Modes of Transmission Quiz

What are the two main ways infectious agents can spread?

• Direct and Indirect

• Contact and Droplet

• Airborne and Vector-borne

• Vehicle-borne and Waterborne

In direct transmission, what is required for the source and susceptible host?

• They must be far apart

• They must be close

• They must be in different countries

• They must be in different rooms.

What is an example of droplet transmission?

• Entering an elevator where someone was sneezing

• Drinking contaminated water

• Eating spoiled food

• Touching a dirty surface.

Airborne transmission occurs when small particles stay afloat in the air for a while before ______.

• A) Rising

• B) Falling to the ground

• C) Disappearing

• D) Changing color

Vector-borne transmission occurs when a living object carries the infectious agent from one host to another. True or False?

• True

• False

Which of the following is an example of a vector in vector-borne transmission?

• Tick

• Water

• Food

• Air

Vehicle-borne transmission occurs when a nonliving object carries an agent from its reservoir to a susceptible host. True or False?

• True

• False

Which of the following is an example of vehicle-borne transmission?

• Fly

• Food

• Animal

• Air

Which of the following is NOT a mode of transmission?

• Direct

• Indirect

• Waterborne

• Airborne

What is droplet transmission?

• Transmission through direct contact

• Transmission through respiratory droplets

• Transmission through contaminated food

• Transmission through insect bites.