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World Health Unit 1

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Area where the causative agent can live 
a)
mode of transmission
b)
portal of exit
c)
reservoir
d)
portal of entry
2.

How the causative agent transmits or moves around

a)

portal of entry

b)

portal of exit

c)

reservoir

d)

mode of transmission

3.

A pathogen that causes disease

a)

portal of exit

b)

susceptible host

c)

causative agent

d)

portal of entry

4.

Way for causative agent to escape or leave the reservoir

a)

portal of entry

b)

portal of exit

c)

reservoir

d)

causative agent

5.

Person who gets a disease because of weak defenses

a)

causative agent

b)

susceptible host

c)

reservoir

d)

portal of entry

6.

Way for the causative agent to enter a new reservoir or host

a)

portal of entry

b)

portal of exit

c)

direct

d)

indirect

7.

Type of contact between person to person

a)

direct

b)

indirect

c)

mode of transmission

d)

reservoir

8.

What oath do doctors have to take?

a)

Galen's Oath

b)

The Vesalic Oath

c)

The Hippocratic Oath

d)

The patients Oath

9.
The Father of Medicine is
a)
Hippocrates
b)
Aristotle
c)
Rhazes
d)
Galen
10.
Disinfectants and antiseptics were first used to prevent infection during surgery and developed methods of medical asepsis by .....
a)
Dr. James Simpson
b)
Joseph Lister
c)
Louis Pasteur
d)
Dr. Philippe Pinel
11.
Penicillin was discovered in 1928 by 
a)
Sir Alexander Fleming
b)
Dr. Philippe Pinel
c)
Sigmund Freud
d)
William Roentgen
12.
Invented the stethoscope in 1816
a)
Robert Koch
b)
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
c)
Joseph Lister
d)
Rene Laennec
13.
Discovered X-rays in 1895
a)
William Harvey
b)
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
c)
Robert Koch
d)
William Roentgen
14.
Artist who used dissection to draw the human body. 
a)
Louis Pasteur
b)
Sir Alexander Fleming
c)
Leonardo da Vinci
d)
Florence Nightengale
15.
Founded the American Red Cross in 1881. 
a)
Benjamin Franklin
b)
Sir Alexander Fleming
c)
Clara Barton
d)
Florence Nightengale
16.

Founder of modern nursing. Also known as the Lady with the lamp!

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

Sir Alexander Fleming

c)

Clara Barton

d)

Florence Nightengale

17.

Who discovered the smallpox vaccination?

a)

Edward Jenner

b)

Edwin Jenner

c)

Robert Koch

d)

Robbert Kosh

18.

Who created the first vaccine for polio?

a)

Edward Jenner

b)

Louis Pasteur

c)

William Harvey

d)

Jonas Salk

19.
Medicaid
a)
Federal health insurance program administered by the state for people with income below the poverty level
b)
Federal health insurance for the elderly
c)
Fee paid for services rendered
d)
Health insurance for members of the military and their families
20.

This type of insurance pays for people over 65 or with certain disabilities

a)

Medicare

b)

Medicaid

21.

This insurance model requires you to select from a list of "approved providers" before you can see a specialist.

a)

HMO

b)

PPO

c)

Point of Service Plans

d)

COBRA

22.

This insurance model allows you to see any provider and typically cost a little more.

a)

HMO

b)

PPO

23.

TRICARE is for what population of people?

a)

Seniors and disabled

b)

Military members and their families

c)

Civilians

d)

Pregnant women with low income

24.

The surgeon who separated conjoined twins in 1987 was

a)

Benjamin Carson

b)

Francis Clark

c)

Sir Alexander Fleming

d)

James Watson

25.

what year was the MRI discovered by Raymond Van Damadian

a)

1955

b)

1901

c)

1999

d)

1946