PATHOPHYSIOLOGY QUIZ #2 Questions and Answers

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PATHOPHYSIOLOGY QUIZ #2 Questions and Answers 1. Which is a characteristic of resident flora? d A) They live on sterile areas of the body B) They cause harm to the body C) They provide a type o... f specific immunity D) They compete with disease-producing microorganisms 2. Which best describes why yeast infections are common in women on antibiotics? b A) Yeast grows well when exposed to the sugar, which is found as a carrier substance in most antibiotics B) Destroying one type of resident flora (bacteria) can allow over proliferation of another competing type (yeast) C) Yeast prefers a warm, moist, and dark environment, such as that present in the female perineum D) Antibiotics allow yeast to access sterile environments in the body 3. All of the following describe communicable disease except: A A) All infectious diseases are communicable B) Communicable diseases are spread from person to person C) Blood is a common carrier for communicable diseases D) Communicable diseases are caused by infections that live and reproduce in a human host 4. Which characteristic explains why some pathogens do not cause disease in humans? A A) receptor binding B) pathogenicity C) invasiveness D) potency 5. Which is not a mechanism by which a pathogen causes disease in humans? C A) direct destruction of the host cell B) interference with the host cell's metabolic function C) attack of the pathogen by the host cell's immune cells D) exposure of the host cell to toxins [Show More]

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