68 Whiskey - LPC questions and answers
2026\2027 A+ Grade
What is a microorganism?
- correct answer Living cells found almost everywhere in the environment
What is a pathogen?
- correct answer Microorganism that causes disease
____________ forming bacteria are the most difficult to control and destroy
- correct answer Spore
What microorganism needs a host to make a protein and energy?
- correct answer Viruses
What are standard Precautions?
- correct answer A combination of universal precautions designed to reduce risk of transmission of
pathogens that involves BSI (Body Substance Isolation).
All patients are considered infected.
What are the three types of transmission based precautions, what do they entail, and what diseases do
they protect against?
- correct answer Airborne - tiny microorganisms from evaporated in droplets suspended in the air
diseases include TB, measles, chickenpox
Droplet - microorganisms are propelled through the air diseases include meningitis, pneumonia,
streptococcal pharyngitis, and rubella
,Contact - direct contact with a susceptible host and an infected person. diseases include respiratory, skin
, and wound infections. Herpes simplex virus
What is reverse isolation and who would be eligible to receive it?
- correct answer Neutropenic (reverse isolation) precautions are to keep microorganisms from the
outside environment away from a patient with a weakened immune system.
Eligible patients include burns or bone marrow transplants. HIV, patients undergoing chemotherapy or
incredibly ill patients.
'What is surgical asepsis?
- correct answer A sterile technique where no organisms are carried to the patient and microorganisms
are destroyed from surfaces before they can enter the body
What is the most frequent mode of disease transmission?
- correct answer Direct Contact
What is the most effective way to prevent the spread of disease?
- correct answer Hand Washing
How long should an individual wash their hands for?
- correct answer The duration will be a minimum of 10 to 15 seconds, or 2 minutes or longer depending
on the potential for contamination
List the stages of infection.
- correct answer 1. Pathogenic Mircoorganism
2. Reservoir
3. Portal of Exit
4.Vehicle of Transmission
5. Portal of Entry
6. Susceptible Host
PRPVPS
, What is virulence?
- correct answer The pathogens strength to cause disease
What are the NORMAL COURSE of infection?
- correct answer Incubation Period
Prodromal Stage
Full Stage of Illness
Convalescent Stage
I, PFC Infection
What is a Nosocomial Infection?
- correct answer Infections that patients acquire while in the health care facility
Getting sick in the hospital is not so comical
What authority allows you to dispense direction?
- correct answer Off line medical direction
What should you do if the dose ordered for a patient by a provider is incorrect?
- correct answer You should recheck the dosage with the provider about the suitability of any
medication.
What is drug tolerance?
- correct answer A progressive decrease in the effectiveness of a drug
What are the six rights?
- correct answer Right Patient
Right Medication
Right Dose
Right Route
2026\2027 A+ Grade
What is a microorganism?
- correct answer Living cells found almost everywhere in the environment
What is a pathogen?
- correct answer Microorganism that causes disease
____________ forming bacteria are the most difficult to control and destroy
- correct answer Spore
What microorganism needs a host to make a protein and energy?
- correct answer Viruses
What are standard Precautions?
- correct answer A combination of universal precautions designed to reduce risk of transmission of
pathogens that involves BSI (Body Substance Isolation).
All patients are considered infected.
What are the three types of transmission based precautions, what do they entail, and what diseases do
they protect against?
- correct answer Airborne - tiny microorganisms from evaporated in droplets suspended in the air
diseases include TB, measles, chickenpox
Droplet - microorganisms are propelled through the air diseases include meningitis, pneumonia,
streptococcal pharyngitis, and rubella
,Contact - direct contact with a susceptible host and an infected person. diseases include respiratory, skin
, and wound infections. Herpes simplex virus
What is reverse isolation and who would be eligible to receive it?
- correct answer Neutropenic (reverse isolation) precautions are to keep microorganisms from the
outside environment away from a patient with a weakened immune system.
Eligible patients include burns or bone marrow transplants. HIV, patients undergoing chemotherapy or
incredibly ill patients.
'What is surgical asepsis?
- correct answer A sterile technique where no organisms are carried to the patient and microorganisms
are destroyed from surfaces before they can enter the body
What is the most frequent mode of disease transmission?
- correct answer Direct Contact
What is the most effective way to prevent the spread of disease?
- correct answer Hand Washing
How long should an individual wash their hands for?
- correct answer The duration will be a minimum of 10 to 15 seconds, or 2 minutes or longer depending
on the potential for contamination
List the stages of infection.
- correct answer 1. Pathogenic Mircoorganism
2. Reservoir
3. Portal of Exit
4.Vehicle of Transmission
5. Portal of Entry
6. Susceptible Host
PRPVPS
, What is virulence?
- correct answer The pathogens strength to cause disease
What are the NORMAL COURSE of infection?
- correct answer Incubation Period
Prodromal Stage
Full Stage of Illness
Convalescent Stage
I, PFC Infection
What is a Nosocomial Infection?
- correct answer Infections that patients acquire while in the health care facility
Getting sick in the hospital is not so comical
What authority allows you to dispense direction?
- correct answer Off line medical direction
What should you do if the dose ordered for a patient by a provider is incorrect?
- correct answer You should recheck the dosage with the provider about the suitability of any
medication.
What is drug tolerance?
- correct answer A progressive decrease in the effectiveness of a drug
What are the six rights?
- correct answer Right Patient
Right Medication
Right Dose
Right Route
