Infection Control
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Question 1 of 20
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in each state registers many different types of ________.
Antiseptics
Antibiotics
Diseases
Disinfectants
Question 2 of 20
There are thousands of different kinds of bacteria, but they are classified into the following two primary types: ____________.
Saprophytes and parasites
Decomposing and fertilizing
Pathogenic and nonpathogenic
Active and inactive
Question 3 of 20
Nonpathogenic bacteria may perform useful functions and ___________.
Do not cause disease
Protect against infection
all of the above
Question 4 of 20
Pathogenic bacteria that grow, feed, and shelter on or in another organism are know as _________.
Saprophytes
Parasites
Cocci
Spore forming
Question 5 of 20
Bacteria are one-celled microorganisms also known as microbes or __________.
Infections
Germs
Fungicides
Question 6 of 20
The division of a bacterial cell into two new cells is called ______.
Spore growth
Decomposing
Mitosis
Fertilizing
Question 7 of 20
The bacteria responsible for food poising and toxic shock syndrome are ________.
Staphylococci
Streptococci
Bacilli
Spirilla
Question 8 of 20
Submicroscopic structures that infect cells of a biological organism are well known as __________.
Viruses
Fungus
Question 9 of 20
Pus-forming bacteria that grow in bunches or clusters are __________.
Diplococci
Question 10 of 20
Non-pathogenic bacteria are _______.
Harmful
Harmless
Disease-Producing
Question 11 of 20
An infectious agents smaller than bacteria and capable of replication through taking over the host cell's reproduction machinery is known as ____________.
An infection
A contagion
A virus
A disease
Question 12 of 20
Pathogenic bacteria may produce _________.
Health
antitoxins
Disease
Beneficial effects
Question 13 of 20
An example of a local infection is _________.
Blood poisoning
Food poisoning
Hepatitis B
An abscess
Question 14 of 20
The ability to destroy or resist infection is known as _______.
Community resistance
Contagious Infection
General infection
Immunity
Question 15 of 20
The condition that is developed after the body has overcome a disease or has been inoculated for the disease is known as _________.
Natural immunity
Acquired immunity
Human disease resistor
Acquired immunodeficiency
Question 16 of 20
A contagious skin disease caused by the itch mite is __________.
Scabies
Lesions
HIV/AIDS
Question 17 of 20
The Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome is caused by _________.
A filterable virus
The HIV virus
The HBV virus
A filterable bacteria
Question 18 of 20
The HIV virus is spread mainly through ________.
Holding hands with an infected person
Sharing food with an infected person
Sharing bathroom facilities
Sharing needles by intravenous drug uses
Question 19 of 20
The process that eliminates most, but not necessarily all, microorganisms on non-living surfaces is called _______.
Fumigation
Disinfection
Extermination
Promoting growth of bacteria
Question 20 of 20
Completely destroying all microbial life including bacterial spores is called ________.
Sanitation
Laundering
Sterilization
Removing bacterial