Public Health Final

Front 1

Smoking is cool and everyone should start smoking.

Back 1

False

Front 2

Chiropractic care has shown to be effective in the management and care of autistic children.

Back 2

True

Front 3

Lack of exercise, obesity, a diet high in sodium are all risk factors for hypertension.

Back 3

True

Front 4

High blood pressure cannot be reduced by chiropractic adjustments.

Back 4

False

Front 5

Men cannot get osteoporosis

Back 5

False

Front 6

A BMI between ____ and ____ is considered to be a healthy weight.

Back 6

18.5 and 24.9

Front 7

Average annual medical expenditures for obese individuals are 65% higher than those incurred by normal weight individuals.

Back 7

True

Front 8

Which is a chemical compound typically used as a standard, by which the efficacy of other of other chemical compounds are judged?

Back 8

Phenols

Front 9

Which procedure is the most effective method of dealing with bacterial spores?

Back 9

Pasteurization

Front 10

If a foreign element enters the body, and does not trigger an immune response until it combines with a cellular or blood protein, this is an example of what?

Back 10

Haptan

Front 11

Graduate student DIP has his jelly and mustard sandwich stolen by a rabid Canadian squirrel. During the ensuing tussels to retrieve the sandwich, Dip is bitten and contracts rabies. Dip's case when reported tot he health department falls under the category of ______ because the disease is _______.

Back 11

Sporadic / Zoonotic

Front 12

Moist heat is a more effective sterilizer than dry heat, because moist heat is capable of killing certain strains of spore forming bacteria, while dry heat is not.

Back 12

False

Front 13

Which of the following would not be killed by the flash method of pasteurization?

Back 13

Micrococcus leutues

Front 14

Master microbrewer Dip has decided he is going to set up a new brewing system to make his latest creation, truck payment ale. He decides to install a filtration system to protect his latest brewing joy, which of the following will his method of microbial control not stop from infecting his brew (Assume standard poor size of 1 micrometer, An RBC would be about 2-3 micrometers)

Back 14

Viruses

Front 15

Normal soap is designed to kill viruses and bacteria on contact whether or not mechanical action is used; this is the basis of washing your hands

Back 15

false

Front 16

Which of the following antibodies is the only one capable of surviving the digestion process?

Back 16

IgA

Front 17

Dip while visiting the hospital for a hang nail is misdiagnosed, and has a catheter placed in him. During the procedure the nurse rips his glove and Staph. reom his skin gets onto the catheter. Dip comes down with a urinary tract infection, this would be an example of a _______ _______.

Back 17

Nosicomial infection / Opportunistic pathogen

Front 18

Who invented the postulates that link a particular organism as a causative agent of a specific disease.

Back 18

Koch

Front 19

A graduate student Dip, who is recovering from a cold, is walking down the halls of Miskatomic University when he spies Professor Snik. As he walks by Professor Snik he turns and coughs in Snik's direction. If Snik comes down with the cold, Dip was a _______.

Back 19

Convalescent Carrier

Front 20

Complement is a ______ reaction that falls in the ______ category of immune defenses.

Back 20

Cascade / Non-specific

Front 21

Which wouldnt be associated with the process of dessication?

Back 21

The number of bacterial organisms

Front 22

What type of charge would an effective soap have to posses?

Back 22

Positive

Front 23

Most viral drugs are capable of curing the patient of the viral infection

Back 23

False

Front 24

We gain different intestinal flora if we are bottle fed rather than breast fed

Back 24

True

Front 25

Which would not be considered a virulence factor

Back 25

Size of the Bacterium

Front 26

What is not an early sign or symptom of infection?

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Leukocidase

Front 27

Microflora of the body act as a type of defense by _______.

Back 27

Taking up space and nutrients

Front 28

Inflammatory response provides with ________.

Back 28

Mobilization of immune cells

Front 29

A fever of 102 degrees would be categorized as a _______.

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Moderate grade

Front 30

Beta Interferon is capable of all of the following except?

Back 30

Stimulate phagocytosis

Front 31

Antibody is capable of ______.

Back 31

Opsonization, bacterial and viral neutalization and the functions of an antitoxin

Front 32

What type of vaccines are normally used for virus based problems?

Back 32

Live attenuated cell or virus

Front 33

Haptans are typically in the molecular weight category of

Back 33

< 1000

Front 34

Interleukin 1 would be an example of a

Back 34

Endogenous pyrogen

Front 35

Having an antigenic reaction to blood proteins on the surface of a RBC, is an example of

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Alloantigen

Front 36

Chemical agents applied directly to the body

Back 36

Antiseptics

Front 37

Heat and Radiation

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Physical Agents

Front 38

Removal of all micro organisms, including spores and viruses

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Sterilization

Front 39

Destruction of Vegetative bacteria only

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Bactericidal

Front 40

Disinfectants, antibiotics and other drugs

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Chemical agents

Front 41

Slowing or prevention of bacterial growth

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Bacteriostatic

Front 42

A chemical agent specifically designed to kill pathogens

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Germicide

Front 43

The physical process used to destroy vegetative pathogens

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Disinfection

Front 44

Growth of micro organisms or toxins in blood or other sterile tissues

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Sepsis

Front 45

Skin scales

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Portal of exit

Front 46

Several agents establishing themselves at once in an open wound

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Mixed infection

Front 47

An infection that comes on rapidly with severe but short lived effects

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Acute infection

Front 48

A disease that persists over a long period of time

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Chronic infection

Front 49

An infection that remains confined to the site of infection

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Localized infection

Front 50

When an infection spreads to other tissues of fluids

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Systemic infection

Front 51

When a localized infection breaks loose and becomes systemic

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Focal infection

Front 52

The infection remains localized but a toxin is produced and spreads through the body

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Toxemia

Front 53

If an epidemic spreads across continents

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Pandemic

Front 54

A sporadic disease increases beyond usual case numbers

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Epidemic

Front 55

Occasional cases reported at irregular intervals

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Sporadic

Front 56

An infection disease that gives consistent number of cases, year after year

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Endemic

Front 57

Number afflicted with an infectious disease

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Morbidity

Front 58

Number of deaths from an infectious disease

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Mortality

Front 59

The number of new cases over a certain time period

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Incidence

Front 60

The total number of existing cases with respect to the entire population

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Prevalence

Front 61

The passing of antibody in breast milk

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Natural passive immunity

Front 62

Recovery from a viral disease

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Active natural immunity

Front 63

Vaccination with antigen

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Active artificial immunity

Front 64

Vaccination with antibody

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Passive artificial immunity

Front 65

Antibody crossing the placental barrier

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Passive natural immunity

Front 66

Mr. Jones, a long time TB victim passes his TB to his nurse

Back 66

Chronic

Front 67

Mr. Smith works in the food preparation industry, and though he had a bought of typhoid fever he has long since recovered and has not experienced symptoms for 10 years. Recently however, a number of typhoid cases were linked to him

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Asymptomatic

Front 68

Mr. Thomas has just gotten over the most recent strain of the flu. He returns to work with only a slight cough, three days later five of his co workers also come down with the same strain of flu

Back 68

Incubation

Front 69

Mrs. Jones comes down with Trichomonas vaginalis a sexually transmitted parasite. After toweling off from a bath she uses the same towel to dry her infant daughter. A few days later the daughter also begins showing signs of infection ny the organism.

Back 69

Passive

Front 70

Upon going to the local used underwear store and trying on various pairs, you develop a very unsightly rash

Back 70

Fomite vectored

Front 71

A patient recovering from open heart surgery develops a staph infection from the hospital air conditioning system

Back 71

Nocicomial

Front 72

Yersinia pestis transmitted from rodents to humans by the bite of a flea

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Mechanical vectored

Front 73

Transmission of malaria from human to human by the bite of a mosquito

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Biological vector

Front 74

You give your classmates the flu during finals

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Horizontal transmission

Front 75

A mother gives her developing fetus Hepatitis B

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Vertical transmission

Front 76

Genetic lineage of sickle cell anemia

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Vertical transmission

Front 77

Sickle cell anemia

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Genetic variation

Front 78

Modified viral receptor on cell tissue

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Genetic variation

Front 79

Inability to acquire feline leukemia

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Host specificity

Front 80

Inability to affected by plant viruses

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Host specificty

Front 81

Ultra violet light

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Non ionizing radiation

Front 82

Destruction of vegetative cells through dehydration

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Dessication

Front 83

Moist heat process that involves heating liquid at 71.6 degrees Celsius for 15 seconds

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Flash pateurization

Front 84

Moist heat process that involves heating liquid at 63-66 degrees Celsius for 30 minutes

Back 84

Batch pasteurization

Front 85

Gamma rays

Back 85

Ionizing radiation

Front 86

Bacteriostatic process that slows microbial growth and metabolism, but does not necessarily destroy the organism

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Freezing

Front 87

Moist heat process that involves pure steam under pressure

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Autoclaving

Front 88

A variety of methodologies that involves liquid or steam heated to about 60-135 degrees Celsius

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Moist heat

Front 89

A variety of methodologies that involve incineration

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Dry heat

Front 90

Used for processing liquids such as milk

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Pasteurization

Front 91

Used to sterilize most medias used in a laboratory

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Autoclaving

Front 92

Used to maintain meat and other products during shipping and display

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Refrigeration

Front 93

Used on spices before entering the country

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Ionizing radiation

Front 94

Method used for both room and liquid sterilization

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Non ionizing radiation

Front 95

Used for fragile liquids such as beers and wines

Back 95

Pasteurization

Front 96

Used in most antimicrobial soaps

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Phenol derivatives

Front 97

Used as eye treatment for newborns

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Antibiotics

Front 98

Used in swimming pools

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Halogens - chlorine

Front 99

Found in lysol

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Phenol derivatives