Get premium membership and access revision papers, questions with answers as well as video lessons.

Communicable Diseases Question Paper

Communicable Diseases

Course:Diploma In Community Health Nursing

Institution: Kenya Medical Training College question papers

Exam Year:2011

1. State any five general measures for prevention of communicable diseases in a community.(5 mks)
2.(i) Name any two international notifiable diseases prone to epidermics.
(ii) 2 international notifiable diseases targeted for eradication.(2 mks)
3. State the differnce between mode of transmission and mode of entry (partal entry) of a disease.(3 mks)
4. State the meaning of the following terms.
I. Epidemiology
II. Incidence of a disease
III. Host
IV. Incubation period
V. Disease notification(reporting)(5 mks)
5. List four major complications of measles.(2 mks)
6. List major symptoms of typhoid fever.(2 mks)
7. State briefly six clinical features of tuberclosis (pulmonary TB).(3 mks)
8. How does a vaccine prevent a person from getting a disease for which it is given?(2 mks)
9. With appropriate examples, explain briefly how the following disease control measures are applied in communicable diseases (control).
(a) Isolation (2 mks)
(b) Reverse isolation (2 mks)
10. The main strain of vibrid bacilli that causes parademic cases is?(1 mk)

Communicable Diseases Question Paper

More Question Papers

Popular Exams