Spread of Disease – Interactive Online Quiz
Total: 30 marks (20 MCQ + 10 Fill-in-the-Blanks)
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Multiple-Choice Questions (20 marks)
1.
Which disease is spread through the air when an infected person sneezes?
Cholera
Common cold
Malaria
Tetanus
2.
Cholera is most likely to be spread by:
Sneezing in a crowded room
Eating well-cooked chicken
Drinking water contaminated with urine/faeces
Touching a rusty nail
3.
Which disease is spread by the bite of an infected animal?
Rabies
Chlamydia
Chicken pox
Common cold
4.
Food poisoning is usually caused by:
Viruses in the air
Bacteria in undercooked food
Parasites in clean water
Bites from healthy animals
5.
Chlamydia is most commonly spread by:
Sharing food
Unprotected sex or contact with infected genital fluids
Mosquito bites
Airborne droplets
6.
Which disease is caused by the
Plasmodium
parasite?
Cholera
HIV
Malaria
Chlamydia
7.
Malaria is spread by:
Contaminated milk
Mosquitoes acting as insect vectors
Rusty nails
Hugging infected people
8.
Which disease can be spread by touching the pus from spots on the skin?
Chicken pox
Cholera
Rabies
Malaria
9.
Tetanus bacteria are most likely to enter the body through:
Breathing contaminated air
A cut or puncture from a dirty object
Sharing drinking glasses
Mother to baby during birth
10.
HIV can be spread from mother to baby by a process called:
Airborne transmission
Vertical transmission
Foodborne transmission
Vector transmission
11.
Which symptom is most closely associated with tetanus?
Lockjaw and spasms
Rash and itching
Sore throat
Unusual genital discharge
12.
Which disease may show flu-like symptoms at first and then no symptoms for many years?
Rabies
HIV
Cholera
Chicken pox
13.
Which of the following is a common symptom of the common cold?
Muscle cramps
Rash all over the body
Coughing and sneezing
Lockjaw
14.
Which symptom is common in both cholera and food poisoning?
Coughing
Diarrhoea
Sore throat
Lockjaw
15.
Which of these is a possible symptom of rabies?
Brain damage and death
Rash and itching
Muscle cramps only
Sore throat and sneezing
16.
Which of the following best describes how food poisoning can be prevented?
Keeping meat at room temperature
Cooking food thoroughly to kill bacteria
Drinking more water from rivers
Sharing plates and utensils
17.
Which disease is associated with pain when urinating and unusual genital discharge?
Rabies
Chlamydia
Tetanus
Chicken pox
18.
Which transmission route involves disease passing across the placenta during pregnancy?
Airborne
Vector-borne
Vertical (mother to baby)
Foodborne
19.
Which pair correctly matches the disease with its main route of transmission?
Cholera – Airborne
Common cold – Faeces/urine
Chicken pox – Direct contact with infective material
Tetanus – Sexually transmitted
20.
Which of the following is not a typical symptom of cholera?
Vomiting
Muscle cramps
Diarrhoea
Rash and spots
Fill in the Blanks (10 marks)
21.
The disease spread when people drink water contaminated with faeces or urine from infected individuals is called
.
22.
The disease caused by a virus that spreads mainly through sneezing and coughing and leads to symptoms like sore throat and headache is the
.
23.
The disease that can be spread by an infected animal biting a person is
.
24.
Food poisoning often occurs when bacteria in meat are not killed because the food is not properly
.
25.
The insect that transfers the
Plasmodium
parasite from one person to another in malaria is the
.
26.
A disease that can damage the immune system and be passed from mother to baby during pregnancy, birth, or breastfeeding is caused by the virus
.
27.
The bacterial disease that can cause lockjaw and spasms after bacteria from soil or rusty objects enter a cut is
.
28.
A rash, coughing and sneezing caused by direct contact with pus from spots are symptoms of
.
29.
A bacterial infection that is spread through unprotected sex or contact with infected genital fluids and can cause pain when urinating is
.
30.
The parasite that causes malaria is called
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