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Communicable illness

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a susceptible host

a)

A person who can become infected with the pathogen

b)

Children who are well rested

c)

A teacher

d)

A doctor

2.

What is airborn transmission

a)

Germs that are transferred to the mouth via hands contaminated with fecal matter.

b)

Tiny droplets of moisture that are expelled during coughs, sneezes, and talking

c)

Smiling

d)

The single most effective control measure against the spread of communicable and infectious illness in child care and school environments

3.

What is communicable illiness

a)

A bacteria

b)

Fecal oral

c)

A parasite

d)

An I’ll ess that can be transmitted or spread from one person to another

4.

Germs are most commonly located in the discharges of the ________(nose, throat, lungs) and________tract of the infected person

a)

Respotory, intestinal

b)

Leg,arm

c)

Toes,back

d)

Right leg, left arm

5.

The way the the infectious agent moves from the original source to the new host

a)

Airborne

b)

Fecal-oral

c)

Method or transmission

d)

Pathogen

6.

What is a pathogen

a)

The disease causing agent must be present and available for transmission

b)

Not every child is affected

c)

Rested well

d)

Blood, eyes, skin

7.

Infectious organism enters the body and _______ rapidly in an appearance of the first signs or symptoms of illness

a)

Multiply

b)

Contagious

c)

Prodromal

d)

Incubation

8.

The time between exposure to a pathogen and the appearance of the first or symptoms of illness

a)

Incubation

b)

Method of transmission

c)

Prodromal

d)

Pathogen

9.

Control measures

a)

Nausea

b)

Pale skin

c)

Limit the speed of the illness

d)

Red/sore throat

e)

Contagious

10.

A child is highly contagious through this stage

a)

control measures

b)

Prodromal stage

c)

Incubation stage

d)

Acute stage