INFECTIOUS DISEASES COMPREHENSIVE
TEST PAPER 2026 FULL QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
●● Best way to prevent infection. Answer: Wash your hands.
●● Transmission. Answer: How a pathogen spreads.
●● 3 types of transmission based precautions. Answer: Airborne,
droplet, and contact.
●● CDC. Answer: Center for Disease Control
●● Bacteria. Answer: One-celled microorganisms, classified by shape.
Cocci are round, bacillia are rod-shaped, and spirilla are spiral or
corkscrew in shape.
●● Protozoa. Answer: This is the simplest organisms in the animal
kingdom. They are single-celled microorganisms that exist in colonies.
They are often found in watery
●● Viruses. Answer: The smallest microorganisms that require a living
cell to reproduce.
, ●● Endogenous. Answer: Infections are ones that begin inside the body,
such as a tumor.
●● Exogenous. Answer: Infections are caused by something outside the
body, such as radiation or chemical solutions.
●● Noscomial Infections. Answer: They are disease acquired by an
individual within a health care facility.
●● Oppurtunistic Infections. Answer: They occur when the body's
defenses are weak, such as a patient who has AIDS.
●● Portal of Exit. Answer: Pathogen leaves the reservoir.
●● Mode of transmission. Answer: After leaving the reservoir, it must be
moved to another reservoir.
●● Portal of entry. Answer: The pathogen enters a new reservoir.
●● Suceptible Host. Answer: Weak defences and contracts the disease.
●● Surgical Asepsis. Answer: A sterile field
TEST PAPER 2026 FULL QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
●● Best way to prevent infection. Answer: Wash your hands.
●● Transmission. Answer: How a pathogen spreads.
●● 3 types of transmission based precautions. Answer: Airborne,
droplet, and contact.
●● CDC. Answer: Center for Disease Control
●● Bacteria. Answer: One-celled microorganisms, classified by shape.
Cocci are round, bacillia are rod-shaped, and spirilla are spiral or
corkscrew in shape.
●● Protozoa. Answer: This is the simplest organisms in the animal
kingdom. They are single-celled microorganisms that exist in colonies.
They are often found in watery
●● Viruses. Answer: The smallest microorganisms that require a living
cell to reproduce.
, ●● Endogenous. Answer: Infections are ones that begin inside the body,
such as a tumor.
●● Exogenous. Answer: Infections are caused by something outside the
body, such as radiation or chemical solutions.
●● Noscomial Infections. Answer: They are disease acquired by an
individual within a health care facility.
●● Oppurtunistic Infections. Answer: They occur when the body's
defenses are weak, such as a patient who has AIDS.
●● Portal of Exit. Answer: Pathogen leaves the reservoir.
●● Mode of transmission. Answer: After leaving the reservoir, it must be
moved to another reservoir.
●● Portal of entry. Answer: The pathogen enters a new reservoir.
●● Suceptible Host. Answer: Weak defences and contracts the disease.
●● Surgical Asepsis. Answer: A sterile field
