Ch. 34 - NCLEX
Review Questions
with Answers
User [Date] [Course title]
, B - If an infectious disease is transmitted directly from one person to another, it is a communicable
disease. Portals of entry and exit are the mechanisms of disease transmission. A susceptible host is a
person who can acquire an infection. - Correct Answer: If an infectious disease can be transmitted
directly from one person to another, it is:
A) A susceptible host
B) A communicable disease
C) A portal of entry to a host
D) A portal of exit from the reservoir
A - The blood is a reservoir for pathogens in hepatitis B and C. Neither organism can survive in the
urinary, reproductive, or respiratory tract. - Correct Answer: In infectious diseases such as hepatitis B
and C, a reservoir for pathogens is:
A) The blood
B) The urinary tract
C) The respiratory tract
D) The reproductive tract
A - Good hand hygiene is the most effective way to break the chain of infection. Wearing gloves can help
in decreasing disease transmission, but clean hands are required for it to be truly effective. Placing
clients in isolation is costly and often unnecessary, and clients can be psychologically harmed by
isolation. Even providing private rooms for clients will not be effective if health care workers do not
follow good hand hygiene practices. - Correct Answer: The most effective way to break the chain of
infection is by:
A) Practicing good hand hygiene
B) Wearing gloves
C) Placing clients in isolation
D) Providing private rooms for clients
D - If the nurse touches a sheet (nonsterile) with sterile gloves, the gloves are contaminated. The other
actions do not contaminate sterile gloves. - Correct Answer: A nurse is assigned to care for a client with
a deep wound infection. Which of the following actions would result in the contamination of sterile
gloves?
Review Questions
with Answers
User [Date] [Course title]
, B - If an infectious disease is transmitted directly from one person to another, it is a communicable
disease. Portals of entry and exit are the mechanisms of disease transmission. A susceptible host is a
person who can acquire an infection. - Correct Answer: If an infectious disease can be transmitted
directly from one person to another, it is:
A) A susceptible host
B) A communicable disease
C) A portal of entry to a host
D) A portal of exit from the reservoir
A - The blood is a reservoir for pathogens in hepatitis B and C. Neither organism can survive in the
urinary, reproductive, or respiratory tract. - Correct Answer: In infectious diseases such as hepatitis B
and C, a reservoir for pathogens is:
A) The blood
B) The urinary tract
C) The respiratory tract
D) The reproductive tract
A - Good hand hygiene is the most effective way to break the chain of infection. Wearing gloves can help
in decreasing disease transmission, but clean hands are required for it to be truly effective. Placing
clients in isolation is costly and often unnecessary, and clients can be psychologically harmed by
isolation. Even providing private rooms for clients will not be effective if health care workers do not
follow good hand hygiene practices. - Correct Answer: The most effective way to break the chain of
infection is by:
A) Practicing good hand hygiene
B) Wearing gloves
C) Placing clients in isolation
D) Providing private rooms for clients
D - If the nurse touches a sheet (nonsterile) with sterile gloves, the gloves are contaminated. The other
actions do not contaminate sterile gloves. - Correct Answer: A nurse is assigned to care for a client with
a deep wound infection. Which of the following actions would result in the contamination of sterile
gloves?
