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- 1. Multiple Choice
When a pathogen is moved from person to person through physical touch (kissing, hugging, close-up sneezing, shaking hands).
Transmission
Translation
Emission
Direct Contact
Indirect Contact
- 2. Multiple Choice
Pathogens spread from person to person by objects (chairs, medical equipment, office supplies, doorknobs, etc.)
Direct Contact
Indirect Contact
Airborne Transmission
Foodborne Tranmission
Vector-Borne Transmission
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which of the following causes diseases?
Pathogens
Poor Environment
Genetics
All of the above
- 4. Multiple Choice
This term is used when a disease affects a large proportion of the people over a large area.
Epidemic
Pandemic
Disease
Pathogens
- 5. Multiple Choice
How can the rate of an infectious disease be reduced?
By preventing transmission between people
By wearing clean clothing
- 6. Multiple Choice
If a flu outbreak affects a small community, would that be considered a pandemic or an epidemic?
Pandemic
Epidemic
- 7. Multiple Choice
What is significant about an infectious disease?
It can be passed from person to person
It cannot be passed from one person to another
- 8. Multiple Choice
What is the best way to prevent the flu from becoming a pandemic?
Getting a vaccination
Taking antibiotics
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