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This quiz contains 10 questions from a mix of 1 subtopics.
A _________ is a drug that is used to prevent, treat or relieve the symptoms of disease.
medication
hallucinogen
antibody
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What is a pathogen?
An organism that transfers a disease from one organism to another
A microorganism that causes disease
A substance that damages cells
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Do painkillers help to cure the underlying disease?
Yes
No
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Which of the following types of drugs are used to relieve the symptoms of disease?
Statins
Painkillers
Antibiotics
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Which of the following drugs are used as painkillers?
(Select all that apply)
Paracetamol
Simvastatin
Aspirin
Penicillin
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Which of the following measures could help to reduce the spread of antibiotic resistance?
(Select all that apply)
Patients taking antibiotics for the full prescribed course
Doctors only prescribing antibiotics for serious bacterial infections
Giving more antibiotics to farm animals
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Which type(s) of organisms can antibiotics kill?
Viruses
Fungi
Bacteria
Protoctists
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How do antibiotics help to cure bacterial infections?
They directly kill bacterial cells
They bind to pathogens and encourage our immune cells to destroy them
They reduce the symptoms caused by the bacteria
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True or false? Different antibiotics are effective against different strains of bacteria.
True
False
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Occasionally, bacteria can evolve so that antibiotics no longer kill them.
In these cases we say that the bacteria has developed .
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