Q.1
What parasite is most often responsible for the spread of Lyme disease?
  • amoeba
  • crane fly
  • dear tick
  • mosquito
Q.2
Which best explains why more thanmillion people in Asia are infected with malaria each year?
  • There is no way to protect people against the disease.
  • The parasites that cause malaria lack the ability to resist antibiotics.
  • The house fly contaminates food with infectious bacteria that cause malaria.
  • Mosquitos are becoming resistant to insecticides and continue to carry the disease.
Q.3
Over a two-week period, several students complain of feeling sick. Their symptoms include a cough, fever, and a sore throat. What describes the MOST likely cause of these symptoms?
  • exposure to hot weather
  • decrease in physical exercise
  • consumption of bad food
  • infection by a virus
Q.4
True or False?The immune system is made up of a network of cells, tissue, and organs that work together to protect the body
  • True
  • False
Q.5
What is one of the ways that antibiotics work?
  • They can stop bacteria from reproducing
  • They can stop viruses from reproducing
  • They stop toxins from poisoning the tissues of hosts
  • They engulf the pathogens
Q.6
Which of the following patterns is most likely to indicate a foodborne illness?
  • All of the victims worked in the same office.
  • All of the victims were friends.
  • All of the victims shopped at the same supermarket.
  • All of the victims had the same symptoms.
Q.7
Where would a disease transmitted by person-to-person contact be most likely to spread quickly?
  • In a remote region, where contact between people is rare.
  • In a rural farming community, where neighbors live miles apart.
  • In a crowded city.
  • In a medical lab, where people wear protective gear (face masks, gloves, etc.) and equipment is regularly sterilized.
Q.8
Imagine you were investigating the cause of a mysterious disease. Which of the following would not be important to determine?
  • The food that the diseased people recently ate.
  • Who the diseased people were in contact with recently.
  • Where the diseased people had recently been.
  • How wealthy the diseased people were.
Q.9
Which of the following is not a typical way for a person to catch a disease?
  • From pathogens in the air.
  • From pathogens in boiled water.
  • From pathogens in poorly cooked food.
  • From physical contact with an infected person.
Q.10
Which pathogen is treated with antibiotics?
  • virus
  • bacteria
  • parasite
  • fungi
Q.11
Which of the following cells can become "memory" cells?
  • A cells
  • B cells
  • C cells
  • D cells
Q.12
The chemical which increases blood flow to area during inflammatory response is called;
  • Epiphelium
  • Eosinophil
  • Lysosome
  • Histamine
Q.13
Adaptive immunity has three main features. Which of the following is NOT one of these features?
  • It has a fast response time
  • It recognises specific pathogens
  • it has a "memory"
  • It protects the entire body
Q.14
Leukocytes include a wide range of different white blood cells. Which of the following are responsible for destroying cancerous cells?
  • Neutrophils
  • Eosinophils
  • Natural Killer Cells
  • Macrophages
Q.15
Bacteria can come in a variety of shapes. Which of the following is NOT a shape of bacteria?
  • Cocci
  • Fusilli
  • Spirilla
  • Bacillus
Q.16
Viruses and bacteria both use adhesins which bind to specific:
  • protein spikes
  • cell membrane receptors
  • fimbriae
  • complementary shapes
Q.17
The process by which microbes cause disease is referred to as:
  • Inflammation
  • Microbial Pathogenesis
  • Transmission
  • Histamines
Q.18
A single-celled organism that lacks a nucleus is called
  • a bacteriophage
  • a virus
  • a protist
  • bacteria
Q.19
Disease-causing microorganism, such as a bacterium or fungus.
  • antigen
  • prion
  • pathogen
  • allergen
Q.20
A tiny, non-living particle that invades and then multiplies inside a living cell is called
  • bacteria
  • a virus
  • a fungi
  • ha protist
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