1.

Which of the following pairs of diseases can be spread easily when food is exposed to houseflies?

2.

An example of a disease vector is

3.

A disease-causing organism that is most difficult to control in crop production is

4.

Purple colouration of leaves of plant is a major symptom of deficiency in

5.

Which of the following diseases is not a deficiency diseases?

6.

All of the following promote Primary Health except

7.

8.

All of the following methods are used to preserve food in our homes except

9.

An organism living on another organism and causing harm to it is referred to as a

10.

What sickness are you likely to be suffering from when you have blood in your urine?

11.

Why is it bad to throw faeces into rivers? Because

12.

Which of the following diseases is caused by a fungus?

13.

Which of the following methods is not a way of preventing malaria parasites from person to person?

14.

Urinating in rivers is a common manner of spreading diseases such as

15.

Which of the following diseases will result from eating improperly cooked meat?

16.

Disposal of sewage into a river which supplies water for domestic use may lead to an outbreak of

17.

Which of the following encourages the spread of venereal diseases?

18.

Which of the following organisms causes bilharziasis?

19.

Which of the following is the best method of preventing skin disease?

20.

Which of the following is not a communicable disease?

21.

Which of the following organisms causes malaria?

22.

Which of the following preventive measures is not used in the control of tuberculosis?

23.

Which of the following is a sexually transmitted disease?

24.

Sleeping sickness is spread by

25.

The blackpod disease which attacks cocoa pods is caused by

26.

The purpose of vaccination is to

27.

Which of the following causes ringworm?

28.

Which of the following pairs of diseases are both contracted through water?

29.

Which of the following diseases is transmitted by close contact with an infected person?

30.

The ability of an organism to resist infection by producing antibodies is known as

31.

Which of the following organisms causes bilharziasis?

32.

Which of the following statements about bacteria is true?

I. All infections are caused by bacteria
II. Most bacteria are harmless to man
III. Sterilisation does not kill bacteria

33.

Which of the following pairs of diseases can be spread easily when food is exposed to houseflies?

34.

Which of the following activities is a mode of transmission of AIDS?

35.

Spitting in public is a bad social habit because it

36.

Disposal of urine and faeces into a river used for domestic purposes, may cause the outbreak of

37.

Casual and loose sex life can result in the spread of

38.

The insect which transmits the plasmodium parasite is called

39.

The bilharzia worm can enter the human body through the

40.

Which of the following diseases is contracted through infected wounds?

41.

It is necessary to keep household refuse in covered containers in order to prevent

42.

The best way to prevent guinea worm disease is by

43.

Malaria parasites enter the human body through

44.

An example of a disease transmitted through air is

45.

Which of the following diseases can be caused by a housefly?

46.

Which of the following diseases is spread by a mosquito?

47.

The intermediate host of the worm that causes bilharzia is

48.

One disease which can be transmitted through eating half cooked meat is

49.

Ringworm is a skin disease, which is caused by

50.

Which of the following habits will help in the control of diseases contracted through air?

I. Not throwing human wastes into rivers
II. Washing of hands after visiting the toilet
III. Not spitting about in public places
IV. Keeping foods always covered

51.

Soup which is not well-heated gets spoilt when kept for sometime because the

52.

The insect responsible for the spread of malaria is the

53.

Blood in the urine is a symptom of

54.

Which of the following diseases is spread through air?

55.

Which of the following diseases is contracted through sex?

56.

The housefly is an agent for the spread of

57.

The method of preserving food by drying is similar to salting because in both cases germs are

58.

The carrier of the malaria parasite is the

59.

Which of the following practices is a method of controlling guinea worm disease?

60.

The food processing method in which germs are prevented from multiplying by applying a low temperature is

61.

The disease caused by the Plasmodium parasite is

62.

The main reason why food is processed is to make it

63.

Vaccination is carried out to

64.

Which of the following diseases is caused by a virus?

65.

Footrot disease in animals is caused by

66.

A patient with symptoms of diarrhoea and vomiting may be suffering from

67.

Which of the following methods of preserving food makes use of heat energy from the sun?

68.

Bathing in lakes and slow moving streams can lead to one getting

69.

Which of the following methods of preserving food make use of heat energy?

I. Drying
II. Frying
III. Salting
IV. Canning

70.

Which of the following diseases may be associated with water?

71.

The mosquito and housefly are harmful in that they

72.

Which of the following practices in the home can prevent disease infection?

73.

Tuberculosis is spread

74.

Black pod is a disease of

75.

Typhoid fever is transmitted through

76.

Which of the following pairs of diseases can be spread easily when food is exposed to houseflies?

77.

A disease-causing organism that is most difficult to control in crop production is

78.

Droplet infection is the method by which

79.

Micro-organisms that cause disease are collectively called

80.

Ringworm is a disease which attacks the

81.

The swollen shoot disease of cocoa is caused by

82.

The housefly is an agent for the spread of