GGH3702 ASSIGNMENT 2
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
COMPLETE EXAM PREP WITH
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
◉ What are microbes?
Answer: Microscopic organisms including bacteria, archaea, fungi,
protists, helminths, viruses, and prions
◉ What is a pathogen?
Answer: A microbe that causes disease
◉ What percentage of microbes are pathogenic?
Answer: Less than 1%
◉ What is an opportunistic pathogen?
Answer: A pathogen that causes disease only when the host is weakened
◉ What is an infectious disease?
Answer: An illness caused by a pathogen
◉ What is epidemiology?
Answer: The monitoring and controlling of disease occurrence to
promote public health
,◉ Difference between infectious and contagious
Answer: Infectious = can be caught from environment; Contagious =
easily spread person to person
◉ What is a sporadic disease?
Answer: Isolated cases in a population
◉ What is an endemic disease?
Answer: Constantly present in a population
◉ What is an epidemic?
Answer: Widespread disease in a region
◉ What is a pandemic?
Answer: Worldwide spread of disease
◉ What are signs?
Answer: Objective indicators (fever, rash)
◉ What are symptoms?
Answer: Subjective feelings (pain, fatigue)
, ◉ What is a latent infection?
Answer: No symptoms present
◉ What is metabolism?
Answer: All biochemical reactions in a cell
◉ What is catabolism?
Answer: Breakdown of molecules releasing energy
◉ What is anabolism?
Answer: Building molecules requiring energy
◉ What is amphibolic?
Answer: Pathways that are both catabolic and anabolic
◉ What is ATP?
Answer: Energy molecule of the cell
◉ What happens when ATP loses a phosphate?
Answer: Energy is released
◉ What is an enzyme?
Answer: A protein catalyst that speeds up reactions
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
COMPLETE EXAM PREP WITH
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
◉ What are microbes?
Answer: Microscopic organisms including bacteria, archaea, fungi,
protists, helminths, viruses, and prions
◉ What is a pathogen?
Answer: A microbe that causes disease
◉ What percentage of microbes are pathogenic?
Answer: Less than 1%
◉ What is an opportunistic pathogen?
Answer: A pathogen that causes disease only when the host is weakened
◉ What is an infectious disease?
Answer: An illness caused by a pathogen
◉ What is epidemiology?
Answer: The monitoring and controlling of disease occurrence to
promote public health
,◉ Difference between infectious and contagious
Answer: Infectious = can be caught from environment; Contagious =
easily spread person to person
◉ What is a sporadic disease?
Answer: Isolated cases in a population
◉ What is an endemic disease?
Answer: Constantly present in a population
◉ What is an epidemic?
Answer: Widespread disease in a region
◉ What is a pandemic?
Answer: Worldwide spread of disease
◉ What are signs?
Answer: Objective indicators (fever, rash)
◉ What are symptoms?
Answer: Subjective feelings (pain, fatigue)
, ◉ What is a latent infection?
Answer: No symptoms present
◉ What is metabolism?
Answer: All biochemical reactions in a cell
◉ What is catabolism?
Answer: Breakdown of molecules releasing energy
◉ What is anabolism?
Answer: Building molecules requiring energy
◉ What is amphibolic?
Answer: Pathways that are both catabolic and anabolic
◉ What is ATP?
Answer: Energy molecule of the cell
◉ What happens when ATP loses a phosphate?
Answer: Energy is released
◉ What is an enzyme?
Answer: A protein catalyst that speeds up reactions
