This comprehensive quiz covers all 20 lessons in Disease: what disease is, pathogens, transmission, the immune system, vaccination, antibiotics, antimicrobial resistance, non-infectious disease, cancer, technology, Indigenous health, pandemics, and public health.
This quiz assesses your understanding of the entire Disease unit.
What disease is, pathogens, transmission, disease in Australia, first line of defence.
Second and third lines of defence, vaccination, Australia's immunisation story, immune failure.
Antibiotics, antimicrobial resistance, non-infectious disease, cancer, medical technology.
Indigenous health, global disease and pandemics, investigating disease, public health, synthesis.
1. Which of the following is an infectious disease?
2. What is the role of phagocytes in the immune response?
3. A vaccine works by:
4. Antibiotics are effective against:
5. Antimicrobial resistance develops primarily through:
6. Which of the following is a non-infectious disease?
7. What is the difference between an epidemic and a pandemic?
8. Herd immunity protects people who cannot be vaccinated because:
9. A student has a stomach infection caused by bacteria. Which treatment is most appropriate?
10. Cancer is best described as:
11. The Closing the Gap initiative aims to:
12. Which public health measure was most important in reducing infectious disease deaths historically?
13. In a case-control study, researchers compare:
14. A country has high rates of cardiovascular disease. Which strategy is most appropriate?
15. A student argues that because antibiotics have saved millions of lives, they should be given to everyone with any illness. Which response best evaluates this claim?
16. Compare and contrast infectious and non-infectious diseases. In your answer, explain the causes of each, give two examples, and describe how public health responses differ. 4 MARKS
17. Explain how vaccination creates immunity using the terms antigen, antibody, memory cell, and secondary response. Why does a booster shot strengthen immunity? 4 MARKS
18. Describe the process of natural selection as it applies to antibiotic resistance. Include the roles of random mutation, selection pressure, survival, and reproduction. 4 MARKS
19. A new infectious disease emerges in a densely populated city with limited healthcare. Using examples from this unit, propose three public health strategies to control the disease and explain the scientific reasoning behind each. 4 MARKS
20. Synthesise your understanding of disease by discussing how infectious disease, non-infectious disease, and public health are connected in modern Australia. Use at least two specific Australian examples. 4 MARKS
Tick when you have finished all questions and reviewed your answers.