Question 1

Which of the following classification of communicable diseases represents the public health programs classification?

Accepted Answer

A)  Bacterial, cardiovascular, human 
B)  Air borne, parasitic, diarrheal 
C)  Respiratory, zoonotic, water borne 
D)  Vaccine preventable, perinatal, viral 
A)  Bacterial, cardiovascular, human 
B)  Air borne, parasitic, diarrheal 
C)  Respiratory, zoonotic, water borne 
D)  Vaccine preventable, perinatal, viral

Question 2

What agency in Canada is responsible for collating all the notifiable communicable disease reports?

Accepted Answer

A)  Centers for Disease Control (CD
C)  
B)  Public Health Agency of Canada (PHA
C)  
C)  Health Canada 
D)  World Health Organization (WHO), Canadian branch 
A)  Centers for Disease Control (CD
C)  
B)  Public Health Agency of Canada (PHA
C)  
C)  Health Canada 
D)  World Health Organization (WHO), Canadian branch

Question 3

What is the purpose of the integrated Public Health Information System (iPHIS)?

Accepted Answer

A)  Reporting system that allows jurisdictions within a province to communicate disease patterns 
B)  A system developed by the Centers for Disease Control (CD
C)  to link Canada and the United States 
C)  Electronic system to communicate outbreaks of respiratory or enteric illnesses interprovincially 
D)  An internationally linked computer system for communicating outbreaks globally 
A)  Reporting system that allows jurisdictions within a province to communicate disease patterns 
B)  A system developed by the Centers for Disease Control (CD
C)  to link Canada and the United States 
C)  Electronic system to communicate outbreaks of respiratory or enteric illnesses interprovincially 
D)  An internationally linked computer system for communicating outbreaks globally

Question 4

Discuss the importance of herd immunity

Accepted Answer

-herd immunity is one major public healt

Question 5

What was the first recorded worldwide threat from a communicable disease?

Accepted Answer

A)  Bubonic plague 
B)  Scarlet fever 
C)  Influenza epidemic of 1918 
D)  Smallpox 
A)  Bubonic plague 
B)  Scarlet fever 
C)  Influenza epidemic of 1918 
D)  Smallpox

Question 6

What change had the most influence on the decline in communicable diseases?

Accepted Answer

A)  Improvements in nutrition, sanitation, and living conditions 
B)  Free medical care and low-cost prescriptions 
C)  Dissemination of germ theories and access to hospitals 
D)  Development of vaccines and blood tests 
A)  Improvements in nutrition, sanitation, and living conditions 
B)  Free medical care and low-cost prescriptions 
C)  Dissemination of germ theories and access to hospitals 
D)  Development of vaccines and blood tests

Question 7

A nurse is concerned about a recent outbreak of measles in a group of migrant workers. How would the nurse explain the concept of an outbreak to a new staff member?

Accepted Answer

A)  The disease spreads and affects a large number of the population worldwide 
B)  Exposure to a specific stressor or cause is most likely to bring on the disease 
C)  It is a steady presence of a disease in a defined geographical area 
D)  New cases of a disease are more than the normal occurrence during a given time period 
A)  The disease spreads and affects a large number of the population worldwide 
B)  Exposure to a specific stressor or cause is most likely to bring on the disease 
C)  It is a steady presence of a disease in a defined geographical area 
D)  New cases of a disease are more than the normal occurrence during a given time period

Question 8

Discuss the two reasons to test or screen for a communicable disease

Accepted Answer

-The first reason is in respon

Question 9

The public health department has been alerted to a potential outbreak of hepatitis A after eight people who attended a wedding in Mexico have tested positive for salmonellosis. What is the incubation period for salmonellosis?

Accepted Answer

A)  15 to 50 days 
B)  6 to 9 hours 
C)  12 to 36 hours 
D)  60 to 90 days 
A)  15 to 50 days 
B)  6 to 9 hours 
C)  12 to 36 hours 
D)  60 to 90 days

Question 10

Which is an example of passive surveillance?

Accepted Answer

A)  A family doctor reporting a positive case of West Nile virus to a local health authority 
B)  Sentinel systems to identify disease occurrence in the community when individuals present with suggestive symptoms 
C)  The Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) screening tool used in emergency rooms 
D)  Absenteeism data related to influenza from all schools in the community 
A)  A family doctor reporting a positive case of West Nile virus to a local health authority 
B)  Sentinel systems to identify disease occurrence in the community when individuals present with suggestive symptoms 
C)  The Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) screening tool used in emergency rooms 
D)  Absenteeism data related to influenza from all schools in the community

Exam 12: Communicable Diseases

Which of the following classification of communicable diseases represents the public health programs classification?

What agency in Canada is responsible for collating all the notifiable communicable disease reports?

What is the purpose of the integrated Public Health Information System (iPHIS)?

Discuss the importance of herd immunity

What was the first recorded worldwide threat from a communicable disease?

What change had the most influence on the decline in communicable diseases?

A nurse is concerned about a recent outbreak of measles in a group of migrant workers. How would the nurse explain the concept of an outbreak to a new staff member?

Discuss the two reasons to test or screen for a communicable disease

The public health department has been alerted to a potential outbreak of hepatitis A after eight people who attended a wedding in Mexico have tested positive for salmonellosis. What is the incubation period for salmonellosis?

Which is an example of passive surveillance?

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