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WorksheetsIntro to micro Pathogenic Organisms & Types of Infection LU 4
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
What is bacteria that is normally found in or on our body called?
opportunist
normal flora
true pathogen
host
What is the term used to refer to a pathogen that does not normally cause disease but will take advantage if a person has a weakened immune system?
opportunist
pathogenicity
normal flora
true pathogen
nonpathogenic
What is the term for a microbe that produces disease called?
pathogen
non-pathogenic
host
endogenous
exogenous
What is organism from which a parasite obtains its nourishment called?
host
pathogen
opportunitist
human vector
normal flora
What is a condition in which the body or a part of it is invaded by a pathogenic agent that can multiply and produces injurious effects called?
infectious
contaminated
communicable
infiltration
What is a disease in which the causative agent is directly or indirectly transmitted from host to host called?
communicable
non-communicable
pathogenic
primary
systemic
What is the term for the presence of bacteria in the blood but does not grow and mulitply referred to as?
toxemia
septicemia
bacteremia
blood poisoning
What is the term used to describe the relative power or the extent of an organism to produce disease called?
pathogenicity
virulence
attenuation
pathogenic
opportunistic
What is the term used for long term disease called?
acute
chronic
virulent
endemic
Which of the following describes an infection that has become worldwide such as Covid 19?
epidemic
endemic
sporadic
pandemic
What is a disease that is not transmissible directly from one person to another called?
communicable
non-communicable
acute
endogenous
Which of the following describes an infection that occurs occasionally called?
epidemic
endemic
sporadic
pandemic
What is the ability of the host to defend itself self against disease called?
attenuation
virulence
resistance
pathogenicity
host
Which of the following best describes the term for the reduction of the virulence of a microorganism?
reduction
attenuation
resistance
dilution
This type of infection occurs nears the end of the disease and most often will cause death.
local
focal
terminal
systemic
general
Which of the following describes an infection that orginates in one area of the body but may spread to other parts by entering the lymph vessels or blood vessels referred to as?
local
focal
mixed
secondary
primary
Which of the following describes an infection that attacks a large number of people in a short time?
endemic
epidemic
sporadic
pandemic
Which of the follfowing describes an infection that orginates and remains in one area of the body called?
focal
local
primary
mixed
general
What is the term used to described an initial infection that a person contracts?
primary
secondary
focal
local
general
What is a form of infection that caused by a pathogen that is part of the normal flora referred to as?
exogenous
endogenous
opportunist
virulent
sporadic
Which of the following best describes an infection where the bacteria enter the bloodstream and begin to grow and multiply called?
septicemia
bacteremia
toxemia
endotoxin
