HST B1 CHN quiz 9-2-22

In order to prevent and control communicable diseases, which of the following information will be highly significant for the nurse?

• expertise of the physician

• nature of the disease

• availability of drugs and vaccine

• development of new technologies

Feces, urine, blood and other body fluids are considered as:

• vehicles of transmission

• portal of entry

• reservoir of agent

• portal of exit

Which of the following mosquitoes is known to carry the Dengue infection?

• dengue virus

• Aedes aegypti

• plasmodium vivax

• plasmodium falciparum

In the Philippines, which of the following groups are commonly affected by dengue?

• infants

• children

• teenagers

• elderly

Which of the following measures is not contraindicated in dengue?

• use aspirin for fever

• give dark colored food to check for GI bleeding

• apply calamine lotion for rashes

• administer ORS or hydrite solution for rehydration

Which of the following infectious agent is the cause of schistosomiasis?

• schistosoma japonicum

• enterobius vermicularis

• ascaris lumbricoides

• ancylosytoma duodenale

What is the intermediary host for schistosomiasis?

• anopheles mosquito

• oncomelamia quadrasi

• infected humans

• sarcoptes scabei

You know that typhoid fever is caused by which of the following organisms?

• shigella

• paramyxovirus

• salmonella

• spirochete

Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is the causative agent of:

• PTB

• cholera

• dysentery

• measles

Area where the causative agent can live 

• mode of transmission

• portal of exit

• reservoir

• portal of entry