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Intro to Infectious Disease

Authored by Ellen Palmer

Biology, Other

9th - 12th Grade

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Intro to Infectious Disease
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An infectious disease is a disease that is caused by the invasion of a host by agents whose activities harm the host's tissue and can be transmitted to other individuals

True

False

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the name of a thing that can cause disease?

microorganism

pathogen

microbe

all of the above

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Normal flora or the microbiome are microorganisms that live in and on our bodies. What is their role?

They are dangerous because they are pathogens that cause disease

They are helpful because they compete with and stop the growth of harmful microbes

They are neutral because they do not do anything

All of the above

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How is an opportunistic pathogen different than a true pathogen?

Opportunistic infections can infect everyone; true pathogens infect people with failing immune systems

True infections can infect everyone; opportunistic pathogens infect people with failing immune systems

They are not different, are the same

All of the above

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of following groups have immune system problems that can lead to opportunistic infections?

Cancer patients receiving chemotherapy

HIV-positive individuals

People who have AIDS

All of the above

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Pneumocystis carinii is a rare opportunistic infection that was observed in immunosuppressed men with HIV/AIDS

True

False

7.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is a characteristic of infectious diseases? Choose all that apply

Contagiousness--how easily it is transmitted

Virulence--how easily it causes disease

Lysoliness--how easily it can be cleaned up

Insistence--how easily it can win an argument

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