Chap 14 Review

.Which of the following is NOT a communicable disease? A. malaria B. AIDS C. tuberculosis D. tetanus E. typhoid fever

tetanus

Which of the following can contribute to postoperative infections? A. using syringes more than once B. normal microbiota on the operating room staff C. errors in aseptic technique D. antibiotic resistance E. All of the answers are correct.

all of the answers are correct

Which of the following is NOT one of Koch's postulates? A. The same pathogen must be present in every case of the disease. B. the pathogen must be isolated and grown in pure culture from the diseased host. C. The pathogen from pure culture must cause the disease when inoculated into a healthy, susceptible laboratory animal. D. The disease must be transmitted from a diseased animal to a healthy, susceptible animal by direct contact. E. The pathogen must be isolated in pure culture from an experimentally infected lab animal.

The disease must be transmitted from a diseased animal to a healthy, susceptible animal by direct contact

A cold transmitted by a facial tissue is an example of A. direct contact. B. droplet transmission. C. fomite. D. vector. E. vehicle transmission

fomite

What is the correct order of the periods of disease development? A. incubation, illness, decline, prodromal, convalescence B. convalescence, illness, decline, incubation, prodromal C. incubation, prodromal, illness, decline, convalescence D. illness, incubation, prodromal, convalescence, decline E. prodromal, incubation, illness, convalescence, decline

incubation, prodromal, illness, decline, convalescence

Focal infections initially start out a A. sepsis. B. bacteremia. C. septicemia. D. local infections. E. systemic infections

local infections

A commensal bacterium A. does not receive any benefit from its host. B. is beneficial to its host. C. may also be an opportunistic pathogen. D. always causes disease in its host. E. isn't capable of causing disease in its host

may also be an opportunistic bacterium

Which of the following pairs is mismatched? A. malaria — vector B. salmonellosis — vehicle transmission C. syphilis — direct contact D. influenza — droplet infection E. None of the pairs is mismatched.

none of the pairs

Koch observed Bacillus anthracis multiplying in the blood of cattle. What is this condition called? A. bacteremia B. focal infection C. local infection D. septicemia E. systemic infection

septicemia

Which of the following statements about nosocomial infections is FALSE? A. They occur in compromised patients. B. They may be caused by opportunists. C. They may be caused by drug-resistant bacteria. D. They may be caused by normal microbiota. E. The patient was infected before hospitalization

the patient was infected before hospitalization