APEX HEALTH ACTUAL TEST QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE ANSWER KEY
●● Communicable Disease
Answer: Can be transferred from one individual to another, happens
through direct or indirect contact or through a third organism
●● Non-communicable disease
Answer: not caused by infectious agents
●● Examples of communicable diseases
Answer: flu (influenza), cold, STDs (AIDs, human papilloma virus
(HPV), gonorrhea syphilis, genital herpes, chlamydia), diseases from
animals (lyme caught from ticks, West Nile Virus caught from mosquitos
bites), bacterial infections, childhood diseases (measles, chicken pox,
whooping cough (pertussis), mumps)
●● Pathogen
Answer: living or nonliving entity that causes disease
●● Bacteria
Answer: tiny-single celled organisms, type of pathogen
, Few bacteria can cause disease by infecting tissues, feeding on our cells
and producing poisons
Can be killed by antibiotics
Ex- Staphylococcus aureus-infect the skin
●● Viruses
Answer: nonliving structures consisting of genetic material surrounded
by a protein coat
Invade cells in order to reproduce and survive (type of pathogen)
Can be killed by immune system or antiviral drugs
Cannot be killed by antibiotics
Ex-cold
●● Fungi
Answer: Include yeasts, molds, and mushrooms
few are pathogens
Often result from imbalances in the bacteria normally colonize our
bodies and prevent fungi from gaining foothold
Ex- Candida Albicans (yeast) and athlete's foot
●● Protists and worms
Answer: protist- single-celled microorganisms
Ex- malaria, giardia and amoebic dysentery
WITH COMPLETE ANSWER KEY
●● Communicable Disease
Answer: Can be transferred from one individual to another, happens
through direct or indirect contact or through a third organism
●● Non-communicable disease
Answer: not caused by infectious agents
●● Examples of communicable diseases
Answer: flu (influenza), cold, STDs (AIDs, human papilloma virus
(HPV), gonorrhea syphilis, genital herpes, chlamydia), diseases from
animals (lyme caught from ticks, West Nile Virus caught from mosquitos
bites), bacterial infections, childhood diseases (measles, chicken pox,
whooping cough (pertussis), mumps)
●● Pathogen
Answer: living or nonliving entity that causes disease
●● Bacteria
Answer: tiny-single celled organisms, type of pathogen
, Few bacteria can cause disease by infecting tissues, feeding on our cells
and producing poisons
Can be killed by antibiotics
Ex- Staphylococcus aureus-infect the skin
●● Viruses
Answer: nonliving structures consisting of genetic material surrounded
by a protein coat
Invade cells in order to reproduce and survive (type of pathogen)
Can be killed by immune system or antiviral drugs
Cannot be killed by antibiotics
Ex-cold
●● Fungi
Answer: Include yeasts, molds, and mushrooms
few are pathogens
Often result from imbalances in the bacteria normally colonize our
bodies and prevent fungi from gaining foothold
Ex- Candida Albicans (yeast) and athlete's foot
●● Protists and worms
Answer: protist- single-celled microorganisms
Ex- malaria, giardia and amoebic dysentery
