
Disease Pre-Test: 3.16
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8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Which best explains how a virus affects other organisms?
Viruses increase the survival of other organisms.
Viruses immediately destroy all cells they come in contact with.
Viruses live and reproduce in between the cells of other organisms.
Viruses invade the cells of other organisms, using them to reproduce.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How do viruses cause disease?
by secreting toxins
by producing excess waste
by damaging or killing cells
by competing with healthy cells for nutrients
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which is the most likely reason for a decline in antibiotic use?
Antibiotics have severe health side effects.
Companies find antibiotics too expensive to produce.
Most health insurance does not cover treatment with antibiotics.
Bacterial infections have become resistant to present antibiotic
treatment.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which cause athlete’s foot, ringworm, and thrush?
protozoa
bacteria
viruses
fungi
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Which best explains why more than 300 million 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.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How could a hospital best handle a case of a person infected with an antibiotic-resistant disease?
isolate the person
send the person home
give the person more antibiotics
move the person to intensive care
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