BIOS 2150 Review Problems Unit 5
Name_______________
(This is always a work in progress. The answers here are suggested, but others may be
appropriate.)
1. For each disease listed below, name the mode of transmission using this list: droplet, direct
contact, airborne, fomite, insect vector, opportunistic, fecal/oral, normal flora, vehicle. Some
diseases may have more than one mode, name as many as you can think of.
2. Also, use the following symbols to describe the microbe that causes the disease:
A = Anaerobic Bacteria (excluding Clostridium), B = Bacteria (this would include aerobic and
facultative aerobic, C = Clostridium, V = Virus, F = Fungus, W = Worm (Round or Flat),
I = Insect, M = Mite
3. Name the system affected by the disease.
1. Transmission
2. Microbe
3. System Affected
1. Gonorrhea
__direct___
__B___
_ Reproductive_______
2. Strep Throat
__droplet___
__B___
__Respiratory__________
3. Tetanus
__fomite___
__C___
__Nervous______________
4. Measles (Rubeola) __droplet___
__V___
____Skin_______________
5. Genital Warts
__direct ___
__V___
___Reproductive________
6. Candidasis
__normal flora___
__F___
___Skin_____________
7. Acne
__normal flora___
__A___
____Skin________________
8. Tuberculosis
__airborne, droplet_
__B__ __
_____Respiratory_________
9. Rabies
_direct contact, airborne _V__
10. Botulism
fomite, vehicle
__C___
11. Chickenpox
airborne, droplet
__V__
_____Nervous_____________
____Nervous_____________
___Skin_______________
Transmission
12. Herpes Simplex 1 _direct, fomite____
13. Rheumatic Fever __droplet___
Microbe
_V____
__B___
System Affected
_Skin________________
____Circulatory______
14. Head Lice
_direct contact__
__I___
____Skin______________
15. “Scalded Skin”
_direct, fomite, droplet __B__
____Skin______________
16. Ringworm
_direct, fomite
__F___
___Skin________________
17. Polio
_fecal-oral
___V__
____Nervous________
18. Meningitis
_droplet___
__B___
19. Gangrene
__ opportunist___
20. Trichinosis
__fecal-oral___
21. Whooping Cough __droplet___
__C___
_Nervous______________
_Circulatory_____________
__W___
___Digestive________________
__B__
____Respiratory____________
22. Hepatitis B
_contact, fomite____ __V___
_____Digestive____________
23. Hepatitis A
__fecal-oral, vehicle_ ___V__
_______Digestive____________
24. Cold
____Respiratory______________
25. Encephalitis
_airborne, droplet &_ __V___
fomite
__vector___
_V____
26. Mononucleosis
__direct, fomite___
___Nervous__________________
__V___
_______Circulatory_______
27. Rocky Mountain
Spotted Fever
__vector___
___B__
__Circulatory_______________
28. Lyme Disease
__B___
_____Circulatory__________
__vector___
29. Name a skin disease that is not transmitted by fomite. (more than 1 answer possible)
Suggested answers: Acne, measles, rubella, chickenpox,
30. Name a skin disease that moves into the nervous system. (2 answers possible)
Herpex simplex I, chicken pox
31. Name a disease of the nervous system that is transmittable from person to person (several are
possible)
Suggested: Meningitis, conjunctivitis, polio
32. Name a disease of the nervous system that produces a toxin that resides in the synapse. (2
answers possible)
Tetanus and botulism
33. Name a disease of the circulatory system that damages heart valves.
Rheumatic fever. (Caused by Streptococcus, which is a resident of the throat).
34. Name a disease of the nervous system that enters through the digestive system.
Polio and botulism
35. Name a disease of the reproductive system that hides in the nervous system.
Herpes simplex II or syphilis
36. Name 2 diseases that show some form of effect on skin that are not diseases of skin. (several
answers are possible)
Suggested: Syphilis, herpes simplex II (genital herpes) , Lyme disease, scarlet fever, Rocky
Mountain spotted fever,