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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