person fights off the disease
1. The disease process includes how a person contracts a disease, what happens to the body and to the disease while the disease progresses and _____.
A. how long it takes to get cured
B. how the disease ends
C. how well the person fights off the disease
D. what types of medications are used to treat the disease
2. Mary ate a cheeseburger at the local diner. She later contracted an E. coli bacterial infection from eating the beef in the burger. What was the etiology of Mary’s infection?
A. The diner
B. E. coli bacteria
C. The cheeseburger
D. Her gastrointestinal system
3. The etiology of a disease can be a _____.
A. pathogen
B. worm
C. break in the skin
D. both a and b
4. Microbes that help you digest food are called _____.
A. gastric acids
B. resident flora
C. normal fauna
D. digestive bacteria
5. Beneficial microbes that can travel inside the body can become _____.
A. normal flora
B. opportunistic microbes
C. resident flora
D. part of the bloodstream
6. Infections are caused by _____.
A. harmful microbes
B. resident flora
C. pathogens
D. both a and c
7. The symptoms of fever, chills, redness and swelling are indicators of _____.
A. the flu
B. a dislocation
C. Alzheimer’s disease
D. inflammation
8. _____ are found everywhere and are the most common cause of infection.
A. Bacteria
B. Pathogens
C. Mosquitoes
D. Viruses
9. The difference between bacteria and viruses is that _____.
A. viruses are contagious
B. viruses must live inside a host
C. bacteria must live inside a host
D. viruses are not parasites
10. Antibiotics _____ kill viruses.
A. can sometimes
B. always
C. do not
D. are being developed to
11. Fungi survive by _____.
A. attaching themselves to a host
B. digesting rocks and minerals
C. absorbing and digesting organic material
D. both a and c
12. _____ are small bundles of protein.
A. Bacteria
B. Viruses
C. Fungi
D. Protozoa
13. Fungi are _____ toxic.
A. never
B. sometimes
C. always
D. strongly
14. The tsetse fly is an example of a _____.
A. mosquito
B. fungus
C. parasitic host
D. parasitic insect
15. _____ are NOT parasites.
A. Bacteria
B. Viruses
C. Helminthes
D. Protozoa
16. Helminths grow in the _____ of animals and humans.
A. feces
B. cardiovascular system
C. respiratory tract
D. digestive tract
17. Parasitic worms can be passed from one host to another through _____.
A. breathing
B. spit
