PORTAGE MICROBIOLOGY CERTIFIED QUALITY EXAM -6
QUESTIONS WITH 100% DEFINITIVE ANSWERS
What diseases displays as a secondary characteristic swelling
of the testes/ovaries and pancreas? (short answer)
Mumps. They will have primary swelling in the parotid in the
neck but will also have swelling in the testes/ovaries and
pancreas
What disease is best characterized by painful swelling of the
parotid? (short answer)
Mumps. A patient infected with mumps (aka epidemic parotitis)
has swelling in the parotid (salivary glands) located in the
neck
A patient diagnosed with German measles may additionally
experience what disease? Select all that apply
A. Impetigo
B. Conjuctivitis
C. Rheumatic fever
D. Influenza-like symptoms
B and D
, You go to visit a friend who has chickenpox. While visiting what
are two things you will be sure to avoid so you don't also
become infected?
1. You would want to be sure to keep a distance especially if
your friend is coughing or sneezing as chickenpox can be
transmitted through air-borne droplets (sneezing/coughs). 2.
You would also have to be absolutely certain to avoid direct
contact with the blisters of an infected individual
True or False: Someone who had chicken pox as a child is
likely to develop shingles while in college, where the median
age of college students is 18-22 years old
False. The most common age for shingles reactivation and
shingle diagnosis tends to occur in people greater than 60
years of age
True or False: Similar to chickenpox, the blisters that appear
with Shingles can cover the entire body
False. Unlike chickenpox blisters, which can form anywhere,
the blisters associated with shingles are localized and limited
to small areas
QUESTIONS WITH 100% DEFINITIVE ANSWERS
What diseases displays as a secondary characteristic swelling
of the testes/ovaries and pancreas? (short answer)
Mumps. They will have primary swelling in the parotid in the
neck but will also have swelling in the testes/ovaries and
pancreas
What disease is best characterized by painful swelling of the
parotid? (short answer)
Mumps. A patient infected with mumps (aka epidemic parotitis)
has swelling in the parotid (salivary glands) located in the
neck
A patient diagnosed with German measles may additionally
experience what disease? Select all that apply
A. Impetigo
B. Conjuctivitis
C. Rheumatic fever
D. Influenza-like symptoms
B and D
, You go to visit a friend who has chickenpox. While visiting what
are two things you will be sure to avoid so you don't also
become infected?
1. You would want to be sure to keep a distance especially if
your friend is coughing or sneezing as chickenpox can be
transmitted through air-borne droplets (sneezing/coughs). 2.
You would also have to be absolutely certain to avoid direct
contact with the blisters of an infected individual
True or False: Someone who had chicken pox as a child is
likely to develop shingles while in college, where the median
age of college students is 18-22 years old
False. The most common age for shingles reactivation and
shingle diagnosis tends to occur in people greater than 60
years of age
True or False: Similar to chickenpox, the blisters that appear
with Shingles can cover the entire body
False. Unlike chickenpox blisters, which can form anywhere,
the blisters associated with shingles are localized and limited
to small areas
