Block III: Unit 2 Communicable Disease

Question 1

In order to use prevention and control measures effectively, you must know the characteristics of the:

Accepted Answer

Infectious agent, Susceptible Host, Mode of Transmission

Question 2

_____ is a way to reduce or stop further spread of disease/injury once it has occurred

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Control

Question 3

Select All That Apply: What is Public Health's Responsibilities for Communicable Diseases?

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Report Communicable Disease, Reference - AFMAN 48-105 Public Health Surveillance, Collect and Review Morbidity and Mortality Data

Question 4

An infectious agent may be transmitted from its reservoir to a susceptible host though ___ and ___

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Direct Transmission, Indirect Transmission

Question 5

Select All That Apply: Portal of Exit

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Blood- through the use of hypodermic needles, bites, etc, Sexual organs- unprotected sexual contact, Nose and/or mouth- when someone sneezes, coughs, etc., Fecal waste- exit the body through defecation

Question 6

___ is a web-based program which reports directly to the Epidemiology Consult Service division under the USAFSAM

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Air Force Disease Reporting System Internet (AFDRSi)

Question 7

contaminated food provides an ideal breeding ground for the proliferation of pathogens

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Food Preparation and Handling

Question 8

focus on improving general health, personal hygiene,how to avoid infection& preventing spreading the infection to others

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Education

Question 9

Public Health's Responsibilities: Report all urgently reportable diseases within 24 hours

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True

Question 10

The chain of infection can be broken at three links:

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Mode of Transmission (by which the infectious agent is transmitted), Susceptible person, Reservoir(Source) of the infectious agent

Question 11

controls disease by identifying insects or rodents, knowing its habitat, breeding habits, and feeding behavior

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Insects/Vector Control

Question 12

focus is on sanitary disposal of wastes

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Soil

Question 13

illness due to a specific infectious agent/its toxic product that arise through transmission ofthat agent or its product

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Communicable Disease

Question 14

Vector-borne transmission is further classified into two distinct categories:

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Mechanical transmission, Biological transmission

Question 15

Select All That Apply: How can a Susceptible person protect themselves from infectious agent?

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Prophylaxis, Patient Education, Personal Hygiene, Immunization

Question 16

What are the SIX Essential Elements of Disease?

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Reservoir, Susceptible Host, Mode of Transmission, Portal of Entry, Infectious Agent, Portal of Exit

Question 17

the transfer of an infectious agent from reservoir to a host by suspended air particles, inanimate objects, or animate

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Indirect Transmission

Question 18

___ is used to boost the body’s immune defenses. Target susceptible person(s), goal is to increase host resistance

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Immunizations

Question 19

Mode of Transmission

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How an infectious agent may transmit from its reservoir to susceptible host

Question 20

Indirect transmission is broken down into what three categories ?

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Vehicle-borne transmission, Airborne Transmission, Vector-borne transmission

Question 21

____is the simplest, easiest, and most effective way to prevent getting or passing on many germs.

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Hand Washing

Question 22

infectious agent is spread by crawling or flying insects (flies, roaches) usually on their feet or mouth.

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Mechanical transmission

Question 23

What is Pathogenicity?

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the ability of an agent to cause clinical disease in a susceptible host.

Question 24

Infectious Agent

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organisms that live on or in the body of a host and can produce disease

Question 25

Ensure reportable diseases are reported to appropriate authorities and entered into____

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AFDRSi

Question 26

Prophylaxis is an example of personal protective devices such as condoms to prevent STIs.

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True

Question 27

___ are characteristics that increase the likelihood that a personwill acquire a specific disease.

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Risk factors

Question 28

____ is a way to stop the occurrence of disease or injury

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Prevention

Question 29

the separation of potentially exposed but well persons

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Quarantine

Question 30

___ are routinely given to prevent the spread of communicable diseases such as measles, mumps, polio, and chickenpox.

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Routine Immunizations

Question 31

Factors that could determine if someone will become ill when exposed to an infectious agent:

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Host immunity – the ability of the host to resist an invading organism, Characteristics of infectious agent - infectivity, pathogenicity&virulence, Characteristics of the host - age, gender, etc, Diseases and/or medical interventions that impair immunity, Physical condition of the host - general health, nutritional status, stress, Other factors - dose and duration of exposure to the infectious agent

Question 32

Reservoir

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any person, animal, arthropod, plant, soil or substance

Question 33

____ focuses on controlling pollution of the air, dust, soil, and water

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Environmental

Question 34

What is Virulence?

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the ability of an agent to cause severe disease in a host

Question 35

Portal Exit

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path by which an infectious agent leaves the host or reservoir

Question 36

The most important parts of the body that need to be washed are your:

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Fingers, Face, Feet, Front, Fanny

Question 37

Select All That Apply: What is the Infectious Agent's goal?

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grow, reproduce, invade

Question 38

occurs when infectious agents are carried by dust or droplets nuclei suspended in air

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Airborne Transmission

Question 39

___ is simply keeping vectors out of areas where food is prepared and/or consumed

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Prevention

Question 40

Susceptible Host

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A person or animal who is at risk of being infected by a disease

Question 41

Susceptible Person: The goal is to protect the host from the infectious agent; measures used to break this link include:

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prophylaxis, personal hygiene, education, immunizations

Question 42

particles in the air can contain infectious agents

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Dust

Question 43

personal hygiene, isolation, quarantine, surveillance, treatment, and education.

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Reservoir(Source)

Question 44

The most effective way to prevent and/or control disease is to, “Break the Chain of Infection!”

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True

Question 45

skin-to-skin contact, kissing, sexual intercourse, soil or vegetation by droplet spread entering the eye, nose, or mouth

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Direct Transmission

Question 46

What are the three terms used to describe an infectious agent?

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Infectivity, Virulence, Pathogenicity

Question 47

What is Infectivity?

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the ability of an agent to invade, survive, and multiply in a host

Question 48

infectious agent multiply/undergo further development b4 arthropod transmit infective form of infectious agent to humans

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Biological transmission

Question 49

person/animal that harbors the infectious agents for particular disease;transmit to others, but dont show signs/symptoms

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Carrier

Question 50

main source of biological pollution of water is the waste products of human/animal fecal wastes which swarm w/ pathogens

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Water

Question 51

____ not only resolves the patient’s infection, but will likely prevent spreading disease to others in the community

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Treatment

Question 52

____ is the separation of infected persons to prevent transmission to susceptible persons.

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Isolation

Question 53

Proportion of individuals in a community or population who are immune to a specific disease.

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Herd Immunity (group immunity)

Question 54

exposure to a source of an infection; a person who has been exposed

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Contact

Question 55

preventive measures taken to prevent disease

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Prophylaxis

Question 56

You should wash your hands:

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After coughing/sneezing, Before preparing food, Before eating, After using the bathroom, After changing a diaper

Question 57

Portal Entry

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How the infectious agents enters a susceptible host

Question 58

Public Health’s Responsibilities: Monitor& communicate rabies risk in the local area to MTF providers& reports exposures

Accepted Answer

True

Question 59

most the contagious airborne diseases are dueto respiratory pathogens carried in droplets of moistureto susceptiblehosts

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Air

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