Antibiotic Challenge

Quiz Questions

• 1.
  What microorganisms do antibiotics act on?

  • A.
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    Viruses
  • B.
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    Bacteria
  • C.
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    Fungi
  • D.
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    All of the Above
• 2.
  Taking Antibiotics for a non-bacterial illness has no risks

  • A.
    True
  • B.
    False
• 3.
  Statistics show that Superbugs kill around ________ people every year. 

  • A.
    100
  • B.
    4,000
  • C.
    50,000
  • D.
    700,000
• 4.
  How should you take antibiotics? 

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  • A.
    Take them as needed 
  • B.
    Take them until you feel better and throw the rest away  
  • C.
    Take the full course as instructed by a doctor
  • D.
    Don’t take them  
• 5.
  By what year will Superbugs become the leading cause of death? 

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  • A.
    2050
  • B.
    2020
  • C.
    3000
  • D.
    2030
• 6.
  Why don’t antibiotics work as well anymore? 

  • A.
    Bacteria have adapted to antibiotics and are resistant to medication now 
  • B.
    Our bodies are resistant and we need to take more 
  • C.
    Both A and B
• 7.
  Which of the following contribute to increasing antibiotic resistance?  

  • A.
    Unregulated antibiotic use in agriculture  
  • B.
    Lack of antibiotic production due to abandonment from big pharmacies and lack of funding from the NIH  
  • C.
    All of the Above  
  • D.
    None of the Above
• 8.
  Antibiotics are the cure for the Flu and the Common Cold  

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  • A.
    True 
  • B.
    False
• 9.
  All Antibiotics work the same and you can take a family member’s or friend’s instead of going to the doctor 

  • A.
    True 
  • B.
    False
• 10.
  Germ theory, or the idea that microbes cause disease, was discovered in the ____

  • A.
    1850s
  • B.
    1860s
  • C.
    1870s
  • D.
    1880s
• 11.
  Besides antibiotics, what are some other things microbes are used in? Select all that apply.

  • A.
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    Food production
  • B.
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    Recycling nutrients
  • C.
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    Bioremediation 
• 12.
  Quinoline antibiotics target which process?

  • A.
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    Transcription
  • B.
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    DNA replication
  • C.
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    Translation
• 13.
  What is the importance of ESKAPE pathogens in regards to researching the antibiotic crisis?

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  • A.
    They account for a majority of antibiotic strains in the healthcare setting
  • B.
    They have no safe family relatives that can be used as tester strains
  • C.
    They are resistant to antibiotics
  • D.
    Both A and B
  • E.
    Both A and C
• 14.
  At which age are the microbes in human's bodies the highest in variety?

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    Old age
  • B.
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    Childhood
  • C.
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    Both have the same diversity
• 15.
  In the US Civil War, what percentage of deaths were caused by disease?

  • A.
    20%
  • B.
    30%
  • C.
    40%
  • D.
    50%

Quiz Outcomes

• 1.
  Result 1

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