BRENT HOSPITAL AND COLLEGES INCORPORATED 7.

The nurse is admitting is assessing a patient with

is suspected to be having dengue. Which of the
COMMUNICABLE DISEASE following is not a sign or symptom of dengue?
a. Fever
1. Barangay Mendoza has been alarmed with a b. Severe myalgia and back pain
spreading significant number of a disease cases. c. Photosensitivity
The community health nurse assigned in is d. Retro-orbital pain
aware that the disease considered to be as the 8. In performing the tourniquet test, the BP cuff is
“world’s deadliest disease” and remains as a inflated midway between systolic and diastolic
major health problem in the Philippines is: pressures for 5 minutes. This test is considered
a. HIV positive if the patient displays 20 or more
b. Tuberculosis petechiae at the:
c. Dengue a. Knuckles
d. Malaria b. Palms
2. Signs and symtoms of Tuberculosis are the c. Dorsal aspect of the antecubital fossa
following except: d. Volar aspect of the antecubital fossa
a. High grade fever 9. Malaria is caused by an organism called:
b. Change in weight a. Bacteria
c. Cough b. Fungi
d. SOB c. Virus
3. Tuberculosis can be transmitted through: d. Protozoa
a. Touching 10. All but on are etiologic agents for malaria:
b. Hugging a. P. falciparum
c. Cuddling b. P. ovale
d. Singing c. P. knowlesi
4. Which of the following statement is true about d. None of the above
primary tuberculosis in children? 11. Which of the following plasmodia causes nearly
a. Children could easily spread the disease to all deaths and neurological complications and is
their parents likely causing malignant tertian fever among
b. Children with primary tuberculosis are very infected patients?
infectious a. P. knowlesi
c. Mode of transmission of TB among children b. P. ovale
different from adult c. P. malariae
d. Children with primary tuberculosis are d. P. Falciparum
generally not infectious 12. The only anti-malarial drug that is permitted in
5. The primary diagnostic tool in NTP case finding pregnancy is called:
is: a. Chloroquine
a. Chest X-ray b. Mefloquine
b. Spirometry c. Primaquine
c. Complete Blood Count and Direct Sputum d. Diatabs
Smear Microscopy 13. The mother of an infant with pertussis should be
d. DSSM instructed of the following except:
6. Dengue hemorrhagic fever is an acute febrile a. Provide abdominal support
illness caused by: b. Feed the child during an attack
a. Bacteria c. Allow the child to rest
b. Fungi d. Special attention to diet is needed when the
c. Protozoa child vomits after cough paroxysms
d. Virus 14. A client with TB who is taking anti-TB drugs who
calls the nurse because of urine discoloration.
 According to the client his urine turned reddish- 21. Prevention of TB includes the following
orange. The nurse told the client that the reddish- measures:
orange discoloration of urine is the side effect of a. BCG vaccination of newborns
which anti-TB drug? b. Public education about TB and its mode of
a. Isoniazid transmission, methods of control and early
b. Rifampicin diagnosis.
c. Pyrazinamide c. Availability and accessibility of medical,
d. Ethambutol laboratory and x-ray facilities for
15. Pertussis is becoming communicable during examination.
which stage of illness? d. All of these
a. Catarrhal stage 22. Prodromal period is best described as:
b. Paroxysmal stage a. The gradual recovery of health and strength
c. Convalescence stage after illness
d. All of these b. Patient is actually manifesting the signs and
16. Which of the following term refers to the degree symptoms of the disease
of pathogenicity of microbe, or in other words the c. First exposure to disease
relative ability of microbe to cause disease? d. Premonition of an impending attack of a
a. Susceptibility disease
b. Virulence 23. A client with TB has been treated before with
c. Infection Anti-TB drug, however the treatment failed. The
d. None of the above client is under which category of TB patient?
17. Based on the NTP patients with TB are a. Category I
recommended to seek hospitalization if they have b. Category II
the following condition: c. Category III
a. Massive hemoptysis d. Category IV
b. Pleural effusion 24. The time interval between the first exposure to
c. With complications the appearance of the first signs and symptoms
d. All of these is called:
18. Klebs-Loeffler Bacillus is the etiologic agent of a. Prodromal period
which communicable disease? b. Incubation period
a. Schistosomiasis c. Stage of illness
b. Epidemic Parotitis d. Convalescence
c. Diphtheria 25. A person who harbors the microorganisms but
d. Filariasis does not manifest the signs and symptoms of the
19. The drug of choice for schistosomiasis that kills disease is called:
all types of microorganisms that can cause this a. Contact
communicable disease is: b. Infected
a. Metrifonate c. Suspect
b. Oxamniquine d. Carrier
c. Diethylcarbamazine Citrate 26. A child is diagnosed with dengue fever. The
d. Praziquantel etiologic agent for Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever
20. The most hazardous period of development of (DHF) is:
clinical disease is how many months after a. Chikungunya virus
infection of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis? b. Aedes Aegypti
a. 4-5 months c. Common household mosquito
b. 2-3 months d. Infected person
c. 6-12 months 27. Treatement for filariasis includes the
d. 12-18 months administration of which drug?
a. Metrifonate
 b. Oxamniquine
c. Diethylcarbamazine Citrate
d. Praziquantel
28. Nematode parasite Brugia Malayi and
Wuchereria Bancrofti causes the communicable
disease called:
a. Schistosomiasis
b. Epidemic Parotitis
c. Diphtheria
d. Filariasis
29. To prevent whooping cough, which of the
following vaccines should be given to infants?
a. BCG
b. DPT
c. OPV
d. TT
30. The Tetanus Toxoid vaccine is given to protect
women against tetanus and also prevent
neonatal tetanus in their newborn infants. The
TT5 vaccine gives this duration of protection for
the mother:
a. 3 years
b. 5 years
c. 10 years
d. Lifetime