Diseases & Biotech Final

Which best compares a virus to a bacterium?

• A virus is a large, living particle, and a bacterium is a large, living cell.

• A virus is a tiny, nonliving particle, and a bacterium is a large, living cell.

• A virus is a large, nonliving particle, and a bacterium is the same size but living.

Which of the following is a disease that can be spread person to person?

• Diabetes

• Skin cancer

• Obesity

• Jock itch

Which of the following is true about bacteria?

• Smallest pathogen type

• Prokaryote

• Need a host to reproduce

• Causes athlete's foot

What treatment would be given to someone with 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-NCoV)?

• Rest and hydration

• Antibiotics

• A vaccine

• Antifungal cream

Which of the following is a vector?

• A person with a runny nose who sneezes on another person

• A bacterium that gives yellow fever to a person to comes in contact with it

• A bat that carries rabies and has a foaming mouth

• A mosquito that transmits malaria but doesn't have any symptoms

Why do you need to get a flu shot each year?

• The vaccine wears off after a year

• The vaccine is targeted at the strain of flu that is expected to be a problem this year

• Doctors want to make lots of money

• The flu gets stronger every year

If a new viral disease is affecting a large number of people in the U.S. and Canada, which would describe it?

• Endemic

• Epidemic

• Pandemic

• Parapalegic

Which pairing is correct?

• spherical:bacillus

• rod-shaped:bacillus

• spiral:cocci

• rod-shaped:cocci

Which pathogen is correctly matched to its pathogen type?

• influenza - bacterium

• Black Plague - virus

• malaria - protist

• strep throat - fungus

Which type of pathogen is pictured?

• Virus

• Bacterium

• Fungus

• Protist