Disease

A doctor prescribed an antibiotic to treat an illness. Which type of illness did the doctor most likely treat?

• cancer

• heart disease

• viral infection

• bacterial infection

Which best describes treatments for viral epidemics and viral pandemics?

• Both are easily treated using a combination of vaccination and antibiotics.

•   Epidemics are treated with antibiotics, while pandemics are treated with vaccinations.

• Epidemics are treated with vaccinations, while pandemics are treated with antibiotics.

•   Neither is easily treated because viral infections are easier to prevent than they are to treat.

Why are viruses considered to be nonliving?

•   They are not able to replicate without a host cell.

•   They do not have genetic information.

•   They are not able to move on their own.

•   They do not interact with their environment.

The bacteria that causes bubonic plague is transmitted to humans by fleas. Which term best describes the role of the fleas in transmitting bubonic plague?

• vector

• pathogen

• parasite

• decomposer

Which cause athlete’s foot, ringworm, and thrush? 

• protozoa

• virus

• bacteria

• fungus

Which makes it possible for a person who has recovered from a Rhinovirus (cold) to catch another cold?

•   A cold is a bacterial infection that remains active in the body.

•   A cold is a bacterial infection present only during the winter months.

•   A cold is a viral infection with many different strains.

•   A cold is a viral infection that remains active until treated with antibiotics.

A virus can be treated using antibiotics

• True

• False

Which situation would most favor the spread of infectious disease?

• overcrowding

• use of vaccine

• small population

• sanitary conditions

Epidemic measles outbreaks were once common, but their occurrence has greatly diminished. Which best explains this?

•   The measles vaccine has greatly reduced the number of viral infections. 

• The measles virus has largely been removed from the environment.

•   Increased hand washing has greatly reduced the spread of the measles virus.

• Children receive immunity to the measles virus from their mothers.

Which of the following is not a type of pathogens

• Fungi

• Bacteria

• Protist

• Parasite