PHS Chain of Infection Pre-Quiz

Which of the following is NOT a reservoir?

• food

• people

• blanket

• animals

What comes next in the chain of infection? Agent, reservoir, portal of exit,_________.

• portal of entry

• mode of transmission

• susceptible host

• bacteria

Which of the following is an example of contact transmission?

• shaking hands with someone

• winking

• jumping jacks

• coughing

Select examples of a mode of transmission.

• Contact

• Bacteria

• Droplet

• Mouth

A place where the microorganism lives and reproduces.

• portal of entry

• reservoir

• portal of exit

A place through which the microorganism leaves the resservoir.

• outbreak

• portal of exit

• portal of entry

Infections are caused by all of the following EXCEPT:

• insect bite

• fungus

• bacteria

• virus

This is the point of transfer of the microorganism from one place to another.

• reservoir

• pandemic

• mode of transmission

An opening that allows the microorganism to enter the host.

• infectious agent

• portal of exit

• portal of entry

It happens when the infection occurs with many people within a country.

• reservoir

• epidemic

• pandemic