Vitamin C was a cure for scurvy
and began prescribing lime juice to sailors to ward off the disease.
Rene Laennec - CORRECT ANSWER credited with inventing the stethoscope
, Skin - CORRECT ANSWER What is the largest barrier we have to infection?
Keep skin clean....hand washing! - CORRECT ANSWER What's the number one thing
we need to do to prevent the spread of infection?
Escherichia coli in the colon - CORRECT ANSWER An example of normal flora is
transient flora - CORRECT ANSWER When normal flora outgrows its regular
surroundings and is at the point it can cause disease, it becomes known as
Where the infectious agent can live - CORRECT ANSWER The phrase "reservoir
host" is best described as:
(5) Chain of infection - CORRECT ANSWER 1.The Infectious agent
2. Reservoir
3. Portal of exit
4. Mode of transmission
5. Portal of entry
The Infectious agent - CORRECT ANSWER this is the pathogen, such as bacterium or
virus that causes disease
Reservoir - CORRECT ANSWER This is where the infectious agent can live such as
the human body, animals, the environment or objects contaminated with infectious materials
that contain pathogens (doorknobs, bedpans, urinals, linens, instruments and specimen
containers)
Portal of exit - CORRECT ANSWER The way the infectious agent leaves or escapes
the reservoir in which is has been growing.
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Hippocrates - CORRECT ANSWER Father of Western Medicine.
Greeks - CORRECT ANSWER emphasized a healthy diet, exercise and cleanliness as
important factors in maintaining ones health.
Galen - CORRECT ANSWER a Roman physician, was credited with being the first
physician to discover that our arteries contained blood and not air as originally believed by
early man.
Romans - CORRECT ANSWER were the first civilization to create the first hospitals
by providing care for injured soldiers in the first organized healthcare facilities.
Anton van Leeuwenhoek - CORRECT ANSWER Who was the person to observe and
describe bacteria as "tiny little beasties"?
Anton van Leeuwenhoek - CORRECT ANSWER invention of the microscope
Bubonic Plague (Black Death) - CORRECT ANSWER Which disease killed over 75%
of the population in Europe and Asia in the Middle Ages?
Airborne transmission - CORRECT ANSWER Face masks are your primary protection
from?
James Lind - CORRECT ANSWER discovered that Vitamin C was a cure for scurvy
and began prescribing lime juice to sailors to ward off the disease.
Rene Laennec - CORRECT ANSWER credited with inventing the stethoscope
, Skin - CORRECT ANSWER What is the largest barrier we have to infection?
Keep skin clean....hand washing! - CORRECT ANSWER What's the number one thing
we need to do to prevent the spread of infection?
Escherichia coli in the colon - CORRECT ANSWER An example of normal flora is
transient flora - CORRECT ANSWER When normal flora outgrows its regular
surroundings and is at the point it can cause disease, it becomes known as
Where the infectious agent can live - CORRECT ANSWER The phrase "reservoir
host" is best described as:
(5) Chain of infection - CORRECT ANSWER 1.The Infectious agent
2. Reservoir
3. Portal of exit
4. Mode of transmission
5. Portal of entry
The Infectious agent - CORRECT ANSWER this is the pathogen, such as bacterium or
virus that causes disease
Reservoir - CORRECT ANSWER This is where the infectious agent can live such as
the human body, animals, the environment or objects contaminated with infectious materials
that contain pathogens (doorknobs, bedpans, urinals, linens, instruments and specimen
containers)
Portal of exit - CORRECT ANSWER The way the infectious agent leaves or escapes
the reservoir in which is has been growing.
