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Disease Benchmark

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

You can attain the Common Cold by touching a contaminated object or person by doing the following:

a)

Rub your eyes

b)

Pick your nose

c)

put fingers in your mouth

d)

scratch yourself

2.

Influenza can lead to what other complications if they go improperly untreated

a)

Bronchilitis

b)

Measles

c)

Malaria

d)

Chicken Pox

e)

Pneumonia

3.

What is the most common viral infection to cause pneumonia?

a)

tuberculosis

b)

common cold

c)

influenza

d)

bronchitis

4.

When was the Spanish Flu?

a)

1919

b)

1980

c)

1918

d)

1920

5.

If you "aspirate" a French fry, what does that mean?

a)

The French Fry went down the wrong pipe or into a lung

b)

You just got pneumonia

c)

You are gagging

6.

Practicing the 6 feet apart rule to help prevent the spread of Covid-19 is called?

a)

Social Executive

b)

Social media

c)

Social Distancing

d)

Social Mongrel

7.

Why is Hospital Acquired Pneumonia is more serious?

a)

Patient already sick, with weaker immune system

b)

Microbes in hospitals are more resistant to antibiotics

c)

They maybe on a ventilator, can't cough

8.

Malaria is normally transmitted by which of the following infected creatures.

a)

Tsetse Fly

b)

Mosquito

c)

House fly

d)

Daddy long legs

9.

The type of drugs and length of treatment for Malaria depends on which of the following?

a)

age

b)

if your pregnant

c)

your weight

d)

type of Malaria parasite

e)

severity of the symptoms

10.

Which area of the world is most common place to be infected with Malaria?

a)

Africa

b)

Southeast Asia

c)

Dominican Republic

d)

Florida Everglades

11.

The main symptom of Acute Bronchitis is?

a)

headaches

b)

Blocked nose

c)

Coughing for weeks

d)

Fever

12.

if you have asthma and contract bronchitis what could the doctor prescribe you?

a)

penicillin

b)

inhaler

c)

antibiotics

13.

How much water should you drink a day if you contract bronchitis?

a)

at least 8 glasses

b)

at least 6 glasses

c)

at least 4 glasses

14.

Infectious Mononucleosis is also known as?

a)

Glandular Disease

b)

IMB

c)

Mono

d)

Kissing Disease

15.

Mononucleosis is most common amongst what age group?

a)

young adults

b)

adults

c)

both

16.

The virus that causes Mononucleosis is actually what family type of virus?

a)

syphilis

b)

gonorrhea

c)

herpes

d)

chlamydia

17.

If strep throat, goes untreated, it can lead to what other complication?

a)

kidney inflammation

b)

psoriasis of the liver

c)

scarlet fever

d)

rheumatic fever

18.

What are the symptoms of Influenza?

a)

Runny nose

b)

headache

c)

sore throat

d)

cough

e)

fever

19.

Symptoms of Influenza start to show when?

a)

right away

b)

1-4 days after infection

c)

3-4 after infection

d)

1 week

20.

Which symptom of Influenza usually last the longest.?

a)

Runny nose

b)

headache

c)

sore throat

d)

cough

e)

fever

21.

Mononucleosis is most common amongst what age group?

a)

young adults

b)

adults

c)

both

22.

The virus that causes Mononucleosis is actually what family type of virus?

a)

syphilis

b)

gonorrhea

c)

herpes

d)

chlamydia

23.

The virus that causes Mononucleosis is transferred:

a)

kissing

b)

coughing

c)

sneezing

d)

blood

24.

It takes at least how long to develop symptoms of Mononucleosis?

a)

1 day

b)

4 days

c)

4 weeks

d)

2 weeks

25.

Strep throat, is an infection of the back of the throat including the tonsils.

a)

true

b)

false

26.

Streptococcal pharyngitis, (strep throat), is contracted by?

a)

person to person contact

b)

any contaminated objects

c)

doorknobs only

d)

toothbrushes only

27.

Which type of Bronchitis is more severe to contract?

a)

Acute

b)

Chronic

28.

The viruses that cause the Acute Bronchitis are the same ones that can cause what other diseases?

a)

common cold

b)

pneomonia

c)

influenza

d)

malaria

29.

The main symptom of Acute Bronchitis is?

a)

headaches

b)

Blocked nose

c)

Coughing for weeks

d)

Fever