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Infection Control Questions and Answers PDF Questions
Question 1 of 5
During the winter of 2017, 645 persons died from influenza related illness in Columbus. The population of Columbus was 1.2 million. What was the crude mortality rate?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Crude mortality = 645/1,200,000 × 100,000 = 53.75 per 100,000, making A correct.
Question 2 of 5
Which of the following refers to the statistical technique that combines the results of a large number of studies?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Meta-analysis combines study results, making C correct.
Question 3 of 5
A patient has been admitted with a wound infection. The lab reports that the stain of the wound culture is positive for AFB and the culture is positive for Mycobacterium marinum. Which of the following is the correct follow-up of this lab report?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: M. marinum is not contagious person-to-person; no isolation needed, making A correct.
Question 4 of 5
About the six killer diseases in childhood before the advent of immunisation, which of the following is ONE of these?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Pertussis (whooping cough) is one of the six childhood killers (measles, diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, polio, TB) pre-vaccination.
Question 5 of 5
In patients with specific high risk medical conditions aged between 19 to 64 years, dual sequential vaccination of the PCV 13 and PPSV23 pneumococcal vaccines is recommended. Which of the following is an exception to this recommendation?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Chronic liver disease does not typically require dual sequential vaccination unless immunocompromised; others are high-risk indications.