Vocabulary 1
______________ are protective devices, garments, or coverings (such as respirators, helmets, face shields, boots, or gloves) that are worn especially by workers to minimize exposure to hazards that may cause injury or illness.
A. Quarantine
B. Vaccines
C. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
C. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
The _________ is an epidemic disease causing a high rate of mortality (death) that is caused by a bacterium (Yersinia pestis) and that occurs in bubonic, pneumonic, and septicemic forms. Also called the black death.
A. Cholera
B. Plague
C. COVID
B. Plague
What type of animal carried the Plague and transmitted it to Goodwoman Philips?
A. Rat
B. Flea
C. Bird
B. Flea
John Snow studied the spread of cholera. He is considered to be a
A. Doctor
B. Epidemiologist
C. Teacher
B. Epidemiologist
the avoidance of close contact with other people during the outbreak of a contagious disease in order to minimize exposure and reduce the transmission of infection is called _________.
A. Social Distance
B. Epidemiologist
C. Outbreak
A. Social Distance
a preparation that is administered (as by injection) to stimulate the body's immune response against a specific infectious agent or disease
A. Vaccine
B. Mask
C. Social Distance
A. Vaccine
A. China
B. Ireland
C. England
C. England
Cholera pandemics can be caused by
A. Lack of clean water
B. Few doctors and hospitals
C. Crowded living conditions
D. All of the above
D. All of the above
a sudden rise in the incidence or cases of a disease is called __________.
A. Plague
B. Social Distance
C. Outbreak
C. Outbreak
___________ is a branch of medical science that deals with the incidence, distribution, and control of disease in a population.
A. Epidemiology
B. Psychology
C. Archeology
A. Epidemiology
How did the plague doctor try to treat Goodwoman Philips?
A. Bloodletting
B. Giving her medicine
C. Praying
A. Bloodletting
How did Cholera start in 1854?
A. From a flea
B. From a rat
C. From a cesspool leaking into a water pump
C. From a cesspool leaking into a water pump
The practice of identifying, notifying, and monitoring individuals who may have had close contact with a person having a confirmed or probable case of an infectious disease as a means of controlling the spread of infection.
A. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
B. Outbreak
C. Contact Tracing
C. Contact Tracing
something that increases risk or susceptibility
A. Vaccine
B. Risk Factor
C. Pandemic
B. Risk Factor
A. Bible
B. Bills of Mortality
C. Doctors notes
B. Bills of Mortality
Which of the following can prevent cholera?
A. Building separate water and sewage systems
B. Using a river for drinking water and sewage
C. Keeping large amounts of people in small crowded spaces
A. Building separate water and sewage systems
a condition of being able to resist a particular disease especially through preventing development of a pathogenic microorganism or by counteracting the effects of its products
A. Risk
B. Immunity
C. Pandemic
B. Immunity
An outbreak of a disease that occurs over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affects a significant proportion of the population and a pandemic outbreak of a disease
A. Social Distance
B. Quarantine
C. Pandemic
C. Pandemic
Which of the following is NOT a type of Plague?
A. Corona
B. Bubonic
C. Septicemic
D. Pneumonic
A. Corona
John Snow mapped the outbreak of cholera. This could be considered:
A. Social Distancing
B. Personal Protective Equipment
C. Contact Tracing
C. Contact Tracing