NUR 210 Final Exam Questions With All
Correct Answers.
are permanent inhabitants of the skin and cannot usually be removed with routine
handwashing. They live and multiply harmlessly deep in skin layers. - Answer resident flora.
are normal microbes that you acquire by coming in contact with objects or another person -
Answer transient flora.
are microorganisms that are capable of causing disease. - Answer pathogens
Once a pathogen enters a host, four factors determine whether the person develops infection: -
Answer Virulence - power to cause disease.
Host environment
Number of organisms
Host defense
A source of an infection? - Answer reservoir
What are the 6 links in the chain of infection? - Answer 1. Infectious Agent
2. Reservoir
3. Portal of Exit
4. Mode of Transmission
5. Portal of Entry
6. Susceptible Host
most pathogens flourish in? - Answer warm, dark, moist environments.
a contaminated object that transmits an infection? - Answer fomite
an organism that carries an infection? - Answer vector
, stage of infection where the patient begins to experience vague symptoms? - Answer
prodrome
Condition occurs at a stable, predictable rate within a particular environment, region, or
population. - Answer edemic
when there is a sudden increase in the number of people with a condition that is greater than
expected. Outbreaks are limited to relatively small areas - Answer outbreak
is an outbreak of a disease that spreads over a large geographic region or in a defined
population group - Answer epidemic
is an exceptionally widespread epidemic—that is, one that affects a large number of people in
an entire country or worldwide. - Answer pandemic
occurs when the body makes its own antibodies or T lymphocytes (also called T cells) to protect
the body against a pathogen. - Answer active immunityt
when a person receives antibodies that come from someone else rather than producing them
through their own immune system, as in immunizations and mother's milk - Answer passive
immunity
An immune response occurs when the body is exposed to weakened or dead pathogens in a
vaccine. - Answer artificial active immunity
Protection from infection is achieved when a person receives serum from another person or
animal that has already produced antibodies against the pathogen - Answer artificial passive
immunity
are proteins on the outer surface of pathogens that evoke an immune response. - Answer
antigen
How long should you wash your hands in a surgical setting? - Answer 2 - 6 minutes
is the elimination of all microorganisms (except prions) in or on an object. - Answer
Correct Answers.
are permanent inhabitants of the skin and cannot usually be removed with routine
handwashing. They live and multiply harmlessly deep in skin layers. - Answer resident flora.
are normal microbes that you acquire by coming in contact with objects or another person -
Answer transient flora.
are microorganisms that are capable of causing disease. - Answer pathogens
Once a pathogen enters a host, four factors determine whether the person develops infection: -
Answer Virulence - power to cause disease.
Host environment
Number of organisms
Host defense
A source of an infection? - Answer reservoir
What are the 6 links in the chain of infection? - Answer 1. Infectious Agent
2. Reservoir
3. Portal of Exit
4. Mode of Transmission
5. Portal of Entry
6. Susceptible Host
most pathogens flourish in? - Answer warm, dark, moist environments.
a contaminated object that transmits an infection? - Answer fomite
an organism that carries an infection? - Answer vector
, stage of infection where the patient begins to experience vague symptoms? - Answer
prodrome
Condition occurs at a stable, predictable rate within a particular environment, region, or
population. - Answer edemic
when there is a sudden increase in the number of people with a condition that is greater than
expected. Outbreaks are limited to relatively small areas - Answer outbreak
is an outbreak of a disease that spreads over a large geographic region or in a defined
population group - Answer epidemic
is an exceptionally widespread epidemic—that is, one that affects a large number of people in
an entire country or worldwide. - Answer pandemic
occurs when the body makes its own antibodies or T lymphocytes (also called T cells) to protect
the body against a pathogen. - Answer active immunityt
when a person receives antibodies that come from someone else rather than producing them
through their own immune system, as in immunizations and mother's milk - Answer passive
immunity
An immune response occurs when the body is exposed to weakened or dead pathogens in a
vaccine. - Answer artificial active immunity
Protection from infection is achieved when a person receives serum from another person or
animal that has already produced antibodies against the pathogen - Answer artificial passive
immunity
are proteins on the outer surface of pathogens that evoke an immune response. - Answer
antigen
How long should you wash your hands in a surgical setting? - Answer 2 - 6 minutes
is the elimination of all microorganisms (except prions) in or on an object. - Answer
