
Biomed Tech I - 1
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- Q1An infectious disease is considered to be re-emerging when it is:recently recognized by NIH as being a new diseaserecently determined to be caused by an infectious agentnever significantly declines in incidence and remains a threatonce occurred, greatly decreased, then increases in incidence20s
- Q2Which action MOST likely leads to antimicrobial resistance?use of carefully prescribed antibioticsIndiscriminate use of antibioticsrefusing to use antibiotics when prescribeduse of multiple antibiotics20s
- Q3Which patient is MOST susceptible to an opportunistic infection?an adult on antibioticsa teenager taking vitaminsa 30 year old factory workera healthy 8 year old girl20s
- Q4A protozoan infection is MORE LIKELY to occur in which environment?deserttropicalarctictemperate20s
- Q5Which symptoms usually result from infection by helminths?diarrhea and abdominal painrapid pulse and chest paincoughing and sneezingincreased blood pressure20s
- Q6Examples of how drugs are used to treat bacterial disease can be grouped to include those that:invade the nucleus of the cellinhibit egg production in certain bacteriacoat the cell reducing energy productioninterfere with cell wall synthesis20s
- Q7Which describes the status of infectious diseases in the world?many still exist, but do not cause deaththey remain the leading cause of deaththey are no longer a threat to public healthmost deadly diseases have been eliminated20s
- Q8Which of the following are components of your nonspecific immune system?prions and skinmucous membranes and skintears and T cellsear wax and B cells20s
- Q9These misshapen proteins cause disease like Crueztfelt-Jakob and Mad Cow Disease:prionsbacteriavirusesprotozoa20s
- Q10Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the inflammatory response to infection?swelling and rednesscongregation of white blood cells in the infected arealowering the temperature in the infected areaformation of pus20s
- Q11When you receive a vaccination or you recover from an infectious disease you are usually protected from infection by the particular pathogen. What types of cells are produced to fight the pathogen if it reenters your body and in what number are they stored?T cells in large numbersmemory cells in small numbersmacrophages in small numberseosinophils in large numbers20s
- Q12As a small child you suffered from a severe case of chickenpox and you are now very unlikely to have chickenpox again. What type of immunity is this called?active immunityvaccinated immunityacquired immunity20s
- Q13Strep throat is caused by the bacteria Streptococcus. It maintains a steady population year round and has been known to exist for about 100 years. How would you describe the bacteria Streptococcus?endemic and non-virulentendemic and virulentemerging and virulentemerging and non-virulent20s
- Q14What microorganism can be treated with antibiotics?virusesbacteriaprionsworms20s
- Q15What is the primary weapon in the arsenal to fight the spread of infections?vaccinationsantibioticseducation20s