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68W LPC EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2026 ALL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS ALREADY A GRADED |NEW AND
REVISED
The term Quarters means what? - ANSWER- Rest in the patients place
or domicile this freedom of movement also extends to the dining facility
and medical treatment facility as well.
Bed rest - ANSWER- Patient is restricted to their bed with allowances
for necessary, travel to the dining facility and latrine.
Who is able to decide the successful completion of a mission requires a
soldier to break their profile - ANSWER- Commander
What is a microorganism - ANSWER- Microscopic living cells found
almost everywhere in the environment
Microorganisms that caused disease are called what? - ANSWER-
Pathogens
What is the condition in which a pathogen invades the body and begins
to multiply? - ANSWER- Bacterial infection
What five environmental factors affect the growth of microorganisms? -
ANSWER- O2, nutrients, temp, moisture, PH, Light
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What are two common techniques used to kill pathogenic
microorganisms? - ANSWER- Steam sterilization and boiling h2o
What is algae? - ANSWER- Resemble plant cells found on sunlit water
and rarely cause human disease.
What is Fungi? - ANSWER- yeasts and molds
What is Protozoa? - ANSWER- Called microscopic microorganisms.
What is bacteria? - ANSWER- Celled organisms without a nucleus.
What are spores? - ANSWER- The most difficult to destroy.
What is pathogenic bacteria? - ANSWER- Drug resistant bacteria
example MRSA.
What is a virus? - ANSWER- To use the host ability to make protein and
energy.
What is the chain of infection? - ANSWER- infectious agent, reservoir,
portal of exit, mode of transmission, portal of entry, susceptible host
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What is a communicable disease? - ANSWER- a disease that is spread
from one person to another
What is a contagious disease? - ANSWER- Which are transmitted to
many individuals quickly and easily.
What is an epidemic? - ANSWER- Number of people in the same area
are infected in a relatively short time.
What is an endemic? - ANSWER- For illness regularly found among a
particular group of people or within a certain area.
What is a reservoir? - ANSWER- Potential source of disease outbreaks.
What is direct contact? - ANSWER- Common method of transmission.
What is droplet spread? - ANSWER- First to the distribution of a
pathogen via large short range, spring, such as sneezing, coughing, or
talking.
What is airborne? - ANSWER- Occurs when the pathogens are carried
by dust or suspended in the air.
What is a vector? - ANSWER- Such as mosquitoes, please, and ticks
may carry and spread pathogens.
68W LPC EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2026 ALL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS ALREADY A GRADED |NEW AND
REVISED
The term Quarters means what? - ANSWER- Rest in the patients place
or domicile this freedom of movement also extends to the dining facility
and medical treatment facility as well.
Bed rest - ANSWER- Patient is restricted to their bed with allowances
for necessary, travel to the dining facility and latrine.
Who is able to decide the successful completion of a mission requires a
soldier to break their profile - ANSWER- Commander
What is a microorganism - ANSWER- Microscopic living cells found
almost everywhere in the environment
Microorganisms that caused disease are called what? - ANSWER-
Pathogens
What is the condition in which a pathogen invades the body and begins
to multiply? - ANSWER- Bacterial infection
What five environmental factors affect the growth of microorganisms? -
ANSWER- O2, nutrients, temp, moisture, PH, Light
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What are two common techniques used to kill pathogenic
microorganisms? - ANSWER- Steam sterilization and boiling h2o
What is algae? - ANSWER- Resemble plant cells found on sunlit water
and rarely cause human disease.
What is Fungi? - ANSWER- yeasts and molds
What is Protozoa? - ANSWER- Called microscopic microorganisms.
What is bacteria? - ANSWER- Celled organisms without a nucleus.
What are spores? - ANSWER- The most difficult to destroy.
What is pathogenic bacteria? - ANSWER- Drug resistant bacteria
example MRSA.
What is a virus? - ANSWER- To use the host ability to make protein and
energy.
What is the chain of infection? - ANSWER- infectious agent, reservoir,
portal of exit, mode of transmission, portal of entry, susceptible host
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What is a communicable disease? - ANSWER- a disease that is spread
from one person to another
What is a contagious disease? - ANSWER- Which are transmitted to
many individuals quickly and easily.
What is an epidemic? - ANSWER- Number of people in the same area
are infected in a relatively short time.
What is an endemic? - ANSWER- For illness regularly found among a
particular group of people or within a certain area.
What is a reservoir? - ANSWER- Potential source of disease outbreaks.
What is direct contact? - ANSWER- Common method of transmission.
What is droplet spread? - ANSWER- First to the distribution of a
pathogen via large short range, spring, such as sneezing, coughing, or
talking.
What is airborne? - ANSWER- Occurs when the pathogens are carried
by dust or suspended in the air.
What is a vector? - ANSWER- Such as mosquitoes, please, and ticks
may carry and spread pathogens.
