What is the name given to a tiny living plant or animal that cannot be seen with the naked eye?
C) Microorganism
What is the term used to describe a microorganism that produces disease?
B) Pathogen
Which of the following is not an example of a microorganism?
D) Autotroph
What is the term used to describe a microorganism that does not produce disease?
B) Nonpathogen
All of the following are growth requirements for microorganisms except:
D) Acidic environment
What is the name given to a microorganism that can exist only in the presence of oxygen?
B) Aerobe
The optimal growth temperature is:
D) The temperature at which a microorganism grows best
Microorganisms can be transmitted through:
E) All of the above
What is the name given to a person who cannot fight off a pathogen that has entered his or her body?
D) Susceptible host
All of the following make a person less resistant to a pathogen except:
D) Immunizations
Cilia remove pathogens from the body by:
D) Constantly beating toward the outside
What is the term used to describe practices that help to keep an object or area clean and free from infection?
B) Medical asepsis
Which of the following are picked up in the course of daily activities, are attached loosely to the skin, and are often pathogenic?
A) Transient flora
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that washing the hands with soap and water be performed:
A) When the hands are visibly soiled
All of the following are advantages of alcohol-based hand rubs except:
C) They remove all resident flora from the skin
The purpose of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration Bloodborne Pathogens Standard is to:
B) Reduce the risk to employees of exposure to infectious disease
What is the purpose of the Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act?
B) To reduce needlestick injuries among health care workers
All of the following are considered other potentially infectious materials except:
C) Tears and sweat
All of the following are examples of nonintact skin except:
D) Bruised skin
Which of the following is an example of an exposure incident?
D) Splashing blood into your eyes
How often does the Occupational Safety and Health Administration require employers to review and update their Exposure Control Plan?
D) Once a year
What terms describes a device that makes an exposure incident involving a contaminated sharp less likely to occur?
A) Safer medical device
What is the term used to describe a physical or mechanical device used to remove health hazards from the workplace?
C) Engineering control
All of the following are examples of work practice controls except:
C) Picking up broken glassware with gloved hands
Which of the following is an example of personal protective equipment?
D) Clean disposable gloves
Which of the following is a violation of the Occupationsl Safety and Health Administration standard?
A) Eating in the office laboratory
What is the first thing you should do if a cut on your bare hand accidentally comes in contact with a patient's blood?
A) Wash your hands with soap and water
Personal protective equipment must be used to:
A) Draw blood
Which of the following used items is not an example of regulated medical waste?
A) Urine testing strip
Which of the following represents an error in technique when preparing regulated medical waste for disposal by an infectious waste service?
D) Storing a biohazard box in the front office for pickup by the medical waste service
The most likely means of contracting hepatitis B in the health care setting is through"
B) Needlesticks and blood splashes
What is the immunization schedule for the hepatits B vaccine?
C) 0, 1 month, 6 months
The most common side effect of the hepatits B vaccine is:
D) Soreness at the injection site
Patients with chronic hepatitis B face an increased risk of developing:
C) Liver cancer
What is the most common means of transmission for hepatits C?
A) Sharing needles for illegal injection drug use
What is the term for an infection that results from a defective immune system that cannot defend itself from pathogens normally found in the environment?
D) Opportunistic
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is caused by a"
D) Virus
Treatment administered to an individual after exposure to an infectios disease to prevent the disease is known as:
A) Postexposure prophylaxis
Which of the following employees would be least likely to have an occupational exposure?
B) Electrician
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome cannot be transmitted through:
