Virus Quiz

There are several factors that must be present in order for an infection to occur.  Together these 6 factors are

referred to as the ___________:

• infection process  

• path of infection

• chain of infection 

• none of these

The place where a causative agent lives is called the __________________:

• reservoir

• mode of transmission

• portal of exit  

• portal of entry

The route by which a pathogen enters its new host is called ___________________:

• reservoir

• mode of transmission

• portal of exit  

• portal of entry

The method by which a pathogen gets from the reservoir to the new host is called ___________________:

• portal of exit  

• mode of transmission

• portal of entry   

• susceptible host

A microorganism that cannot live outside the cells of another living organism is called:

   

• a flagella  

• parasitic

• a spore

• pathogenic

High risk patients for infection “susceptible host” include cancer patients, transplant patients, and healthy athletes.

• True

• False

In the laboratory all specimens should be treated as pathogenic.

• True

• False

 

The respiratory system and the gastrointestinal system can be portals of entry for a pathogen like a virus.

• True

• False

Touching contaminated equipment or breathing in contaminated droplets are examples of modes of transmission

• True

• False

Infections that are not normally pathogenic that grow out of control when the immune system is not functioning properly are called opportunistic.

• True

• False

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