Health 8

I. Multiple Choice: Read each question carefully and choose the correct answer. Write the letter only
on the space before each number.
________1. It is the successful colonization of a host by a microorganism.
A. Disease B. Infection C. Signs D. Symptoms
________2. It refers to the direct and indirect spread of pathogens from one person to another.
A. Communicable Disease C. Toxin Bacteria
B. Non-communicable Disease D. Resident Bacteria
________3. It is a pathogen that causes athlete’s foot.
A. Virus B. Parasite C. Fungus D. Protozoa
________4. These are one-celled microscopic organisms that rank among the most widespread of living things.
A. Virus B. Ricketssiae C. Bacteria D. Parasite
________5. Most of them grow in the intestinal tracts of insects, which carry them to their human hosts.
A. Virus B. Ricketssiae C. Fungus D. Bacteria
6-9 Arrange the following processes in chronological order. Write the letter of each
correct entry.
A. Decline stage is when the number of pathogen particles begins to decrease
B. Convalescence stage is recovery stage
C. Illness stage is when specific severe signs and symptoms appear
D. Incubation stage is when a person acquires the pathogen
________6. ________7. ________8. ________9.
________10. The following can be transmitted through direct contact EXCEPT ______________.
A. scabies B. cholera C. measles D. hepatitis A