Microbiology Review Part 1 - 8.L.1.1

Which characteristic makes bacteria suitable for scientific research of disease?

• They are multicellular.

• They reproduce rapidly.

• They keep virus populations under control.

• They grow in four stages allowing growth control.

Which human disease is caused by a parasitic infection?

• cancer

• influenza

• athlete's foot

• African sleeping sickness

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.

How does the reproductive potential of bacteria affect illnesses caused by bacteria?

• long generation time results in many bacteria

• short generation time results in many bacteria

• long generation time results in only a few bacteria

• short generation time results in only a few bacteria

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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

What parasite is most often responsible for the spread of Lyme disease?

• amoeba

• crane fly

• deer tick

• mosquito

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

• protozoa

• bacteria

• viruses

• fungi

Which best describes how viruses affect many organisms?

• They cause disease in the organisms.

• They provide energy to the organisms.

• They reduce heat energy in the organisms.

• They increase reproduction in the organisms.

Which best explains why antibiotics are ineffective in treating viral infections?

• Viruses destroy the antibiotic

• Antibiotics only kill living cells.

• Antibiotics increase the rate of viral growth.

• Viruses escape antibiotics by hiding in cells.

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