1. Which of the following diseases can be transmitted by water and food?

• a.     Cholera
• b.    Poliomyelitis
• c.     Hepatitis A virus infection
• d.    All of the above

2. Which of the following diseases can be transmitted by blood?

• a.     Hepatitis B infection
• b.    HIV infection
• c.     Sphilis
• d.    All of the above

3. All of the following diseases are transmitted by mosquito except?

• a.     Japanese encephalitis
• b.    Yellow fever
• c.     West-Nile fever
• d.    Oroya fever

4. All of the following diseases are transmitted by sandfly except:

• a.     Kala-azar
• b.    Oriental sore
• c.     Oroya fever
• d.    Wes-Nile fever

5. Which of the following diseases are transmitted by rat flea?

• a.     Plague
• b.    Endemic typhus
• c.     Chiggerosis
• d.    All of the above

6. Which of the following diseases are transmitted by hard tick?

• a.     Kyasanur Forest disease
• b.    Tularaemia
• c.     Human babesiosis
• d.    All of the above

7. Which of the following diseases are transmitted by louse?

• a.     Epidemic typhus
• b.    Epidemic relapsing fever
• c.     Trench fever
• d.    All of the above

8. Chagas disease is transmitted by

• a.     Reduviid bug
• b.    Louse
• c.     Tick
• d.    Mite

9. Sleeping sickness is transmitted by:

• a.     Tsetse fly
• b.    Soft tick
• c.     Rat flea
• d.    Louse

10. Scrab typhus is transmitted by:

• a.     Trombiculid mite
• b.    Soft tick
• c.     Rat flea
• d.    Louse

11. In which of the following disease, housefly can act as a vector?

• a.     Typhoid fever
• b.    Cholera
• c.     Paratyphoid fever
• d.    All of the above

 12. If an infectious agent is transmitted through water (e.g., cholera), what type of transmission would this be considered?

1. a. Vector transmission
2. b. Droplet transmission
3. c. Indirect contact transmission
4. d. Direct contact transmission
5. e. Vehicle transmission

13. Ascaris infection is transmitted by

(a) mosquito bite

(b) Tse-tse fly

(c) consuming uncooked pork

(d) drinking contaminated water with eggs of Ascaris

14. Which of the following is a correct matching pair of disease and pathogen?

(a) Filariasis – Wuchereria

(b) Kala-azar – Glossina

(c) Sleeping sickness – Leishmania

(d) Malaria – Anopheles

15. Which of the following is not a vector-borne disease?

(a) Yellow fever

(b) Dengue fever

(c) Viral fever

(d) Malaria

16. Which of the following is an incorrectly matched pair of a disease and its associated vector?

(a) Leishmaniasis – Anopheles culifacies

(b) Dengue fever – Aedes aegypti

(c) Filariasis – Culex pipiens

(d) Sleeping sickness – Glossina palpalis

17 . Kala-azar is transmitted by

(a) Dragon fly

(b) Housefly

(c) Tse-tse fly

(d) Sand fly

18. Yellow fever is transmitted by

(a) Anopheles

(b) Aedes

(c) Housefly

(d) Tse-tse fly

19. A mosquito bites a person who subsequently develops a fever and abdominal rash. What type of transmission would this be?

1. a. mechanical vector transmission
2. b. biological vector transmission
3. c. direct contact transmission
4. d. vehicle transmission

20. A blanket from a child with chickenpox is likely to be contaminated with the virus that causes chickenpox (Varicella-zoster virus). What is the blanket called?

1. a. fomite
2. b. host
3. c. pathogen
4. d. vector

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