Chapter 1 Michael Marmot: highest mortality and poorest well being consistently associated with employees who had smallest degree of control over their work lives Work: activity involving mental or physical effort done in order to achieve a purpose or result Ethics: moral principles that govern a person's behavior or conducting of an activity Greek, ethos: habit, custom, disposition or character A system of moral principles where it affect how people lead their lives, for life with continuous decision-making process and concerned with what is the right moral choice, for individuals and for society Ethical code: set of principles which guide an organization in its activities and decisions and the firm's philosophy may affect its productivity and reputation Work ethics: a group of moral principles, standards of behavior, or set of values regarding proper conduct in the workplace Encompasses traits: reliability, dependability, dedication, productivity, cooperation, character, inte...
November 2020 SECTION A: OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS (30 MARKS) CHOOSE ONE BEST STATEMENT TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS 1. Which of the following is NOT the commonest route of transmission of parasitic infection? (A) Inhalation* (B) Bite by a vector (C) Penetration through skin (D) Oral intake of contaminated food and water 2. A the single cell parasites known as (A) cestode (B) protozoa* (C) nematode (D) trematode 3. What is the definition of host? (A) The organism that lives within a dead organism (B) The organism that in or on, which the parasite lives and causes harm* (C) The organism that acquires some of its basic nutritional requirements through its intimate contact with another living organism--parasite (D) The organism that a living carrier that transports a pathogenic organism from an infected to a non-infected host--vector 4. When Balantidium coli infection is suspected, what specimen would you choose to send to the laboratory? (A) blood (B) sputum (C) fresh stool* (D) fresh urine 5. Whic...