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Nursing 609 Dunphy Final Study Set 2 questions || || || || || || || ||
with accurate detailed solutions || || ||
How do antiviral drugs act?
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a. They interfere with cell wall development.
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b. They decrease cell membrane permeability.
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c. They destroy new, immature viral particles.
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d. They reduce the rate of viral replication. - ✔✔ANS: D
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Which statement applies to yeasts?
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a. They are usually considered to be pathogenic.
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b. They seldom contain a distinct nucleus.
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c. They may cause opportunistic infection in the body.
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d. They are normally not found in large numbers in resident flora. - ✔✔ANS: C
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Fungi reproduce by:|| || ||
1. budding.
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2. extension of hyphae.
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3. binary fission.
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4. production of spores.
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a. 1, 2
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b. 2, 4
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c. 1, 2, 4
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d. 2, 3, 4 - ✔✔ANS: C
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Which of the following is NOT classified as a protozoan agent of disease?
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a. Plasmodium vivax
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b. Trichomonas vaginalis
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c. Tinea pedis
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d. Entamoeba histolytica - ✔✔ANS: C
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Which of the following is a characteristic of rickettsia?
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a. It is a very small gram-negative intracellular microbe.
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b. It exists in three forms.
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c. It causes sexually transmitted disease.
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d. It reproduces by budding. - ✔✔ANS: A
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Entamoeba histolytica is transmitted by which of the following? || || || || || || || || ||
a. Mosquitoes (bites)
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b. Inhaling contaminated particles
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c. Sexual intercourse
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d. Cysts in feces - ✔✔ANS: D
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Which of the following is a characteristic of resident or normal flora (microflora)?
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a. It exists in all areas of the body.
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b. Different species inhabit various areas of the body.
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c. It is of no benefit to the human host.
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d. It consists only of bacteria. - ✔✔ANS: B
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Which of the following is normally considered sterile?
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a. Urine
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b. Pharynx
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c. Distal urethra
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d. Vagina - ✔✔ANS: A
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The term nosocomial infection means:
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a. transmission involves an insect or animal host.
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b. acquired in a hospital or medical facility.
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c. transmitted by a fomite.
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d. spread by direct contact with secretions from an open lesion. - ✔✔ANS: B
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Transmission of microbes by direct contact includes: || || || || || || ||
a. touching a contaminated countertop.
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b. sexual intercourse.
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c. drinking contaminated water.
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d. inhaling dust-borne microbes. - ✔✔ANS: B
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What does the term carrier mean?
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a. A person with active infection who acts as a reservoir for microbes
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b. Animals, insects, objects, or surfaces contaminated by pathogens
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c. An individual who is contagious through infected secretions on the hands
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d. An asymptomatic person whose body harbors pathogens and can transmit them to others -
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✔✔ANS: D ||
Opportunistic infection may develop when: || || || || ||
a. pathogens enter the body but cannot colonize the site of entry.
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b. an imbalance occurs in the normal resident flora.
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c. host resistance increases, and the balance of resident flora is restored.
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d. contaminated food or water is unknowingly ingested. - ✔✔ANS: B
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Host resistance is promoted by all of the following EXCEPT:
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Nursing 609 Dunphy Final Study Set 2 questions || || || || || || || ||
with accurate detailed solutions || || ||
How do antiviral drugs act?
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a. They interfere with cell wall development.
|| || || || || || ||
b. They decrease cell membrane permeability.
|| || || || || ||
c. They destroy new, immature viral particles.
|| || || || || || ||
d. They reduce the rate of viral replication. - ✔✔ANS: D
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Which statement applies to yeasts?
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a. They are usually considered to be pathogenic.
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b. They seldom contain a distinct nucleus.
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c. They may cause opportunistic infection in the body.
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d. They are normally not found in large numbers in resident flora. - ✔✔ANS: C
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Fungi reproduce by:|| || ||
1. budding.
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2. extension of hyphae.
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3. binary fission.
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4. production of spores.
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a. 1, 2
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b. 2, 4
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c. 1, 2, 4
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d. 2, 3, 4 - ✔✔ANS: C
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Which of the following is NOT classified as a protozoan agent of disease?
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a. Plasmodium vivax
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b. Trichomonas vaginalis
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c. Tinea pedis
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d. Entamoeba histolytica - ✔✔ANS: C
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Which of the following is a characteristic of rickettsia?
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a. It is a very small gram-negative intracellular microbe.
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b. It exists in three forms.
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c. It causes sexually transmitted disease.
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d. It reproduces by budding. - ✔✔ANS: A
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Entamoeba histolytica is transmitted by which of the following? || || || || || || || || ||
a. Mosquitoes (bites)
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b. Inhaling contaminated particles
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c. Sexual intercourse
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d. Cysts in feces - ✔✔ANS: D
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Which of the following is a characteristic of resident or normal flora (microflora)?
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a. It exists in all areas of the body.
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b. Different species inhabit various areas of the body.
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c. It is of no benefit to the human host.
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d. It consists only of bacteria. - ✔✔ANS: B
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Which of the following is normally considered sterile?
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a. Urine
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b. Pharynx
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c. Distal urethra
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d. Vagina - ✔✔ANS: A
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The term nosocomial infection means:
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a. transmission involves an insect or animal host.
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b. acquired in a hospital or medical facility.
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c. transmitted by a fomite.
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d. spread by direct contact with secretions from an open lesion. - ✔✔ANS: B
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Transmission of microbes by direct contact includes: || || || || || || ||
a. touching a contaminated countertop.
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b. sexual intercourse.
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c. drinking contaminated water.
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d. inhaling dust-borne microbes. - ✔✔ANS: B
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What does the term carrier mean?
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a. A person with active infection who acts as a reservoir for microbes
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b. Animals, insects, objects, or surfaces contaminated by pathogens
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c. An individual who is contagious through infected secretions on the hands
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d. An asymptomatic person whose body harbors pathogens and can transmit them to others -
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✔✔ANS: D ||
Opportunistic infection may develop when: || || || || ||
a. pathogens enter the body but cannot colonize the site of entry.
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b. an imbalance occurs in the normal resident flora.
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c. host resistance increases, and the balance of resident flora is restored.
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d. contaminated food or water is unknowingly ingested. - ✔✔ANS: B
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Host resistance is promoted by all of the following EXCEPT:
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