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1. The following are true with regards to aspect of the sick role except
A. Symptom Experience
B. Assumption of sick role
C. Medical care contact
D. Dependent patient role
3. State in which a person’s physical, emotional, intellectual and social development or
spiritual functioning is diminished or impaired compared with a previous experience.
A. Illness
B. Disease
C. Health
D. Wellness
4. Refers to the degree of resistance the potential host has against a certain pathogen
A. Susceptibility
B. Immunity
C. Virulence
D. Etiology
5. Term to describe the reactiviation and recurrence of pronounced symptoms of a
disease
A. Remission
B. Emission
C. Exacerbation
D. Sub acute
6. It is the science of organism as affected by factors in their environment. It deals with
the relationship between disease and geographical environment.
A. Epidemiology
B. Ecology
C. Statistics
D. Geography
7. . In what level of prevention according to Leavell and Clark does the nurse support
the client in obtaining OPTIMAL HEALTH STATUS after a disease or injury?
A. Primary
B. Secondary
C. Tertiary
D. None of the above
8. In what level of prevention does the nurse encourage optimal health and increases
person’s susceptibility to illness?
A. Primary
B. Secondary
C. Tertiary
D. None of the above
9. BCG in community health nursing is what type of prevention?
A. Primary
B. Secondary
C. Tertiary
D. None of the above
10. Which is the best way to disseminate information to the public?
A. Newspaper
B. School bulletins
C. Community bill boards
D. Radio and Television
11. In what level of prevention according to Leavell and Clark does the nurse support the
client in obtaining OPTIMAL HEALTH STATUS after a disease or injury?
A. Primary
B. Secondary
C. Tertiary
D. None of the above
12. Also known as HEALTH MAINTENANCE prevention.
A. Primary
B. Secondary
C. Tertiary
D. None of the above
13. Refers to diseases that produced no anatomic changes but as a result from abnormal
response to a stimuli.
A. Functional
B. Occupational
C. Inorganic
D. Organic
14. A type of illness characterized by periods of remission and exacerbation
A. Chronic
B. Acute
C. Sub acute
D. Sub chronic
15. The following are concept of health:
1. Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely
an absence of disease or infirmity.
2. Health is the ability to maintain balance
3. Health is the ability to maintain internal milieu
4. Health is integration of all parts and subparts of an individual
A. 1,2,3
B. 1,3,4
C. 2,3,4
D. 1,2,3,4
16. Also known as STERILE TECHNIQUE
A. Surgical Asepsis
B. Medical Asepsis
C. Sepsis
D. Asepsis
17. A substance usually intended for use on inanimate objects, that destroys pathogens
but not the spores.
A. Sterilization
B. Disinfectant
C. Antiseptic
D. Autoclave
18. . A 50 year old mailman carried a mail with anthrax powder in it. A minute after
exposure, he still hasn’t developed any signs and symptoms of anthrax. In what
stage of infectious process does this man belongs?
A. Incubation period
B. Prodromal period
C. Illness period
D. Convalescent period
19. Which of the following is the exact order of the infection chain?
1. Susceptible host
2. Portal of entry
3. Portal of exit
4. Etiologic agent
5. Reservoir
6. Mode of transmission
A. 1,2,3,4,5,6
B. 5,4,2,3,6,1
C. 4,5,3,6,2,1
D. 6,5,4,3,2,1
20. Transmission occurs when an infected person sneezes, coughs or laugh that is
usually projected at a distance of 3 feet.
A. Droplet transmission
B. Airborne transmission
C. Vehicle transmission
D. Vector borne transmission
21. The ability of the infectious agent to cause a disease primarily depends on all of the
following except
A. Pathogenicity
B. Virulence
C. Invasiveness
D. Non Specificity
22. Contact transmission of infectious organism in the hospital is usually cause by
A. Urinary catheterization
B. Spread from patient to patient
C. Spread by cross contamination via hands of caregiver
D. Cause by unclean instruments used by doctors and nurses
23. Considered as the first line of defense of the body against infection
A. Skin
B. WBC
C. Leukocytes
D. Immunization
24. This is the single most important procedure that prevents cross contamination and
infection
A. Cleaning
B. Disinfecting
C. Sterilizing
D. Handwashing
25. In handwashing by medical asepsis, Hands are held ….
A. Above the elbow, The hands must always be above the waist
B. Above the elbow, The hands are cleaner than the elbow
C. Below the elbow, Medical asepsis do not require hands to be above the waist
D. Below the elbow, Hands are dirtier than the lower arms
26. The minimum time in washing each hand should never be below
A. 5 seconds
B. 10 seconds
C. 15 seconds
D. 30 seconds
27. Which of the following is not true about sterilization, cleaning and disinfection?
A. Etiologic/Infectious agent
B. Portal of Entry
C. Susceptible host
D. Mode of transmission
32. The third period of infectious processes characterized by development of specific
signs and symptoms
A. Incubation period
B. Prodromal period
C. Illness period
D. Convalescent period
33. A child with measles developed fever and general weakness after being exposed to
another child with rubella. In what stage of infectious process does this child
belongs?
A. Incubation period
B. Prodromal period
C. Illness period
D. Convalescent period
34. This is considered as the most important aspect of handwashing
A. Time
B. Friction
C. Water
D. Soap
35. How many ml of liquid soap is recommended for handwashing procedure?
A. 1-2 ml
B. 2-3 ml
C. 2-4 ml
D. 5-10 ml
36. This type of disinfection is best done in sterilizing drugs, foods and other things that
are required to be sterilized before taken in by the human body
A. Boiling Water
B. Gas sterilization
C. Steam under pressure
D. Radiation
37. Which of the following is not true in implementing medical asepsis
A. Standard precaution
B. Airborne precaution
C. Droplet precaution
D. Contact precaution
40. A client has been diagnosed with IMPETIGO. What precaution is used for this patient?
A. Standard precaution
B. Airborne precaution
C. Droplet precaution
D. Contact precaution
41. In putting sterile gloves, Which should be gloved first?
A. 3,2,1,5,4
B. 3,2,1,4,5
C. 2,3,1,5,4
D. 2,3,1,4,5
44. In pouring a plain NSS into a receptacle located in a sterile field, how high should the
nurse hold the bottle above the receptacle?
A. 1 inch
B. 3 inches
C. 6 inches
D. 10 inches
45. When performing surgical hand scrub, which of the following nursing action is
required to prevent contamination?
A. 1,2
B. 2,3
C. 1,2,3
D. 2,3,4
46. When removing gloves, which of the following is an inappropriate nursing action?
A. Hans Selye
B. Walter Cannon
C. Claude Bernard
D. Martha Rogers
48. Which of the following is NOT TRUE with regards to the concept of Modern Stress
Theory?
A. 1,2
B. 1,2,3
C. 1,2,3,4
D. 1,3