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Skip To Quiz Content Return Results Reynaldo Mireles Assessment Statistics 97.5% 97.5 out of 100 points 97.5 Out of 100 points Time for this attempt: 52 minutes 35 seconds 52 minutes 35 seconds 52:35 Time for this attempt Your Answers: Results for question 1. 1 3 / 3 points Which of the following diseases is most closely associated with the vector: Mosquito? Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) , Not Selected Schistosomiasis , Not Selected Correct answer: Malaria River blindness (onchocerciasis) , Not Selected Feedback Based on answering correctly Chapter 11, page 480 Results for question 2. 2 3 / 3 points Match the following terms with the correct definition. Biomagnification Correct match:

Process whereby the tissue concentration of a contaminant increase as it passes up the food chain. Bioconcentration Correct match: Accumulation of a chemical in the tissues of an organism as a result of direct exposure to the surrounding medium. It does not include dietary intake. Bioaccumulation Correct match: Accumulation of chemicals in the tissue of organisms through any route, including respiration, ingestion, or direct contact. Feedback Based on answering correctly Chapter 11, page 452 Results for question 3. 3 3 / 3 points Which of the responses below is most closely associated with the term: Prion disease? Spread of disease produced by sneezing, coughing, or talking. , Not Selected Simple, aerobic organisms that can grow in low moisture and low pH environments; have their genetic material bound in a membrane , Not Selected Correct answer: A family of rare progressive neurodegenerative disorders that affect both humans and animals. Microscopic living organisms, usually one-celled, that are everywhere. They can cause infections or be helpful, such as in the making wine or in decomposition. , Not Selected Feedback

Based on answering correctly Chapter Eight, pages 319-320 Results for question 4. 4 3 / 3 points Which of the following responses is most closely associated with the term: Parasite? A person or other living organism that can be infected by an infectious agent under natural conditions. , Not Selected Spread of disease by touching or biting or kissing or sexual intercourse or by droplets entering the eye or nose or mouth. , Not Selected Strict isolation imposed to prevent the spread of disease. , Not Selected Correct answer: An organism that lives in or on another organism and benefits by deriving nutrients from the other organism. Feedback Based on answering correctly Chapter Eight, page 290 Results for question 5. 5 3 / 3 points Before vaccines, which of the following vaccine-preventable diseases caused the worst sequelae? Measles and chickenpox , Not Selected Mumps and chickenpox , Not Selected Correct answer: Measles and polio Polio and flu , Not Selected Feedback Based on answering correctly

Chapter Eight, page 304 Results for question 6. 6 3 / 3 points A ______________ is an epidemic that spreads across a large geographic region, such as a continent or worldwide. endemic , Not Selected bacterial infection , Not Selected virus , Not Selected epidemic , Not Selected Correct answer: pandemic Feedback Based on answering correctly Chapter Eight, page 281 Results for question 7. 7 3 / 3 points Which of the following responses is most closely associated with the term: Endemic? An ultramicroscopic, metabolically inert, infectious agent that replicates only within the cells of living hosts. , Not Selected Any mode or mechanism by which an infectious agent is spread through the environment or to another person. , Not Selected Correct answer: A disease or condition regularly found among particular people or in a certain area. When a disease spreads across a large geographic region, such as a continent or worldwide. , Not Selected

Feedback Based on answering correctly Chapter Eight, page 282 Results for question 8. 8 3 / 3 points Match the term to the correct definition. Vegetative state Correct match: A person is unconscious and unaware of his or her surroundings but continues to have a sleep-wake cycle and periods of alertness. Stupor Correct match: A person is unresponsive, but can be aroused briefly. Persistent vegetative state Correct match: The person loses cognition and can only perform certain involuntary actions. Coma Correct match: An individual is totally unconscious, unresponsive, unaware, and unarousable. Feedback Based on answering correctly Chapter Nine, page 341 Results for question 9. 9 3 / 3 points Which of the following responses is most closely associated with the term: Pandemic? Correct answer: When a disease spreads across a large geographic region, such as a continent or worldwide. An ultramicroscopic, metabolically inert, infectious agent that replicates only within the cells of living hosts. , Not Selected

Any mode or mechanism by which an infectious agent is spread through the environment or to another person. , Not Selected A disease or condition regularly found among particular people or in a certain area. , Not Selected Feedback Based on answering correctly Chapter Eight, page 281 Results for question 10. 10 3 / 3 points True or False? Before the discovery of pathogens, many people believed that diseases resulted from evil spirits. Correct answer: True False Feedback Based on answering correctly Chapter Eight, page 292 Results for question 11. 11 3 / 3 points Which of the responses below is most closely associated with the term: Direct transmission? A person or other living organism that can be infected by an infectious agent under natural conditions. , Not Selected Correct answer: Spread of disease by touching or biting or kissing or sexual intercourse or by droplets entering the eye or nose or mouth. When an agent carried from a reservoir to a susceptible host by suspended air particles or by animate or inanimate intermediaries , Not Selected

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