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WorksheetsPrion diseases
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is NOT a human prion disease?
a)
Kuru
b)
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
c)
Gerstmann–Sträussler–Scheinker syndrome
d)
Chronic wasting disease
2.
Prion diseases are able to replicate in a host despite the fact they do not have any replicative material?
a)
True
b)
False
3.
Prion disease are one of the few diseases that are known that are able to be transmitted from animals to humans and cause infection without the need for a vector?
a)
True
b)
False
4.
CJD can be spread in multiple ways and is very difficult to diagnose because of the wide spread of possible symptoms despite the criteria available for diagnosis?
a)
True
b)
False
5.
A prion is a kind of protein.
a)
True
b)
False
6.
A prion is a living thing.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
A prion is not properly ___________.
a)
folded
b)
baked
8.
Prions can be destroyed.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
A prion is a bad protein.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
Prions cannot destroy brain tissue.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
Prions cause good proteins in cows and humans to ___________ their proper function.
a)
gain
b)
lose
12.
It is good to have prions in our brains.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
Prions cannot be killed.
a)
True
b)
False
14.
Prions can reproduce by themselves.
a)
True
b)
False
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