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WorksheetsA-level Chapter 10 Infectious Disease
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name and type of causative agent of cholera.
Human Immunodeficiency Virus - Virus
Mycobacterium bovis - bacterium
Vibrio cholerae - bacterium
Plasmodium falciparum - Protoctist
Name and type of causative agent of malaria
Plasmodium ovale - Protoctist
Mycobacterium tuberculosis - Bacterium
HIV - virus
Plasmodium vivax - Bacterium
Which disease is caused by a bacterium and can be spread by airborne droplets?
Cholera
Malaria
Tuberculosis
HIV/AIDS
Smallpox has been eradicated, but malaria and cholera have not. Which of the following statements correctly explain this?
Cholera pathogens in the intestines are not destroyed by antibiotics.
Plasmodium antigens change during the life cycle.
Vaccines only work against viruses.
Which of the following are correct for tuberculosis?
airborne transmission
virus
rash
racking cough
Which of these terms can be used to describe the role of mosquitoes in the transmission of malaria?
1. malaria parasite
2. pathogen
3. vector
1, 2, 3
1, 3
1, 2
3
Why do people with HIV/AIDS have a higher occurrence of malaria than people without HIV/AIDS?
HIV/AIDS and malaria are both diseases where the pathogen travels in blood.
HIV/AIDS and malaria are both transmitted in blood.
HIV/AIDS infects T-lymphocytes which are used by the malaria pathogen.
HIV/AIDS suppresses the immune response to the malaria pathogen.
Which list contains only infectious diseases?
cholera, HIV/AIDS, lung cancer and malaria
cholera, malaria, tuberculosis (TB) and sickle cell anaemia
HIV/AIDS, malaria, cholera and tuberculosis (TB)
lung cancer, malaria, sickle cell anaemia and tuberculosis (TB)
Which disease is caused by a eukaryote?
Cholera
Malaria
HIV infection
Tuberculosis
Which factors affect the distribution of the disease malaria?
1. draining swamps 2. vaccination
3. antibiotics 4. migration of people due to conflict
5. climate
1, 2, 4
1, 4, 5
2, 3, 5
3, 4, 5
