MMBIO Exam 1 Questions With Complete Solutions
A new study from Columbia University School of Nursing
supports a growing body of evidence that women are less likely
to contract bloodstream or surgical site infections than their
male counterparts. With which part of the epidemiological
triangle is this information associated?
Environment
Time
Host
Agent Correct Answers Host
A traveler to Guatemala contracted shigellosis (bacterial
dysentery) from "bottled" water. What kind of disease
transmission does this suggest?
Fomite vehicle transmission
Water vehicle transmission
Biological vector transmission
Direct contact
Mechanical vector transmission Correct Answers Water vehicle
transmission
According to the WHO 2016 World Malaria Report, the
incidence of malaria in Burundi, a small country in Africa about
the size of Massachusetts, increased more than 50 percent from
2010 to 2015.Which term best describes this disease?
Endemic
Pandemic
Epidemic Correct Answers Epidemic
, An Escherichia coli O26 (STEC O26) outbreak in 9 states (not
Utah, fortunately!) during 2015. An epidemic curve, shown
below, represents the number of people infected by date of
illness onset. What kind of epidemic is indicated by the data?
Common-source outbreak
Propagated outbreak Correct Answers Common-source
outbreak
Between July 2005 and September 2010, 1,032 new cases of
pertussis were identified. This statement reflects which
epidemiological statistic?
Incidence
Prevalence Correct Answers Incidence
Botulism is a disease contracted by eating food in which
Clostridium botulinum bacteria have grown and produced toxins
prior to ingestion of that food. This kind of disease is considered
an intoxication.
True
False Correct Answers True
Cefepime is usually reserved to treat moderate to severe
nosocomial pneumonia infections caused by multiple drug-
resistant microorganisms. To what class of cephalosporin
antibiotics does cefepime belong?
First
Fourth
It is not a cephalosporin antibiotic
Third
Second Correct Answers Fourth
A new study from Columbia University School of Nursing
supports a growing body of evidence that women are less likely
to contract bloodstream or surgical site infections than their
male counterparts. With which part of the epidemiological
triangle is this information associated?
Environment
Time
Host
Agent Correct Answers Host
A traveler to Guatemala contracted shigellosis (bacterial
dysentery) from "bottled" water. What kind of disease
transmission does this suggest?
Fomite vehicle transmission
Water vehicle transmission
Biological vector transmission
Direct contact
Mechanical vector transmission Correct Answers Water vehicle
transmission
According to the WHO 2016 World Malaria Report, the
incidence of malaria in Burundi, a small country in Africa about
the size of Massachusetts, increased more than 50 percent from
2010 to 2015.Which term best describes this disease?
Endemic
Pandemic
Epidemic Correct Answers Epidemic
, An Escherichia coli O26 (STEC O26) outbreak in 9 states (not
Utah, fortunately!) during 2015. An epidemic curve, shown
below, represents the number of people infected by date of
illness onset. What kind of epidemic is indicated by the data?
Common-source outbreak
Propagated outbreak Correct Answers Common-source
outbreak
Between July 2005 and September 2010, 1,032 new cases of
pertussis were identified. This statement reflects which
epidemiological statistic?
Incidence
Prevalence Correct Answers Incidence
Botulism is a disease contracted by eating food in which
Clostridium botulinum bacteria have grown and produced toxins
prior to ingestion of that food. This kind of disease is considered
an intoxication.
True
False Correct Answers True
Cefepime is usually reserved to treat moderate to severe
nosocomial pneumonia infections caused by multiple drug-
resistant microorganisms. To what class of cephalosporin
antibiotics does cefepime belong?
First
Fourth
It is not a cephalosporin antibiotic
Third
Second Correct Answers Fourth
