11th Wellness Communicable Disease Quiz

_______ Is any condition that interferes with the proper functioning of the body or mind

• disease
• infection
• pathogen

________ is a disease that can be passed to a person from another person, animal or object.

• Non-communicable disase
• Communicable Disease
• Pathogens

________ are disease-causing organisms that are so small you need a microscope to see them. Think "fancy word for germs".

• Virus

• Disease

• Communicable

• Pathogen

True or False: An antibiotic is a medicine that helps to kill viruses?

• True
• False

A doctor would most likely prescribe an antibiotic to treat what type of pathogen?

• Fungi
• Helminth
• Virus
• Bacteria

The __________ period is how long the disease can spread from one person to another.

• Sickness
• Bed rest
• Contagious

Washing your hands is the _________ effective strategy for preventing the spread of disease?

• least
• most

Cancer, Hypertension, and Asthma are examples of what types of disease?

• Non-communicable
• Communicable

Athlete's foot is an example of this pathogen

• Bacteria
• Virus
• Fungus
• Protozoan

A doctor would most likely prescribe an antibiotic to treat what type of pathogen?

• fungus
• bacteria
• virus
• parasite