Health and Safety

Question 1

What is antiseptic?

Answer 1

A chemical agent which inhibits the growth and multiplcation of bacteria

Question 2

What does non-pathogenic mean?

Answer 2

Does not produce disease and is not harmful

Question 2

What do you call the overpopulation of an organism?

Answer 2

Infestation

Question 3

What do you call the complete destruction of micro-organisms and their cause?

Answer 3

Sterilisation

Question 3

What is a substance that kills or inhibits fungi and fungal spores?

Answer 3

Fungicide

Question 4

Whatis a fungicide?

Answer 4

A substance that kills or inhibits fungi and fungal spores

Question 4

What are classic symptoms of a bacterial infection?

Answer 4

Localised redness, heat, swelling and pain

Question 5

What do you call infectius agents that are unable to grow or reproduce outside a host cell?

Answer 5

Viruses

Question 6

What is a bacteriostat?

Answer 6

A substance that stops bacteria from reproducing but does not kill them

Question 6

Localised redness, heat swelling and pain are classic symptoms of what sort of infection?

Answer 6

Bacterial

Question 7

What conditions are favourable to the growth of micro-organisms?

Answer 7

Moisture, warmth, darkness, and sufficient food supply

Question 8

What is a substance that kills bacteria and ideally nothing else?

Answer 8

Bactericide

Question 9

What are bacteria?

Answer 9

A large group of unicellular organisms that can be either pathogenic or non-pathogenic

Question 9

What sort of infection grows on the host?

Answer 9

Fungal

Question 10

A fire extinguisher containg powder has what colour label?

Answer 10

White

Question 11

In general viral infections are what?

Answer 11

Systemic

Question 11

What do you call the breathing in of a substance?

Answer 11

Inhalation

Question 12

What do you call making something clean and sanitary?

Answer 12

Sanitation

Question 13

What does sterilisation mean?

Answer 13

The complete destruction of micro-organisms and their cause

Question 13

What do you call the consumption of a substance?

Answer 13

Ingestion

Question 14

What are the two eays that immunity can be acquired?

Answer 14

Naturally or artificially

Question 15

What is a chemical agnt which inhibits the growth and multiplication?

Answer 15

Antiseptic

Question 15

A fire extinguisher containg foam has what colour label?

Answer 15

Blue

Question 16

What does inhalation mean?

Answer 16

The breathing in of a substance

Question 17

What does cross-infection mean?

Answer 17

Infection that is transferred from one person to another usually due to poor hygiene practices

Question 18

What is a chemical or biological agent that stops fungi from reproducing?

Answer 18

Fungistat

Question 20

What do you call an abnormal condition of an organism that impairs bodily functions and can be deadly?

Answer 20

Disease

Question 22

What is disease?

Answer 22

An abnormal condition of an organism that impairs bodily functions and can be deadly

Question 23

A fire extinguisher with a plain label contains what?

Answer 23

Water

Question 24

What is a fungistat?

Answer 24

A chemical or biological agent that stops fungi from reproducing

Question 26

A systemic infection is usually what?

Answer 26

Viral

Question 27

What is a bactericide?

Answer 27

A substance that kills bacteria and ideally nothing else

Question 27

A fire extinguisher containg water has what colour label?

Answer 27

Plain

Question 28

What does infection mean?

Answer 28

The detrimental colonisation of a host organism by a foreign species

Question 30

What do you call something that does not produce disease and is not harmful?

Answer 30

Non-pathogenic

Question 31

What is disinfectant?

Answer 31

A chemical agent which completely destroys bacteria

Question 33

What do you call infection transferred from one person to another usually due to poor hygiene practices

Answer 33

Cross-infection

Question 34

What do you call something that is disease producing and harmful?

Answer 34

Pathogenic

Question 35

What does the term immunity describe?

Answer 35

A state of having sufficient biological defences to avoid infection, disease, or other unwanted biological invasion

Question 36

A fire extinguisher with a blue label contains what?

Answer 36

Foam

Question 37

What is pH?

Answer 37

The unit used to measure the acidity and alkalinity of a substance

Question 38

What does hygiene refer to?

Answer 38

Practices associated with ensuring good health and cleanliness

Question 39

What are poisonous substances produced by living cells or organisms?

Answer 39

Toxins

Question 40

What does aseptic mean?

Answer 40

To be free of bacteria and other micro-organisms that cause disease

Question 41

What are fungi?

Answer 41

Microscopic plant organisms consisting of many cells that are parasitic in nature as they can't produce their own food

Question 42

What does ingestion mean?

Answer 42

The consumption of a substance

Question 44

What is a substance that stops bacteria from reproducing but does not kill them?

Answer 44

Bacteriostat

Question 45

What term means to be free bacteria and other micro-organisms that could cause disease?

Answer 45

Aseptic

Question 46

What term refers to practices associted with ensuring good health and cleanliness?

Answer 46

Hygiene

Question 47

What do you call the detrimental colonisation of a host organismby a foreign species?

Answer 47

Infection

Question 48

A fire extinguisher containg carbon dioxide has what colour label?

Answer 48

Black

Question 50

What does pathogenic mean?

Answer 50

Disease producing and harmful

Question 51

What is a chemical agent which comletely destroys bacteria?

Answer 51

Disinfectant

Question 53

What sort of infestation would be itchy due to another organism living on you?

Answer 53

Insect

Question 54

What does infestation mean?

Answer 54

The overpopulation of an organism

Question 55

What are toxins?

Answer 55

Poisonous substances produced by living cells or organisms

Question 56

A fire extinguisher with a black label contains what?

Answer 56

Carbon dioxide

Question 57

What is a medical term used to describe a state of having sufficient biological defences to avoid infection, disease, or unwanted biological invasion that can be naturally or artificially acquired?

Answer 57

Immunity

Question 59

A fire extinguisher with a white label contains what?

Answer 59

Powder

Question 60

What is the unit used to measure the acidity or alkalinity of a substance?

Answer 60

pH

Question 61

What are viruses?

Answer 61

Infectious agents that are unable to grow or reproduce outside a host cell

Question 62

What does sanitation mean?

Answer 62

To make something clean and sanitary