COLLEGE OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION

REVIEW EDUCATION AND COMPREHENSIVE APPRAISAL PROGRAM (RECAP)

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE NURSING PRETEST
Prepared by Dr. Dindo de Guzman, DMD, RN, USRN

1. The nurse is caring for different clients in the hospital. Which of the following would be the most susceptible to acquiring
an infection?
A. A 45-year old female with an abdominal pain and intact skin
B. An 18-year old male with a casted or broken leg
C. A 78-year old dehydrated male with an excoriated skin
D. A 23-year old female recovering from facial injuries sustained in a car accident
2. Which of the following groups of individuals is most susceptible to infection?
A. Middle-aged adults
B. Young adults
C. Young children
D. Newborn infants
3. Which of the following situations is an example of a nosocomial infection?
A. A urinary tract infection develops in a paralyzed client who voids without catheterization
B. A confined debilitated client contracts influenza from his roommate
C. An infection develops at an IV infusion site because of poor insertion technique
D. A hospitalized child develops chicken pox lesions one day after admission
4. A person who harbors the microorganism but does not manifest the signs and symptoms of the disease is called:
A. Contact
B. Infected
C. Suspect
D. Carrier
5. Which of the following term refers to the degree of pathogenicity of a microbe, or in other words the relative ability of a
microbe to cause disease?
A. Susceptibility
B. Virulence
C. Infection
D. None of the above
6. When a disease occurs irregularly with no specific pattern is known as:
A. Epidemic
B. Endemic
C. Pandemic
D. Sporadic
7. This refers to the habitual occurrence of a disease affecting few people or during specific periods is known as:
A. Endemic
B. Sporadic
C. Herd immunity
D. Epidemic
8. This refers to the act of watching:
A. Quarantine
B. Isolation
C. Focusing
D. Surveillance
9. Which level of prevention does health education and promotion falls into?
A. Tertiary prevention
B. Secondary prevention
C. Primary prevention
D. Complete level of prevention
10. Nurse Didi determines the probable cause of health conditions that occur in the community by using:
A. Demography
B. Vital statistics
C. Multiple causation theory
D. Epidemiology

COLLEGE OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION – COURSE AUDIT 1