Smallpox course JKO UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
If a smallpox outbreak were being managed by quarantine in a community, which instruction
would be correct to give families caring for smallpox patients at home? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Sickroom trash can be bagged for routine disposal
Smallpox is caused by which virus? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Variola
An equivocal reaction to smallpox vaccine is any reaction other than a major reaction. Which
is NOT a possible cause for an equivocal reaction? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Repeated
touching or scratching of the vaccination site (correct)
A person who has a single lesion on the face resulting from autoinoculation should -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- be referred to a physician who specializes in infectious disease,
vaccine adverse events, or dermatology
As part of a pre-outbreak smallpox vaccination program, for which person would smallpox
vaccine most likely be contraindicated? A person who answers "yes" to the question -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Are you pregnant or have a chance of pregnancy?
A woman arrives at an emergency department (ED) with a high fever and a vesicular rash,
which is confirmed by laboratory diagnosis to be smallpox. Which person has highest priority
for vaccination? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The woman's roommate, who has been caring
for her at home
Recommendations for smallpox vaccination include vaccine administration into skin that -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- is washed with soap and water, rinsed, and dried
What is the correct action to take if, after dipping the bifurcated needle into the smallpox
vaccine vial, you do not see a droplet of vaccine between the prongs? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Re-dip the needle perpendicularly into the vial
Questions and CORRECT Answers
If a smallpox outbreak were being managed by quarantine in a community, which instruction
would be correct to give families caring for smallpox patients at home? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Sickroom trash can be bagged for routine disposal
Smallpox is caused by which virus? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Variola
An equivocal reaction to smallpox vaccine is any reaction other than a major reaction. Which
is NOT a possible cause for an equivocal reaction? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Repeated
touching or scratching of the vaccination site (correct)
A person who has a single lesion on the face resulting from autoinoculation should -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- be referred to a physician who specializes in infectious disease,
vaccine adverse events, or dermatology
As part of a pre-outbreak smallpox vaccination program, for which person would smallpox
vaccine most likely be contraindicated? A person who answers "yes" to the question -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Are you pregnant or have a chance of pregnancy?
A woman arrives at an emergency department (ED) with a high fever and a vesicular rash,
which is confirmed by laboratory diagnosis to be smallpox. Which person has highest priority
for vaccination? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The woman's roommate, who has been caring
for her at home
Recommendations for smallpox vaccination include vaccine administration into skin that -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- is washed with soap and water, rinsed, and dried
What is the correct action to take if, after dipping the bifurcated needle into the smallpox
vaccine vial, you do not see a droplet of vaccine between the prongs? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Re-dip the needle perpendicularly into the vial
