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Use, misuse and abuse

Question 1

Antibiotics are used against diseases caused by one of the following micro-organisms?

• Virus

• Bacteria

• Fungi

• Protozoa

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Question 2

Tuberculosis is caused by one of the following?

• Bacteria

• Virus

• Fungi

• Protozoa

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Question 3

Bacteria are usually killed with antibiotics however sometimes a disease survives the bacteria becomes?

• Reluctant

• Relevant

• Resistant

• Renumerate

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Question 4

What does AIDS stand for?

• Auto Immune Deficiency Symptoms

• Auto Immunity Delayed Syndrome

• Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

• Auto Immunity Deficiency Symptoms

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Question 5

When a person is dependent on a drug and cannot do without it, we say they are?

• Antigen

• Antibiotic

• Addition

• Addicted

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Question 6

Which of the following drugs acts like a sedative that slows down the nervous system?

• Caffeine

• Paracetamol

• Cannabis

• Barbiturate

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Question 7

Which of the following is a drug that stimulates alertness?

• Barbiturate

• Morphine

• Caffeine

• Paracetamol

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Question 8

An illegal drug that may have pain relief properties?

• Caffeine

• Cannabis

• Barbiturates

• Paracetamol

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Question 9

Which part of the blood is involved in fighting infection?

• Red blood cells

• Plasma

• White blood cells

• Platelets

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Question 10

What do we call the tiny hair like structures that move mucus out of the lungs and windpipe?

• Cilia

• Flagella

• Hyphae

• Enzymes

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Question 11

What system do we find the Heart, Blood vessels and Blood?

• Digestive

• Skeletal

• Endocrinal

• Circulatory

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Question 12

What do we call the process by which our lungs take in oxygen and expel carbon dioxide?

• Redistribution

• Gaseous exchange

• Expulsion

• Differentiation

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Question 13

What do we call the enzyme in tears that destroys bacteria as part of the body’s chemical barriers?

• Amylase

• Carbohydrase

• Lipase

• Lysozyme

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Question 14

Which of the following is an opiate a drug from the opium family?

• Paracetamol

• Heroin

• Aspirin

• Caffeine

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Question 15

A disease that is vector borne means it is carried by?

• Insects

• Wind

• Water

• Mammals

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Question 16

Choose a drug made from a plant which contains nicotine?

• Quinine

• Digitalis

• Tobacco

• Aspirin

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Question 17

Which of the following is a general purpose pain killer?

• Caffeine

• Paracetamol

• Nicotine

• Barbiturate

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Question 18

What do we call a cell that carries electrical impulses?

• Neurone

• Synapse

• White blood cell

• Red blood cell

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Question 19

What do we call a jab of dead or harmless pathogen which makes the body immune to the pathogen?

• Antibody

• Vaccination

• Vacation

• Painful

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Question 20

What do we call the gap between neurones?

• Sinus

• Synapse

• Symptom

• Station

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