Multiple Choice Questions -
Q1. All of these are practices to protect patients and healthcare providers, except:
a. Protective equipment.
b. Immunizations.
c. Patient avoidance.
d. Safety training.
Q2. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration requires employees to provide proof of immunity against what:
a. Varicella.
b. Rubella.
c. Measles.
d. All of these are correct.
Q3. What agencies are involved in creating regulations that govern the sale, distribution, and use of disinfectants and sterile agents?
a. OSHA, CDC, and TJC
b. TJC, CBC, and EPA
c. EPA, FDA, and CDC
d. EPA, CDC and OSHA
Q4. Human sources of infection are:
a. Patients.
b. Healthcare personnel.
c. Family and visitors.
d. All of these are correct.
Q5. When working with a patient who is on droplet precautions, a surgical mask should be worn when within:
a. 3 feet of patient
b. 10 feet of patient
c. 20 feet of patient
d. 30 feet of patient
Q6. Airborne precautions are used to prevent the transmission of infection agents:
a. up to 3 feet away when suspended in the air
b. up to 5 feet away when suspended in the air
c. over a long distance when suspended in the air
Q7. Airborne transmission occurs by the spread of evaporated droplet nuclei smaller than:
a. 0.5 μm.
b. 5 µm.
c. 1 μm.
d. 3 µm.
Q8. What is the first step in processing reusable equipment?
a. Pasteurization
b. Cleaning
c. Disinfection
d. Sterilization
Q9. The CDC recommends that ventilator circuits be changed routinely to prevent the introduction of infectious agents into the lungs:
a. True
b. False
Q10. Influenza can be transmitted by:
a. Contact
b. Droplet
c. Airborne
d. All of the above
Q11. Transfer of a pathogen through a contaminated intermediate object or person is called
a. Direct contact
b. Indirect contact
c. Vector contact
Q12. Tuberculosis can be transmitted by:
a. Contact
b. Droplet
c. Airborne
d. All of the above