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Infectious Diseases(1)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A village has improved its suply of clean water, sewage treatment, insect control and milk pasteurisation. Which disease, present in the village, will NOT be reduced by these measures?
a)
Cholera
b)
HIV/AIDS
c)
Malaria
d)
Tuberbulosis
2.
What do the causative agents of HIV/AIDS, malaria and TB have in common (1) They all have cell membranes (2) they all have genes (3) they all have ribosomes (4) they all respire
a)
1,2,3 and 4
b)
1 and 4 only
c)
2 and 4 only
d)
2 only
3.

The diagram represents properties of diseases. Which area of the diagram refers to properties that are peculiar with tuberculosis?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

4.
Which of the following disease can be transmitted by the exchange of body fluids?
a)
Malaria
b)
HIV/AIDS
c)
Cholera
d)
Tuberbulosis
5.
Which of the following diseases is caused by a protoctist?
a)
Cholera
b)
HIV/AIDS
c)
Tuberculosis
d)
malaria
6.
Which disease is NOT likely to be passed directly from parent to child?
a)
Malaria
b)
Cholera
c)
Sickle cell anaemia
d)
Tuberbulosis
7.
Which diseases are treatable by antibiotics?
a)
Cholera, Measles and TB
b)
Cholera and TB
c)
Cholera and Measles
d)
Measles and TB
8.

The diagram represents properties of diseases. Which area of the diagram shows properties that are common to BOTH cholera and tuberculosis?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

9.
Which infectious disease cannot be treated using antibiotics?
a)
Chronic bronchitis, malaria, TB
b)
TB, cholera, measles
c)
Cholera, measles, Malaria
d)
TB, Cholera and thyphoid fever
10.
Which disease is treated with drugs that have similar molecular structure to DNA nucleotides?
a)
Cholera
b)
HIV/AIDS
c)
Malaria
d)
TB
11.
Morbillivirus is responsible for which disease?
a)
Smallpox
b)
Influenza
c)
Measles
d)
Tuberbulosis
12.
What does Morbillivirus and Variola virus have in common? (1) they cause infectious disease (2) they have both been eradicated worldwide (3) there are vaccines that can protect people from them
a)
1 and 2 only
b)
1 and 3 only
c)
1, 2 and 3
d)
1 only
13.
Which disease exhibits the following features? (1) it can be transmitted by animals to other animals including humans (2) one mode of transmission is by transfusion with contaminated blood (3) the causative organism can show multiple drug resistance (4) the majority of humans who die from the disease are children
a)
cholera
b)
HIV/AIDS
c)
malaria
d)
tuberculosis
14.
Which of these pathogens can be transmitted by air? (1) Plasmodium (2) Morbillivirus (3) Mycobacterium (4) Vibrio
a)
1 and 2
b)
2 and 3
c)
2 and 4
d)
3 and 4
15.

The table shows global mortality figures for some diseases in 2002. How many millions of people died in 2002 from bacterial diseases listed in the table?

a)

0.6

b)

1.6

c)

2.2

d)

2.7

16.

The table shows global mortality figures for some diseases in 2002. How many millions of people died in 2002 fromviral diseases listed in the table

a)

3.4

b)

4.1

c)

2.8

d)

5.5

17.

The table shows global mortality figures for some diseases in 2002. Which disease accounted for the highest casue of death according to the table?

a)

HIV/AIDS

b)

Malaria

c)

TB

d)

Measles

18.

The table shows global mortality figures for some diseases in 2002. If the deaths reported worldwide was 220 million; what is the number of people that died as a result of measles?

a)

2,420,000

b)

4,240,000

c)

2,400,200

d)

2,240,000

19.
Which of the following statements distinguishes cholera from tuberculosis?
a)
it is casued by a prokaryote
b)
it is transmitted by air droplet
c)
it is transmitted by contaminated food or water
d)
it can be prevented by vaccines
20.

Which statements about a non-infectious disease may be correct? (1) it can result from mutation (2) it can be transmitted by an insect vector (3) it can be transmitted from mother to child

a)

1, 2 and 3

b)

1 and 2 only

c)

1 and 3 only

d)

2 and 3 only

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