APhA Immunization Exam Questions and Answers

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APhA Immunization Exam Questions and Answers (Verified Answers) 1.What is the minimum needle length recommended for administering HepB vaccine to an adult patient weighing 130 lb (Answer) Fixed 1-inch needles are accept- able for patients weighing 60 kg (132 lb) or less.

2.HZV, MMR, rabies, typhoid, varicella, or yellow fever vaccine should not be administered to a patient with a history of anaphylaxis to (Answer) Gelatin 3.Alan is a 47-year-old man who has no documentation of a primary series of tetanus-containing vaccine. Which of the following would be an appropriate primary series for Alan (Answer) 1) Tdap 2)Td 4 weeks later 3)Td 6-12 months later Td booster every 10 years after 3rd dose 4.Candidate for PPSV23 (Answer) All adults 65+ years 1 / 4

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Immunocompromised (alcoholism, chronic liver; heart; lung disease, diabetics, cochlear implants, CSF leak) patients ages 19-64 Children with asthma only if theyre treated with high dose corticosteroids 5.Name the vaccine-preventable disease that may be contracted by unimmu- nized children from adults serving as reservoirs for the disease, which caus- es a paroxysmal cough and potentially can result in pneumonia, seizures, encephalopathy, hypoxia, and death (Answer) Pertussis 6.Which of the following vaccines may be administered to males and females aged 9 through 26 years to reduce the likelihood of acquiring genital warts?-

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7.Which of the following key questions is important to ask a patient before administering IIV (Answer) Are you sick today?*Mild illness is okay, but moderate to severe acute illness need to be resolved before getting vaccine.

8.Live attenuated vaccines. (Answer) produced by weakening the 2 / 4

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virus or bacteria to reduce the likelihood that it can cause disease end to produce more persistent, longer-lasting immunity than inactivated vaccines must replicate in order for the body to produce an immune response 3 / 4

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could cause disease in immunocompromised patients Circulating antibodies may interfere with a live attenuated vaccine's ability to replicate.

9.Inactivated vaccines.. (Answer) are produced by killing the virus/bacteria includes polysaccharide vaccines (conjugated [protein altered] or unconjugated), toxoids, or cellular vaccines 10.Which type of vaccine involves stimulation of B cells without the assis- tance of T helper cells (Answer) A pure polysaccharide *not recommended for children <2 because of their immature immune system 11.Conjugated vaccines. (Answer) provide longer lasting protection the immune response that changes to a T cell mediated response allows children <2 to form an immune response 12.T/F

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