PED101-04 Exam Final Guide
1) List at least 3 types of infectious agents? How can these be treated? Medication?
Vaccination? What are recommended vaccines for U.S. college students?
2) List and define the modes of transmission for infectious agents? What conditions
must be present for infection to occur?
3) List at least 3 common infections affecting college students. What symptoms
help to define the different infections? Which symptoms tend to be indicative of
more serious infections?
4) List at least 4 ways to help avoid contracting upper respiratory and abdominal
infections. What are the common recommended vaccinations for college
students? What is bacterial resistance and why is it important.
5) List at least 3 (each) risk factors for heart disease – can control, can’t control?
How can you reduce your risk for heart disease.
6) What are the main signs/symptoms of a stroke?
7) Define the common cancer terms – sarcoma, carcinoma, lymphoma; benign,
malignant, metastasize. What are some of the main signs or symptoms of cancer
in general?
8) How can you evaluate the danger of a melanoma? What is the most important
factor for preventing skin cancer
9) What is the most commonly reported STD in the United States? Why is it
important to be tested for STD’s? What does it mean for a disease to be latent, or
prodromal? What are the two long-term problems in women that can be caused
by Chlamydia?
10) List at least 3 STD’s. Which STD’s can cause symptoms in other areas of the
body? Which Herpes virus is located on the mouth, and which on the genitalia?
Which STD is the main cause of cervical cancer?
11) List at least 3 methods of birth control. What are the advantages and
disadvantages to each?
12) What is the main reason that diets fail?
13) What is the difference between a stimulant and a depressant? List 2 drugs
(substances) in each category.
