[5] EOPA Review: Allied Health: Infection Control

Where would you find an anaerobic

microorganism?

• On a toilet seat

• In the soil

• In the air

• In sterile water

What statement about bacteria is true?

• All bacteria are harmful

• All bacteria are round

• All bacteria reproduce inside other

  
  

  living cells

• All bacteria are single-celled organisms

A patient’s sore throat is caused by a

streptococcus. How would it be treated?

• Antibiotic medication

• Antifungal gargle

• Antiviral throat wash

• There is no treatment for streptococcus

A man died from an infection caused by a

rickettsia. The infection was MOST LIKELY

transmitted by:

• Walking barefoot in a locker room.

• A blood transfusion.

• The bite of a tick.

• Breathing in contaminated air.

What organism can only be seen with an

electron microscope?

• Virus

• Protozoa

• Bacteria

• Fungus

Beth has a nosocomial infection. How did

she get it?

• Hiking in the woods.

• Having a massage at a hotel spa.

• Eating contaminated food.

• Spending three days in the hospital.

All pathogens are:

• Animal-like.

• Disease-producing.

• Destroyed by antibiotics.

• Transmitted by insects.

Tuberculosis is caused by a tubercle

bacillus, which is a/an:

• Virus.

• Protozoa.

• Bacteria.

• Fungus.

Albert has a yeast infection under his arm.

It should be treated with a/an:

• Antifungal cream.

• Antibiotic ointment.

• Vaccination.

• Hot compress

An infection that develops when the body’s

normal defenses are not working properly

is a/an:

• Mutant infection.

• Nonpathogenic infection.

• Opportunistic infection.

• Recessive infection.