Question 1: What new vaccines have been introduced into the South African EPI?

  Rotavirus and Pneumococcal vaccines

  Rotavirus and Meningococcal vaccines

  Human Papilloma Virus and Pneumococcal vaccines

  Malaria and Rubella vaccines

Question 2: Which is not a complication of measles?

  Death

  Blindness

  Acute flaccid paralysis

  Pneumonia

Question 3: The following is correct regardiing IPV:

  Will eventually result in millions of VAPP cases in Nigeria

  Is the vaccine of choice for the treatment of wild type poliovirus 2 infection

  Has an important role to play in the eradication of polio

  Can always be used orally when OPV is out of stock in a clinic

Question 4: Which of these viral vaccines is not readily available in South Africa?

  Human Papilloma virus vaccine

  MMRV (measles, mumps, rubella, varicella)

  Japanes Encephalitis Vaccine

  Oral Polio Vaccine

Question 5: The potential benefits of vaccination are:

  Decrease in the incidence of disease

  Eradication of a disease

  All of the above

  None of the above

Question 6: Cholera is transmitted by:

  Sexual contact

  Mosquito bite

  Ingestion of contaminated water

  Sneezing

Question 7: All these are the routes of vaccine administration except:

  Subcutaneous

  Intravenous

  Intramuscular

  Oral

Question 8: Stools produced by a cholera patient are usually described as:

  Rice watery stools

  Pasta watery stools

  Pineapple watery stools

  Melon watery stools

Question 9: According to the WHO, vaccination is second only to:

  Clean water as a means of preventing infectious diseases

  Treatment as a means of preventing infectious diseases

  Surgery as a means of preventing infectious diseases

  First aid as a means of preventing infectious diseases

Question 10: Spanish flu:

  Resulted in a high birth rate in Spain

  Was used as a biological weapon during world war 1

  Occurred in 1918-19 and killed an estimated 21 million people worldwide

  Occurred in 1819 and was due to pneumcoccus