High School: 9th and 10th Grade - Biology - Resistance Of Pathogens To Antibiotics Solution - MCQGeeks.com

Q.1.

What do we call individual pathogens which antibiotics can kill?

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Pathogens which are non-resistant
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Pathogens which are non-immune
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Pathogens which are non-pathogenic
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Pathogens which are non-living

Q.2.

Antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria spread quickly. Why is this?

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Because they have a selective advantage and are better adapted
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Because they are not adapted to survive
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Because they have lower optimum temperature
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Because they do not grow in the presence of the antibiotic

Q.3.

Why can it be dangerous if you do not complete your course of antibiotics?

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The bacteria may all die
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Not all of the bacteria are killed so the infection continues
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The remaining bacteria may become resistant
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You become immune to the antibiotic

Q.4.

Which of the following would be the usual medical advice for a sore throat?

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Take antibiotics
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Bed rest, fluids and antibiotics
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Avoid antibiotics unless absolutely necessary
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Pain killers, antibiotics and throat spray

Q.5.

Individual pathogens survive, reproduce and can form new strains by which process?

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The process of natural selection
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The process of natural wastage
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The process of unnatural means
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The process of sexual reproduction

Q.6.

Resistance to antibiotics in bacteria is controlled by what?

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Hormones
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White blood cells
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Genes
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Viruses

Q.7.

How have we slowed down the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria?

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By ignoring the problem
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With more careful prescribing of antibiotics
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By banning antibiotics
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By inventing new painkillers

Q.8.

How have doctors tried to reduce antibiotic resistance?

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By prescribing more antibiotics
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By prescribing weaker antibiotics
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By prescribing fewer antibiotics
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By not giving antibiotics at all

Q.9.

What does MRSA stand for?

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Medically resistant susceptible antibiotics
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Methicillin-resistant Streptococcus antibodies
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Multiple resistant Staphylococcus aureus
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Q.10.

Antibiotic resistance can lead to what?

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New viral strains
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Bacteria which are immune to antibiotics
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Viruses which are resistant to antibiotics
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New strains of bacteria which cannot be destroyed