APIC final assessment questions and
answers already passed
The laboratory notifies you that a patient on the nursing unit has a positive hepatitis A antibody
IgM. - correct answer ✔✔Patient is infectious
To facilitate drying and to reduce microbial contamination and proliferation in an endoscope,
you should: - correct answer ✔✔Blow compressed air through the channel and rinse with 70%
ethyl or isopropyl alcohol
A patient with rust-colored sputum, malaise, weight loss and fatigue is admitted to the medical
center from a long-term care (LTC) facility. The doctor orders sputum for AFB smear and culture,
fungal and bacterial cultures. A chest radio-graph shows right upper lobe infiltrates.
The patient has a negative PPD, and one sputum specimen is smear negative. - correct answer
✔✔Isolation should continue
You are making unit rounds and observe a housekeeper cleaning a blood spill. Although
adequate supplies are available, the housekeeper is NOT wearing gloves. Question The
housekeeper had attended an in-service on cleaning blood spills 1 week earlier. - correct answer
✔✔Cognitive
The CDC's Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP) is composed of four offices
(Healthcare Preparedness Activity; Antimicrobial Resistance; Blood, Tissue and Organ Safety;
and immunization Safety). - correct answer ✔✔Executive
A new employee to your facility is foreign-born and received the bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG)
vaccine as a child. - correct answer ✔✔Two-step PPD as any other employee would receive
,The validity of a culture report is dependent on the quality of the specimen sent. To determine
if an expectorated specimen was sputum and not saliva, the Gram stain should show: - correct
answer ✔✔Fewer than 10 epithelial cells per low-power field
Legitimate power is based upon the perception that the leader has a right to exercise influence
because of the leader's: - correct answer ✔✔Title or position within the organization
A hemodialysis patient who has a positive Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) has just been
admitted to the surgical floor for evaluation of abdominal pain. His next treatment is scheduled
for the following day. The inpatient dialysis unit does not have an isolation room. The supervisor
has requested your assistance in developing a plan to provide the treatment in the safest
location. - correct answer ✔✔Private room using dedicated equipment
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Infection Control Guidelines,
routine microbiological sampling is indicated for which of the following? - correct answer
✔✔Dialysis Fluid
Infection prevention and control priorities in a disaster include all of the following EXCEPT: -
correct answer ✔✔Obtaining medication from vendors not affected by disaster
When analyzing control chart data, a process is considered "out of control" if any of the
following are present except: - correct answer ✔✔Two of three consecutive data points are
above the upper control limit or below the lower control limit
Of all the common types of agents used for bioterrorism, one type is primarily transmitted to
others by contaminated food/water. Which type is that? - correct answer ✔✔Cholera
Legitimate power is based upon the perception that the leader has a right to exercise influence
because of the leader's: - correct answer ✔✔Title or position within the organization
, During the month of February, the IP finds that there were three sternal wound infections
among patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafts (CABG). Dr. A performed 28 surgeries,
Dr. B performed 26 surgeries and Dr. C performed six surgeries. - correct answer ✔✔5%
Optimal positioning to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) includes: - correct
answer ✔✔Semirecumbent positioning
You have recently been hired as an IP at a 250-bed hospital. One of your first duties will be to
develop an orientation program for all new employees. This program must be applicable to
individuals assigned to nursing and ancillary departments. You realize that these employees will
have different educational backgrounds and life experiences. - correct answer ✔✔Similar
pretest and posttest
The IP exits the elevator and finds a major renovation area with non intact barriers near the
operating room and ICUs. Dust and debris are evident in the corridor. A meeting is immediately
arranged between the hospital engineering director and the contractor.
The IP stresses the following:
1. An airtight barrier must be installed from floor to ceiling and taped closed with duct tape
2. All debris hauled out of the renovation area must be in tightly closed containers
3. All dust tracked outside the area must be removed immediately, either by damp mopping or
HEPA-filtered vacuum
4. All ventilation ducts must be blocked within the construction area - correct answer ✔✔1,2,3
During educational in-service to pediatric nurses, the IP is asked how to manage a patient with
cytomegalovirus (CMV).
The correct precautions include: - correct answer ✔✔Following Standard Precautions
answers already passed
The laboratory notifies you that a patient on the nursing unit has a positive hepatitis A antibody
IgM. - correct answer ✔✔Patient is infectious
To facilitate drying and to reduce microbial contamination and proliferation in an endoscope,
you should: - correct answer ✔✔Blow compressed air through the channel and rinse with 70%
ethyl or isopropyl alcohol
A patient with rust-colored sputum, malaise, weight loss and fatigue is admitted to the medical
center from a long-term care (LTC) facility. The doctor orders sputum for AFB smear and culture,
fungal and bacterial cultures. A chest radio-graph shows right upper lobe infiltrates.
The patient has a negative PPD, and one sputum specimen is smear negative. - correct answer
✔✔Isolation should continue
You are making unit rounds and observe a housekeeper cleaning a blood spill. Although
adequate supplies are available, the housekeeper is NOT wearing gloves. Question The
housekeeper had attended an in-service on cleaning blood spills 1 week earlier. - correct answer
✔✔Cognitive
The CDC's Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP) is composed of four offices
(Healthcare Preparedness Activity; Antimicrobial Resistance; Blood, Tissue and Organ Safety;
and immunization Safety). - correct answer ✔✔Executive
A new employee to your facility is foreign-born and received the bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG)
vaccine as a child. - correct answer ✔✔Two-step PPD as any other employee would receive
,The validity of a culture report is dependent on the quality of the specimen sent. To determine
if an expectorated specimen was sputum and not saliva, the Gram stain should show: - correct
answer ✔✔Fewer than 10 epithelial cells per low-power field
Legitimate power is based upon the perception that the leader has a right to exercise influence
because of the leader's: - correct answer ✔✔Title or position within the organization
A hemodialysis patient who has a positive Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) has just been
admitted to the surgical floor for evaluation of abdominal pain. His next treatment is scheduled
for the following day. The inpatient dialysis unit does not have an isolation room. The supervisor
has requested your assistance in developing a plan to provide the treatment in the safest
location. - correct answer ✔✔Private room using dedicated equipment
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Infection Control Guidelines,
routine microbiological sampling is indicated for which of the following? - correct answer
✔✔Dialysis Fluid
Infection prevention and control priorities in a disaster include all of the following EXCEPT: -
correct answer ✔✔Obtaining medication from vendors not affected by disaster
When analyzing control chart data, a process is considered "out of control" if any of the
following are present except: - correct answer ✔✔Two of three consecutive data points are
above the upper control limit or below the lower control limit
Of all the common types of agents used for bioterrorism, one type is primarily transmitted to
others by contaminated food/water. Which type is that? - correct answer ✔✔Cholera
Legitimate power is based upon the perception that the leader has a right to exercise influence
because of the leader's: - correct answer ✔✔Title or position within the organization
, During the month of February, the IP finds that there were three sternal wound infections
among patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafts (CABG). Dr. A performed 28 surgeries,
Dr. B performed 26 surgeries and Dr. C performed six surgeries. - correct answer ✔✔5%
Optimal positioning to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) includes: - correct
answer ✔✔Semirecumbent positioning
You have recently been hired as an IP at a 250-bed hospital. One of your first duties will be to
develop an orientation program for all new employees. This program must be applicable to
individuals assigned to nursing and ancillary departments. You realize that these employees will
have different educational backgrounds and life experiences. - correct answer ✔✔Similar
pretest and posttest
The IP exits the elevator and finds a major renovation area with non intact barriers near the
operating room and ICUs. Dust and debris are evident in the corridor. A meeting is immediately
arranged between the hospital engineering director and the contractor.
The IP stresses the following:
1. An airtight barrier must be installed from floor to ceiling and taped closed with duct tape
2. All debris hauled out of the renovation area must be in tightly closed containers
3. All dust tracked outside the area must be removed immediately, either by damp mopping or
HEPA-filtered vacuum
4. All ventilation ducts must be blocked within the construction area - correct answer ✔✔1,2,3
During educational in-service to pediatric nurses, the IP is asked how to manage a patient with
cytomegalovirus (CMV).
The correct precautions include: - correct answer ✔✔Following Standard Precautions
