Q.1
What part of the bacteria controls resistance?
  • Chromosomes
  • Nucleus
  • Cytoplasm
  • Genes
Q.2
Why should you always complete a course of antibiotics?
  • So that you don't waste the money spent on your prescription
  • It is illegal not to finish the whole course
  • It avoids wasting the antibiotics
  • It kills off the maximum number of bacteria
Q.3
What are antibiotics?
  • Chemicals that destroy viruses
  • Chemicals that prvent bacteria from growing or kill them
  • Hormones that are found naturally in white blood cells
  • Hormones secreted by white blood cells that stick to antigens
Q.4
What is a resistant bacteria?
  • One that can resist being squashed
  • One that is not affected by acids
  • One that is not affected by antibiotics
  • One that can resist an attack by a bacteriophage virus
Q.5
MRSA is the abbreviation for which of the following?
  • Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus
  • Microbiologically resistant staphylococcus aureus
  • Multi resistant staphylococcus aurelius
  • Microbiologically resistant streptococcus aurelius
Q.6
How do these resistant strains of bacteria arise?
  • Natural selection
  • Artificial selection
  • Selective breeding
  • Non-selective breeding
Q.7
What is the outcome when a resistant strain of bacteria develops?
  • Some diseases could become very difficult to control
  • The bacteria will grow larger
  • New types of antibiotic will need to be developed
  • An epidemic
Q.8
Resistance to antibiotics is genetic. Why is this a problem?
  • Resistance can be passed on to future generations of bacteria
  • It means that resistant bacteria genes could become part of your genes
  • You might become immune to the antibiotic
  • It makes bacteria grow faster
Q.9
What are doctors doing to slow down the development of resistant bacteria?
  • Prescribing more antibiotics
  • Prescribing longer courses of antibiotics
  • Prescribing fewer antibiotics
  • Not prescribing antibiotics
Q.10
Which of the following answers contain the missing words in the correct order? _________ are one cause of variation in a population of bacteria. A course of ____________ will kill off the non-resistant bacteria leaving ____________ bacteria to multiply. If these escape from the patient it is possible they can _______ others with bacteria that are not killed by antibiotics.
  • Genes, antibodies, resistant, enter.
  • Antigens, antibiotics, resistant, infect.
  • Zygotes, cytoplasm, superbug, do
  • Mutations, antibiotics, resistant, infect.
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