QUIZ 1 OVERVIEW INFECTIOUS DISEASE
A medical term that refers to the blood
(10/15)
1. Microorganism present in or on a host
without host interaction and eliciting symptoms
in the host.*
 Infection
 Colonization
 Infectious Disease
2. A condition in which the host interacts
physiologically and immunologically with a
microorganism.*
 Infectious Disease
 Colonization
 Infection
3. What is the primary goal of a successful
infection control program?*
 Perform Standard Isolation Precaution
 Observed and followed
Transmission-Based Precaution
 Break the chain of infection by
consistently practicing protocols
4. Who are the principal agencies involved in
setting guidelines about infection prevention?*
 DOH and LGU
 WHO and CDC
 HICPAC and state
5. Isolation Precautions are guidelines created
to prevent transmission of microorganisms in
the hospital, which tiers is designed for the care
of all patients in the hospital as the primary
strategy for prevention?*
 Standard Precautions
 Transmission-Based Precautions
 Isolation Precautions
6. Which laboratory report confirmed the
presence of microorganism in the specimen
and served as the primary source of
information about most bacterial infections?*
 Serology
 Hematology
 Microbiology
7.
stream infection caused by fungal organisms.*
 Bacteremia
 Fungemia
 Viremia
8. Which among the chain of infection that a
route is necessary to connect to the source of
infections with its new host?*
 Portal of Exit
 Mode of Entry
 Mode of Transmission
9. Changing IV sets & stopcock caps should be
changed no more frequently than every how
many days?*
 7 days
 3 days
 5 days
10. In the stages of Infectious Process, it is the
signs and symptoms start to decrease, & the
client returns to normal health.*
 Prodromal Stage
 Convalescence Stage
 Incubation Stage
11. A susceptible host (next sick person) for
infection to occur, the host must be susceptible.
What does this mean?*
 Had previous infection from a certain
disease
 Received a Vaccine Administration
 Not possessing Immunity to a particular
pathogen
12. Which among the 3 components of
laboratory reports provides the identity and
recognized the specific organism?*
 Smear and Stain
 Culture
 Antimicrobial Susceptibility
13. Which among the 3 components of
laboratory reports provides which antibiotics is
actively affects the bacteria?
 Smear and Stain
 Culture
 Antimicrobial Susceptibility
14. Which among the protective methods of the
human immune system continuously working to
blocks the entry of pathogen into the host?*
 Barrier Immunity
 Innate Immunity
 Acquired Immunity

15. Which among the protective methods of the

human immune response meant to attack
non-self pathogens but can sometimes make
errors and attack itself?*
 Barrier Immunity
 Innate Immunity
 Adaptive Immunity
PNEUMONIA (11/15) 7. A mode of transmission from the mouth &
1. Pneumonia is a chronic single disease nose of an infected person via the nasopharynx,
caused by pneumococcus. * through intimate contact with carriers.*
 Yes  Indirect contact
 No  Direct Infection

2. It is an infectious disease found in what part 8. Which among the classification of

of the respiratory tract?* Pneumonia that develops as a complication to
 Upper Respiratory a disease?*
 Lower Respiratory  Lobar Pneumonia
 Bronchopneumonia
3. Which of the following occupations has the  Nosocomial Pneumonia
least risk of working with irritating or hazardous  Atypical Pneumonia
materials?*
 poultry handlers 9. The nurse understands that further teaching
 housekeepers on the Pneumococcal vaccine is needed when
 corn farmers the patient states: *
 yoga instructors  The vaccine is not recommended for
older adults
4. A Hospital Acquired Pneumonia is also  The vaccine can reduce the incidence
known as* of Pneumonia by 60%
 Lobular Pneumonia  The vaccine does not protect against
 Croupous Pneumonia other viruses
 Nosocomial Pneumonia  The vaccine effectiveness depends on
 Viral Pneumonia the characteristics of the individual &
how close the vaccine matches the
5. When a nurse instructor conducting a current strain
teaching during a health lecture about the
causes of Pneumonia. She states that 10. A 55-year-old male patient has recently
community acquired pneumonia (CAP) can be been diagnosed with a lung abscess. He asks if
caused by all of the following except:* he can still smoke cigarettes after his treatment
 Mycoplasma is complete. What is the nurse best response?*
 Staphylococcus Aureus  “You should stop smoking; that’s
 Human Papillomavirus probably what caused your abscess.
 Hemophilus Influenza Have you considered nicotine skin
patches?”tion 1
6. Providing oral care and suctioning the airway  “Smoking is highly discouraged after
is an important intervention in order to prevent suffering a pulmonary abscess; can I
this classification of pneumonia.* help you seek out some smoking
 Community Acquired Pneumonia cessation resources?”
 Ventilator Associated Acquired  “Smoking will not impact your
Pneumonia pulmonary abscess because it is
 Aspiration Pneumonia isolated within a hard, fibrotic shell.”
 Opportunistic Pneumonia  "You can smoke a maximum of 2 times
per day.”
11. The day-shift nurse is receiving 15. A test used to measure the oxygen level
endorsement on her patients assignments for (oxygen saturation) of the blood.*
the day. Who has the highest priority of all the  Arterial Blood Gas
options?*  Spirometry
 The patient with serosanguinous chest  Chest X-ray Reading
tube drainage.  Pulse Oximetry
 The patient who with documented
bilateral wheezes.
 The patient who is complaining of
shortness of breath.
 The patient complaining of pain 7 on a
10 point scale.

12. A 28-year-old patient has been diagnosed

with pneumonia. When the nurse performs her
initial assessment , she notes the patient's
breathing is shallow and rapid. Place the nurse
next step in order in which she should be
performed. 1. Administer Oxygen via nasal
cannula 2.Document the finding 3. Place a
pulse oximeter on the patient 4. Listen to the
patient's breath sound 5. Record the patient's
RR*
 1,2,3,4,5
 5,4,3,2,1
 1,3,4,5,2
 1,3,5,4,2

13. A medication order reads 300 mg IV of

Clindamycin for a patient diagnosed with Lung
Abscess. The medication is available in 500
mg/50 mL. How many mL will the nurse
administer?*
 15 mL
 20 mL
 25 mL
 30 mL

14. It measures how fast and how much air you

breath out. It is a painless study of air volume
and flow rate within the lungs.*
 Arterial Blood Gas
 Spirometry
 Chest X-ray Reading
 Pulse Oximetry
EBOLA (10/15)
1. The single, most important means of 6. How may human avoid Ebola?*
preventing the spread of infection is:*  Avoid being kicked in the face
 antibiotic therapy  Avoid being hit
 isolation measures  Avoid eating bush meat
 gowning and gloving  Avoid shaking hands with people
 Hand washing
7. When and where was the Ebola virus
2. The World Health Organization seeks to discovered?*
prevent future outbreaks of Ebola by all of the  1976 in the Democratic Republic of
following except:* Congo Ebola River
 Assistance with safe and dignified  1978 in Guinea Ebola River
burial practices  1980 in South Africa Ebola River
 Maintaining surveillance for the Ebola  1872 in Sudan Ebola River
virus disease
 Distributing prophylaxis antibiotics 8. Epidemiologists use the information they
throughout Africa for those most at risk collect to accomplish all of the following except*
for the disease  Assessing the community’s health
 Supporting at-risk countries to develop  Contributing to the physicians,
preparedness plans understanding of patients ‘diseases
 Make diagnosis and provide treatment
3. What does the Ebola virus use as a host for future cases of Ebola virus disease
besides humans?*  Helping individual to make decisions
 Pigs such as quitting smoking and taking the
 Primates stairs instead of elevators
 Sheep
 Cows 9. Measures to prevent the occurrence of Ebola
virus infection*
4. The evidence that Epidemiologists are at  Avoid being airborne
work in Ebola outbreaks include all of the  Avoid iv Fluids
following except:*  Avoid tap water
 Training of health-care workers to take  Avoid bodily fluids
standard precautions when caring for
all patients regardless of presumed 10. Some symptoms of Ebola are :*
illness.  Fever of more than 40 degrees, muscle
 Monitoring of outbreak containment pain
measures including safe and dignified  Meningitis, vomiting
burial of the dead.  Bleeding, Heart Failure
 Prescribing medication to help relieve  Abdominal pain/liver failure
the symptoms of patients with Ebola
Virus Disease 11. Which of the following is not considered to
 Reducing the risk of wildlife-to-human be a determinant of the Ebola virus disease?*
Transmission  Fruit bats which are natural Ebola virus
disease
5. What is not a symptom of Ebola?*  Burial ceremonies that include direct
 Fever contact with the body of the deceased
 Abdominal pain  Human-to-human transmission from
 Sadness objects that have been contaminated.
 Muscle pain  Symptoms such as fever, muscle pain,
 headaches and sore throat

12. Regarding sexual activity in Ebola survivors,

all of the following are true except*
 All Ebola survivors and their sexual
partners should receive counselling to
ensure safer sexual practices until their
semen has twice tested negative
 Ebola survivors and their sexual
partners should either abstain from
sexual activity or observe safer sex
through consistent condom use until
the male’s semen has tested negative
twice for the virus
 After testing negative for Ebola,
survivors can safely resume normal
sexual practices without fear of Ebola
virus transmission through sexual
activity
 Male Ebola survivors should be offered
semen testing at 6 months after onset
of the disease, then weekly after that
until twice tested negative with an
interval of one week between tests.

13. Men who recover from Ebola should do this

for 3 months*
 Test blood sugar
 Use private toilets
 Wear condoms
 Abstain from sexual practice

14. Which of these can pass along the Ebola

virus*
 Dandruff
 Fingernails
 Tears
 Hair fall

15. What is the level of risk associated with

Ebola contaminating rivers and drinking-water
sources?*
 High
 Medium
 Low
 Very high
  False

SWINE FLU (19/20) 9. Flu vaccine stimulates body's immune

1. Does the 2009 H1N1 vaccination protect system to make antibodies to attack the flu
people from the seasonal flu?* virus.*
 Yes  True
 No  False

2. Amount of time the H1N1 virus stays alive on 10. Tamiflu Suspension bottle must include in
doorknobs and/or desktops. * the pharmacy label the date it was constituted,
 5-6 hours it should be consumed with in how many
 4-8 hours days? *
 2-8 hours  5 days
 4-6 hours  10 days
 15 days
3. Ways on how to protect oneself from H1N1,  20 days
except:*
 Wash hands often 11. A virus resulted from re-assortment, a
 don't touch mouth or nose process through which 2 or more influenza
 Vaccination viruses can swap genetic information by
 avoid eating pigs meat infecting a single human or animal host.*
 True
4. Medicines that blocks the action of viruses to  False
the body is:*
 antibiotic 12. Two major surface glycoproteins in
 antiviral Influenza Viruses are Hemagglutinin and
 antibacterial Neuraminidase.*
 antifungi  False
 True
5. Which medication for Swine Flu that can be
given by inhalation?* 13. The incubation period for H1N1 swine flu
 Zanamivir ranges from 1 to 4 days, with the
 Oseltamivir average around :*
 2 to 5 days
6. What is the Swine Flu?*  3 to 6 days
 a stomach virus  2 to 6 days
 a respiratory disease  2 to 7 days
 a headache
 a bug bite 14. Polymerase Chain Reaction can be use as
one of the diagnostic procedure for Swine Flu*
7. What is not a symptom of the Swine Flu?*  Yes
 cough  No
 fever
 chills 15. The age group that is hospitalized the most
 violence due to severe H1N1 complications. *
 under 5 years old
8. The swine flu can be spread through human  over 65 years old
to human contact.*  5 to 18 years old
 True  5 to 65 years old
16. Severe cases of Swine Flu mostly to those
with underlying chronic medical conditions can
be fatal.*
 True
 False

17. An over-the -counter pain reliever can be

taken for symptoms like sore throat and
headaches *
 Yes
 No

18. A substance used to stimulate the

production of antibodies and provide immunity
against one or several diseases.*
 antiviral
 antibiotic
 anti-inflammatory
 vaccine

19. Which vaccine that contains live weakened

virus*
 nasal spray vaccine
 injection

20. Which vaccine that contains dead (inactive)

virus*
 nasal spray vaccine
 injection
MER-COV (13/15)
1. MERS is the abbreviation for:* 10. The animal which is a suspected carrier of
 Mucosal Esophageal Respiratory MERS is:*
Syndrome  Elephant
 Mildly Elevated Riboflavin in Serum  Camel
 Middle East Respiratory Syndrome  Buffalo
 Milk Egg Reaction Syndrome  Cow

2. The type of virus that causes MERS is a 11. In the history of Corona Virus, which
coronavirus.* lineage that MERSCoV belongs? *
 True  A
 False  B
 C
3. MERS spreads through direct contact with a  D
patient.*
 True 12. Which among the basic reproduction
 False numbers that belongs to MERSCoV?*
 1: 2 to 3
4. The symptoms of MERS appear within a day  0.7 : 3
or two following contact with an infected  0.3 : 0.8
patient.*  1:2
 True
 False 13. When people with MERSCoV is left
untreated, the following severe complications
5. The most common symptom observed in may occur;*
patients of MERS is:*  Bronchiolitis and COPD
 Fever  Gastroenteritis and Diarrhea
 Muscle pain  Pneumonia and Kidney Failure
 Stomach ache  Emphysema and Tuberculosis
 Headache
14. If symptom onset in MERSCoV was more
6. MERS can cause Pneumonia.* than 14 days, CDC recommends additional
 True testing of a serum specimen like;*
 False  Nasopharyngeal Swab
 Oropharyngeal Swab
7. MERS can be cured with the antibiotic  Serum Antigen
Amoxicillin.*  rRT-PCR serologic assay
 True
 False 15. MERSCoV virus can be detected with
higher viral load & longer duration in the lower
8. People visiting Saudi Arabia are advised to respiratory tract & has been detected in the
take a MERS vaccine one month before travel.* following EXCEPT;*
 True  Vomitus
 False  Feces
 Urine
9. MERS usually affects individuals who have a  Serum
pre-existing illness like Diabetes.*
 True
 False