Section 1 Quiz

Question 1

The flue would most likely not be considered:

• Acute
• Chronic
• Epidemic
• Communicable

Answer 1

Chronic

Question 2

A headache is a:

Answer 2

Symptom

Question 3

A disease that strikes a large number of people in a particular area in a short period of time:

Answer 3

Epidemic

Question 4

The process by which a disease originates and develops

Answer 4

Pathogenesis

Question 5

The control of rabies from wild animals to humans would fall under which category of microbiology?

Answer 5

Veterinary

Question 6

Which is used to transport nutrients throughout the cell?

Answer 6

Golgi complex

Question 7

Which of the following organelles would most likely belong to a prokaryote and not an eukaryote?

• Mitochondria
• Lysosomes
• Ribosomes
• Endospores

Answer 7

Endospores

Question 8

A doctor tells his patient that he will recover from his disease in 6-8 weeks:

Answer 8

Prognosis

Question 9

The study of fungi:

Answer 9

Mycology

Question 10

Which is the site of ATP production in prokaryotes?

Answer 10

Mesosomes

Question 11

A disease occurs in 30 out of 100 people:

Answer 11

Morbidity rate

Question 12

Prokaryotes have a true nucleus. (T/F)

Answer 12

False

Question 13

Which of the following organelles is of the most significance to the embalmer?

• Lysosomes
• Ribosomes
• Cell wall
• Mitochondria

Answer 13

Lysosomes

Question 14

The human bodies normal flora are not capable of causing disease. (T/F)

Answer 14

False

Question 15

Which of the following would most likely be nosocomial?

• A broken leg
• Multiple sclerosis
• Pneumonia
• Lung cancer

Answer 15

Pneumonia

Question 16

If a doctor writes you a prescription for a drug that adversely interacts with another drug you are already taking and you have a bad reaction, that would be considered:

Answer 16

Iatrogenic

Question 17

Dogs are:

Answer 17

Eukaryotes

Question 18

All microorganisms cause disease. (T/F)

Answer 18

False