Question

1. Match the terms with its description or example
        1. Malaria in tropical countries
        2. a few cases of measles in an unvaccinated population
        3. a 50% increase in influenza cases in a three months period
        4. Inordinate high numbers of cases of a viral disease seen in several countries spanning a couple of continents

        A. Pandemic
        B. Outbreak
        C. Epidemic
        D. Endemic


2. An eating utensile cannot be a reservoir because
        A. it is too small
        B. . it cannot spread disease even if infected
        C.it is not alive
        D. organisms cannot live, and reproduce on a fork for an extended period of time.

3. Which is true of reservoirs?"

        A. It is harder to control a disease that has humans as their only reservoir
        B.Most communicable diseases have animal reservoirs
        C. Most contagious diseases have non-human reservoirs
        D.Asymptomatic carriers are human reservoirs most difficult to control

4. Which organism has the most ineffective portal of exit?
        A. An organism that exits through the gastrointestinal tract
        B. An organism that exits through the respiratory tract
        C.An organism that infects internal organs, and has to exit through blood
        D. An organism that causes wound infections

6.Which is true of indirect contact transmission
        A. relies on fomites
        B. organisms transmitted via indirect contact cannot be transmitted via direct contact
        C. handwashing is often not effective, since organisms are often airborne
        D. A and C
        E. B and C

7. Standng over 1 meter (3feet) away from a person who has a respiratory infection should prevent air droplet transmission.
    A. True
    B, False

8. Which is a factor in the spread of an epidemic?
       A. incubation period
        B. age of a population
        C. . gender of a population
        D. A and B
        E. A, B, and C

Answer 1

Q1:

1. Malaria in tropical countries = D. Endemic.

2. A few cases of measles in an unvaccinated population. = C. Epidemic.

3. A  50% increase in influenza cases in a three months period = B. Outbreak.

4. Inordinate high numbers of cases of a viral disease seen in several countries spanning a couple of continents = A. Pandemic.

Q2. D. Organisms cannot live, and reproduce on a fork for an extended period of time.

Q3:B.Most communicable diseases have animal reservoirs.

Communicable diseases have animals as reservoirs and are spread from one infected individual to other.

Q4: D. An organism that causes wound infections.