HCB 102 Practice Exam Questions with Answers All Correct
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HCB 102
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HCB 102
HCB 102 Practice Exam Questions with Answers All Correct
Where would you take a patient's rectal temperature? - Answer-Inside of the patients anus
Hypotension - Answer-Abnormally low blood pressure; may cause insufficient perfusion of internal organs
Where would you take a patient's tympanic...
Where does vector transmission occur? - Answer-Through a bite (Ex: Fleas, Ticks,
Mosquitos)
When does droplet infection occur? - Answer-When the droplets from an infected
person are projected a short distance to the host's nasal mucosa, mouth or conjunctiva
When does airborne transmission occur? - Answer-When infectious particles dispersed
in the air enter the host by inhalation (Ex: Coughing, Sneezing)
Portal of Entry - Answer-Place where a pathogen enters the body (Ex: break in skin,
mucous membrane, mouth, nose, genitourinary tract)
What is the most effective barrier to infection? - Answer-Intact skin
True or False. Any portal of exit can also become a portal of entry. - Answer-True
Susceptible Host - Answer-A person who becomes ill after pathogens enter the body
because they cannot fight off he pathogen
What is the single most effective method of preventing the spread of disease causing
microorganisms? - Answer-Hand washing
, What equipment would be necessary for airborne precautions? - Answer-Exam Mask,
N95
What equipment would be necessary for contact precautions? - Answer-Exam gloves
and isolation gown
What equipment would be necessary for droplet precautions? - Answer-Gown, mask,
protective eyewear, surgical cap, shoe covers, and gloves.
Antibacterial - Answer-Directed or effective against bacteria.
Asepsis - Answer-The condition of being aseptic
Aseptic Technique - Answer-Refers to practices/ procedures that assist in reducing/
preventing the risk of infection.
Bacteria (Plural of bacterium) - Answer-Any of a domain pf prokaryotic round, spiral, or
rod shaped single- celled microorganisms that may lack cell walls or are gram- positive
or gram negative, typically live in soil, water, organic matter, or the bodies of plants and
animals.
Blood- born Pathogen - Answer-A specific causative agent (as a bacterium or virus) of
disease located in the blood (Ex: HIV, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B)
Contagious Disease (Communicable Disease) - Answer-An infectious disease
communicable by contact with one who has it, with a bodily discharge of such a patient,
or with an object touched by the patient.
What is another name for Contagious Disease? - Answer-Communicable Disease
Contaminated - Answer-To soil, stain, or infect by contact or association.
Direct Contact - Answer-Union or junction of body surfaces (Ex. Person to person)
Disinfectant - Answer-To free from infection especially by destroying harmful
microorganisms.
Disinfection - Answer-To free from infection especially by destroying harmful
microorganisms.
Fungi (Fungus) - Answer-- Any of the kingdom Fungi of saprophytic and parasitic spore-
producing eukaryotic typically filamentous organisms formerly classified as plants that
lack chlorophyll and include molds, rust, mildews, smuts, mushrooms, and yeasts.
- Tiny primitive organisms, that contain no chlorophyll.
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