Infectious Diseases Quiz

1. The condition that prevents an organism from functioning effectively is called a:
A disease
B vector
C benign tumour
2. Infectious diseases used to be called contagious because they can:
A only be caught by animals
B only cause fevers
C spread from person to person
3. Disease-causing organisms are:
A decomposers
B pathogens
C antibiotic
4. The disease-causing organism that causes the common cold is a:
A virus
B bacterium
C protozoan
5. The disease-causing organism that causes acne is a:
A fungus
B bacterium
C virus
6. Malaria is spread via the Anopheles mosquito. An animal which helps to spread disease by carrying the pathogen is a:
A virus
B vector
C symptom
7. A round-shaped bacterium is called a:
A spirillus
B bacillus
C coccus
8. An example of an ectoparasite is the:
A human
B tick
C rat
9. The mode of transmission of the HIV virus causing AIDS is via:
Asexual contact
Bblood
Cboth of the above
10. Antibiotics are not effective against diseases caused by:
Abacteria
Bliving organisms
Cviruses
11. A person who carries the causative organism of a disease but does not become ill with that disease is called:
Alucky
Ba carrier
Cimpatient
12. Signs of the common cold include:
Arunny nose and fever
Bwhinging and whining
Cdiarrhoea and fever
13. A disease caused by a fungus is:
Ameasles
Btinea
Ctyphoid fever
14. A disease spread by contaminated food or water is:
Amumps
Bcholera
Cmeasles
15. A disease spread by droplet is:
Ashingles
Brubella
Csyphilis
 
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