NCM101 Communicable Disease

General Directions:
Test I. Multiple choice. Read the questions carefully and write the letter that corresponds to the
best answer in your test booklet. Use black ink only. Utilized the front page, 20 items
per page. Capital letter only, no erasures and superimposition.

1. Measles vaccine is given at the age of

a. 9 months in one dose only
b. 2 weeks in 3 dose
c. 9 weeks in 2 doses
d. 9 weeks in one dose only

2. The following are patters of occurrences and distribution except?

a. Sporadic
b. Endemic
c. Epidemic
d. Tendemic

3. You know as a student nurse that the SARS is?

a. Tendemic
b. Endemic
c. Epidemic
d. none of the above

4. It is define as cases are few and scattered and there is no apparent relationship between them
is?
a. Pandemic
b. Endemic
c. Epidemic
d. Sporadic

5. You know as a student nurse that filariasis is?

a. Pandemic
b. Endemic
c. Epidemic
d. Sporadic

6. It is known as infectious diseases included all condition that can be spread through air, touch
contact and contaminated fluids.
a. Communicable diseases
b. Infectious diseases
c. Pathogenic diseases
d. Viral diseases

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7. The following are the Modes of transmission except?

a. Air borne
b. water borne
c. Close contact
d. body contact

8. This is the study of the distribution of disease or physiologic condition among the population
and factors affecting such distribution.
a. Epidemic
b. Pandemic
c. endemic
d. epidemiology

9. The occurrence of a particular disease beyond the immunizable population is?

a. Epidemic
b. Pandemic
c. endemic
d. sporadic

10. The mode of transmission for measles is?

a. droplet
b. skin to skin
c. Oral fecal
d. sexual

11. Measle is also known as?

a. rubella
b. varicella
c. hansen’s bacillus
d. rubeola

12. The vaccine against measles?

a. HBV
b. OPV
c. MMR
d. A and b

13. Nurse mike is caring for patients with measles include all but one?
a. exposing the patient to a glare of strong light
b. keeping the patient in an adequately ventilated room
c. teaching and supervising the TSB
d. explaining the proper disposal of nose and throat discharge

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14. Period of communicability of measles is from?

a. 4 days before, 5 days after the rash disappear
b. 2 weeks after the rash appears
c. 1 day before the cough and fever
d. 10 days after the rash disappear

15. The etiologic agent of chicken pox is?

a. treponema
b. varicella
c. rubeola
d. rubella

16. Characteristic of rash for chicken pox?

a.Maculopapular- vesicular
b. vesicular
c. macular
d. postural

17. Incubation period of chicken pox is?

a. 1-2 months
b. 2-3 weeks
c. 1-5 days
d. 24-74 hours

18. In comparison with the rubella or German measles also cause by a virus, its incubation period
is?
a. 14-21 days
b. 10-14 days
c. 2- 5 days
d. 7-10 days

19. What is the hallmark or pathognomonic sign of the disease which is the mildest in
childhood?
a. koplik spots and fever
b. cheesy white lesion on the cheek and dysphagia
c. fever , rash, strawberry tongue
d. mild fever, lymphadenophaty, rose macules

20. The small red petechiae macules on the soft plate may accompany the rash called?
a. koplik spot
b. exanthem
c. forcheimers spots
d. Epstein pearls

21. What is the usual rash description of rubella?

a. begin on the face macula popular rash and fades on the 3rd day

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b. faint macules behind the ears, neck macula popular rash

c. maculopapular vesicular rashes and appears on the 3rd day
d. vesiculo popular crust yellow rashes

22. Which nursing care is inappropriate when dealing with rubella?

a. give topical or systemic medication
b. bed rest is necessary
c. isolation till rashes disappear
d. cold compress for mild fever

23. After exposure to rubella and rubeola the child will acquire?
a. active artificial permanent immunity
b. active natural permanent immunity
c. passive artificial immunity
d. passive natural temporary

24. It is a term given to a disease that is easily transmitted from one person to another though
direct or indirect contact is?
a. Communicable disease
b. contagious disease
c. infectious disease
d. all of the above

25.During the infectious process, the patients displays specific responses of the disease, the
patient shows night sweat. This stage of infection is?
a. Incubation period
b. prodromal stage
c. stage of full illness
d. convalences period

26. The rashes is fluid fill and usually ½ pea size.

a. macular stage
b. popular stage
c. vesicular stage
d. pustular stage

27. The texture of the rashes is shotty to firm and with depth
a. macular stage
b. popular stage
c. vesicular stage
d. pustular stage

28.The rash appears on the 6th day with wbc vesicles and give an increase of lesion.
a. crusting stage
b. popular stage

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c. vesicular stage
d. pustular stage

29. The patient produces a peculiar nauseating odor and itching.

a. crusting stage
b. popular stage
c. vesicular stage
d. pustular stage

30. The start on the 8th -10th day of the disease.

a. crusting stage
b. popular stage
c. vesicular stage
d. pustular stage

31. The most dangerous type of small pox is?

a. variola minor
b. varilloid
c. variola sine eruptions
d. hemorrhagic

32. This is also known as Kaffir Pox and amaos.

a. variola minor
b. flat type
c. variola sine eruptions
d. hemorrhagic

33. This type of Small pox has a slow maturity of lesion, the nurse also describe this as velvety
to touch.
a. variola minor
b. flat type
c. variola sine eruptions
d. hemorrhagic

35. The Nurse describe this type with the pre eruption is severe, and can cause death with 5-7th
day macula popular rash
a. variola minor
b. flat type
c. variola sine eruptions
d. hemorrhagic

36. The following are complication of small pox except.

a. secondary infection
b. laryngitis
c. encephalitis
d. edema in hand

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37. The nurse knows that the wart is also called as?
a. veriuca
b. verruca
c. veruica
d. veruca

38. This is generally small rough tumor found in the hands or feet.
a. vesicle
b. blister
c. warts
d. pustule

39. The following are function of skin except.

a. Protects from harmful environment
b. Protects from invasions of infectious disease
c. help in storage of waste
d. stores fats, water

40. The skin has layers namely?

a. epidermis, dermis, subcutaneous
b. epithelial, dermis, subcutaneous
c. epididimis, derbis, muscles
d. Vasale, stratinum, lucida

41. The following are the treatment for variola except.

a. symptomatic
b. supportive
c. tsb
d. vaccine

42. Nurse A is preparing for a meal plan for a patient with small pox, he knows that the proper
meal is?
a. well balance diet
b. liquid diet
c. soft bland diet
d. all of the above

43. The following are difference of chicken pox and small pox except?
a. centrifugal distribution- centripetal
b. away from center – from face to extremities
c. low grade – mild fever
d. uniocular- multiocular

44. Polio myelitis is also called as

a. Infantile paralysis

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b. heine medine disease

c. a only
d a and b

45. The vaccination to prevent polio is?

a. hpb
b. opv
c.bcg
d. dpt

46. The public health nurse knows that the vaccine for polio has a dose of?
a. .05ml
b. 3 dose
c. 0.5ml
d. 2 ml

47. The public health nurse knows that the vaccine for polio has intervals of?
a. ½ month
b. 1 ½ month
c. 4 weeks
d. 48 days

48. Rabies is cause by?

a. rhubda virus
b. ravies virus
c. rhabdo virus
d. rhabies virus

49. The following are management for rabies except.

a. isolation
b. wash wound
c. observe the dog
d. provide calm and illuminated environment

50. The following are the signs and symptoms of a patient with rabies infection except.
a. coma
b. hydrophobia
c. claustrophobia
d. aerophobia

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Test II Complete the Table

Diseases Infectious Incubation Pathognomonic signs and Complication Nursing

Agent Period sign symptoms Care

Measles 51 52 53 54 55 56.

93

German 57 58 59 60 61 62.
measles
94

Chicken pox 63 64 65 66 67 68.

95.

Mumps 69 70 71 72 73 74.
96.

Diphtheria 75 76 77 77 79 80.
97.

Pertusis 81 82 83 84 85 86.
98.

Poliomyelitis 87 88 89 90. 91 92.

100. 99.

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