CBIC CIC Practice Exam Questions And
Answers
Medical intervention factors that affect risk of infection -
correct answer ✅indwelling devices, staffing ratio, lengths of stay,
duration of invasive procedures, medications, # of exams by
providers, type of institution, and knowledge/experience of
providers
environmental intervention factors that affect risk of infection -
correct answer ✅disinfectant type used, contact with animals,
hand hygiene
anatomical/phys factors that affect risk of infection -
correct answer ✅preexisting diseases, trauma, malignancies, age,
gender, and nutritional status
DMAIC -
correct answer ✅D=define customers, project boundaries, and
processes
M=measure performance
A=analyze data to identify causes of variation, gaps in performance,
and prioritize actions
I=improve the process
C=control the process to prevent reverting
,CBIC CIC Practice Exam Questions And
Answers
What should an effective surveillance program be able to provide? -
correct answer ✅Detection of infections and injuries, identify
trends, identify risk factors associated with infections and other AEs
detect outbreaks and clusters, assess the overall effectiveness of
the infection control and prevention program and demonstrate
changes in proactive and processes that lead to better outcomes
Define point prevalence -
correct answer ✅number of persons ill on the date divided by the
population on that date.
Define attack rate -
correct answer ✅Number of people at risk in whom a certain
illness develops / (divided by) / Total number of people at risk
Define prevalence -
correct answer ✅fraction of a population having a specific disease
at a given time
Define incidence -
correct answer ✅number of new cases of a disease divided by the
number of persons at risk for the disease.
, CBIC CIC Practice Exam Questions And
Answers
Type of specimen for C. diff -
correct answer ✅liquid stool is required
When to suspect C. diff infection? -
correct answer ✅when 3 or more unformed/watery stool in 24 hrs
occurs
Relative Risk (RR) -
correct answer ✅Used in cohort studies to determine how
strongly a risk factor is associated with an outcome.
1 is the null= no significance of the association between exposure
and adverse event
P(X infection or exposed)/P(Y infection or unexposed) = RR
Details of control chart -
correct answer ✅central line = the ave of data pts
x axis = time
y axis = rate/count
may be upper control/lower control limit lines and +/- 3 SD lines
Answers
Medical intervention factors that affect risk of infection -
correct answer ✅indwelling devices, staffing ratio, lengths of stay,
duration of invasive procedures, medications, # of exams by
providers, type of institution, and knowledge/experience of
providers
environmental intervention factors that affect risk of infection -
correct answer ✅disinfectant type used, contact with animals,
hand hygiene
anatomical/phys factors that affect risk of infection -
correct answer ✅preexisting diseases, trauma, malignancies, age,
gender, and nutritional status
DMAIC -
correct answer ✅D=define customers, project boundaries, and
processes
M=measure performance
A=analyze data to identify causes of variation, gaps in performance,
and prioritize actions
I=improve the process
C=control the process to prevent reverting
,CBIC CIC Practice Exam Questions And
Answers
What should an effective surveillance program be able to provide? -
correct answer ✅Detection of infections and injuries, identify
trends, identify risk factors associated with infections and other AEs
detect outbreaks and clusters, assess the overall effectiveness of
the infection control and prevention program and demonstrate
changes in proactive and processes that lead to better outcomes
Define point prevalence -
correct answer ✅number of persons ill on the date divided by the
population on that date.
Define attack rate -
correct answer ✅Number of people at risk in whom a certain
illness develops / (divided by) / Total number of people at risk
Define prevalence -
correct answer ✅fraction of a population having a specific disease
at a given time
Define incidence -
correct answer ✅number of new cases of a disease divided by the
number of persons at risk for the disease.
, CBIC CIC Practice Exam Questions And
Answers
Type of specimen for C. diff -
correct answer ✅liquid stool is required
When to suspect C. diff infection? -
correct answer ✅when 3 or more unformed/watery stool in 24 hrs
occurs
Relative Risk (RR) -
correct answer ✅Used in cohort studies to determine how
strongly a risk factor is associated with an outcome.
1 is the null= no significance of the association between exposure
and adverse event
P(X infection or exposed)/P(Y infection or unexposed) = RR
Details of control chart -
correct answer ✅central line = the ave of data pts
x axis = time
y axis = rate/count
may be upper control/lower control limit lines and +/- 3 SD lines
