Microbiology and Parasitology - Lab
Module #1 Student Activity Sheet
LESSON TITLE: OVERVIEW OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
CHECK FOR UNDERSTANDING (25 minutes)
You will answer and rationalize this by yourself. This will be recorded as your quiz. One (1) point
will be given to correct answer and another one (1) point for the correct ratio. Superimpositions
or erasures in you answer/ratio is not allowed.
You are given 25 minutes for this activity:
Multiple Choice
1. An illness caused by an infectious agent or its toxic products that are transmitted directly or
indirectly to a well person through an agency, and a vector or an inanimate object.
a. communicable disease
b. contagious disease
c. infectious disease
d. all of the above
Answer: A
Rationale: Communicable disease is an illness caused by an infectious agent or its toxic products that are
transmitted directly or indirectly to a well person through an agency, and a vector or an inanimate object.
2. This is transmitted not only by ordinary contact but requires inoculation of the organism
through a break on the skin or mucous membrane.
a. communicable disease
b. contagious disease
c. infections disease
d. both a and c
Answer:C
Rationale:Infectious disease is a transmitted not only by ordinary contact but requires inoculation of the
organism through a break on the skin or mucous membrane.
3. All communicable diseases are infectious. This statement is:
a. true
b. false
c. neither a or b
d. either a or b
Answer:A
Rationale: All contagious diseases are infectious, but not all infectious diseases are contagious.
Contagious diseases are infectious diseases that are easily spread through contact with other people
4. There’s a spike of dengue cases during rainy season. This is an example of?
a. endemic diseases
Module #1 Student Activity Sheet
LESSON TITLE: OVERVIEW OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
CHECK FOR UNDERSTANDING (25 minutes)
You will answer and rationalize this by yourself. This will be recorded as your quiz. One (1) point
will be given to correct answer and another one (1) point for the correct ratio. Superimpositions
or erasures in you answer/ratio is not allowed.
You are given 25 minutes for this activity:
Multiple Choice
1. An illness caused by an infectious agent or its toxic products that are transmitted directly or
indirectly to a well person through an agency, and a vector or an inanimate object.
a. communicable disease
b. contagious disease
c. infectious disease
d. all of the above
Answer: A
Rationale: Communicable disease is an illness caused by an infectious agent or its toxic products that are
transmitted directly or indirectly to a well person through an agency, and a vector or an inanimate object.
2. This is transmitted not only by ordinary contact but requires inoculation of the organism
through a break on the skin or mucous membrane.
a. communicable disease
b. contagious disease
c. infections disease
d. both a and c
Answer:C
Rationale:Infectious disease is a transmitted not only by ordinary contact but requires inoculation of the
organism through a break on the skin or mucous membrane.
3. All communicable diseases are infectious. This statement is:
a. true
b. false
c. neither a or b
d. either a or b
Answer:A
Rationale: All contagious diseases are infectious, but not all infectious diseases are contagious.
Contagious diseases are infectious diseases that are easily spread through contact with other people
4. There’s a spike of dengue cases during rainy season. This is an example of?
a. endemic diseases
