Question 1

Health care-associated infections are commonly associated with:

Accepted Answer

A) breaks in aseptic technique. 
B) preexisting infections. 
C) foodborne illness. 
D) respiratory aerosol transmission. 
A) breaks in aseptic technique. 
B) preexisting infections. 
C) foodborne illness. 
D) respiratory aerosol transmission.

Question 2

In acute care hospitals, transmission of pathogens as a result of treatment occur as all the following "classifications" of infections except:

Accepted Answer

A) hand-hygiene-acquired infections. 
B) surgical site infections. 
C) catheter-related bloodstream infections. 
D) ventilator-associated pneumonias. 
A) hand-hygiene-acquired infections. 
B) surgical site infections. 
C) catheter-related bloodstream infections. 
D) ventilator-associated pneumonias.

Question 3

What is pulsed-field gel electrophoresis?

Accepted Answer

A) The process of performing various environmental cultures to aid in infection control investigations 
B) A strain-typing technique that can be an important adjunct to epidemiologic investigations 
C) A culture technique that compares the two antibiograms of an isolate with the index case 
D) A technique that checks for water quality 
A) The process of performing various environmental cultures to aid in infection control investigations 
B) A strain-typing technique that can be an important adjunct to epidemiologic investigations 
C) A culture technique that compares the two antibiograms of an isolate with the index case 
D) A technique that checks for water quality

Question 4

Patients in both extended care facilities and home care settings are frequently immunosuppressed by disease or therapy and often need intravascular or other device-related care.The microbes identified in these patients are often opportunistic pathogens and include all the following except:

Accepted Answer

A) Pseudomonas aeruginosa. 
B) Neisseria meningitis. 
C) Candida. 
D) Acinetobacter. 
A) Pseudomonas aeruginosa. 
B) Neisseria meningitis. 
C) Candida. 
D) Acinetobacter.

Question 5

Laboratory technologists must not only keep themselves educated in their contribution to the infection control team, they must keep:

Accepted Answer

A) housekeeping alerted as to the nature of the microbiology laboratory's biohazardous waste. 
B) laboratory management aware of equipment needs. 
C) the infection control personnel educated regarding the laboratory's contribution to the team. 
D) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CD
C)  informed of the continuing education needs of the microbiology laboratory's staff. 
A) housekeeping alerted as to the nature of the microbiology laboratory's biohazardous waste. 
B) laboratory management aware of equipment needs. 
C) the infection control personnel educated regarding the laboratory's contribution to the team. 
D) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CD
C)  informed of the continuing education needs of the microbiology laboratory's staff.

Question 6

What ongoing process helps public health and health care officials recognize outbreaks, upward trends of infections, and positive effects of interventions?

Accepted Answer

A) Handwashing techniques 
B) Intervention 
C) Surveillance 
D) Antimicrobial resistance 
A) Handwashing techniques 
B) Intervention 
C) Surveillance 
D) Antimicrobial resistance

Question 7

Waterborne illnesses that may be associated with contaminated drinking water or recreation water include all the following except:

Accepted Answer

A) legionellosis. 
B) hepatitis A. 
C) Pseudomonas skin infection. 
D) hepatitis B. 
A) legionellosis. 
B) hepatitis A. 
C) Pseudomonas skin infection. 
D) hepatitis B.

Question 8

When an outbreak is suspected, all the following steps are taken in investigating that event except:

Accepted Answer

A) establishing a case definition. 
B) confirming that an outbreak exists. 
C) immediately treating all persons involved with appropriate antibiotic. 
D) establishing an epidemiologic curve. 
A) establishing a case definition. 
B) confirming that an outbreak exists. 
C) immediately treating all persons involved with appropriate antibiotic. 
D) establishing an epidemiologic curve.

Question 9

Organisms that are frequently encountered as causes of health care-associated infections in acute care settings include all the following organisms except:

Accepted Answer

A) methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. 
B) enterococci. 
C) Clostridium difficile. 
D) Neisseria meningitis. 
A) methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. 
B) enterococci. 
C) Clostridium difficile. 
D) Neisseria meningitis.

Exam 3: The Laboratory Role in Infection Control

Health care-associated infections are commonly associated with:

In acute care hospitals, transmission of pathogens as a result of treatment occur as all the following "classifications" of infections except:

What is pulsed-field gel electrophoresis?

Patients in both extended care facilities and home care settings are frequently immunosuppressed by disease or therapy and often need intravascular or other device-related care.The microbes identified in these patients are often opportunistic pathogens and include all the following except:

Laboratory technologists must not only keep themselves educated in their contribution to the infection control team, they must keep:

What ongoing process helps public health and health care officials recognize outbreaks, upward trends of infections, and positive effects of interventions?

Waterborne illnesses that may be associated with contaminated drinking water or recreation water include all the following except:

When an outbreak is suspected, all the following steps are taken in investigating that event except:

Organisms that are frequently encountered as causes of health care-associated infections in acute care settings include all the following organisms except:

Bacterial Cell Structure, Physiology, Metabolism, and Genetics

Host-Parasite Interaction

Control of Microorganisms

Performance Improvement in the Microbiology Laboratory

Specimen Collection and Processing

Microscopic Examination of Materials From Infected Sites

Use of Colony Morphology for the Presumptive Identification of Microorganisms

Biochemical Identification of Gram-Negative Bacteria

Immunodiagnosis of Infectious Diseases

Applications of Molecular Diagnostics

Antimicrobial Agent Mechanisms of Action and Resistance

Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing

Staphylococci

Streptococcus, Enterococcus, and Other Catalase-Negative, Gram-Positive Cocci

Aerobic Gram-Positive Bacilli

Neisseria Species and Moraxella Catarrhalis

Haemophilus and Other Fastidious Gram-Negative Bacilli

Enterobacteriaceae

Vibrio, Aeromonas, Plesiomonas, and Campylobacter Species

Nonfermenting and Miscellaneous Gram-Negative Bacilli

Anaerobes of Clinical Importance

The Spirochetes

Chlamydia, Rickettsia and Similar Organisms

Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma

Mycobacterium Tuberculosis and Nontuberculous Mycobacteria

Medically Significant Fungi

Diagnostic Parasitology

Clinical Virology

Agents of Bioterror and Forensic Microbiology

Biofilms: Architects of Disease

Upper and Lower Respiratory Tract Infections

Skin and Soft Tissue Infections

Gastrointestinal Infections and Food Poisoning

Infections of the Central Nervous System

Bacteremia and Sepsis

Urinary Tract Infections

Genital Infections and Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Infections in Special Populations

Zoonotic Diseases

Ocular Infections

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