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Understanding Diseases Quiz
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Understanding Diseases Quiz

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What are the four main types of disease mentioned in the text?

  • Bacterial diseases, viral diseases, genetic diseases, and mental illnesses
  • Communicable diseases, non-communicable diseases, genetic disorders, and psychological disorders
  • Chronic diseases, acute diseases, autoimmune diseases, and mental disorders
  • Infectious diseases, deficiency diseases, hereditary diseases, and physiological diseases (correct)
  • What is the broader sense in which disease is often used to refer to?

  • Any condition that causes pain, dysfunction, distress, social problems, or death to the person affected (correct)
  • Only medical conditions with specific signs and symptoms
  • Conditions caused by external factors such as pathogens or internal dysfunctions
  • Exclusively physical health problems
  • What can internal dysfunctions of the immune system produce?

  • Mainly physiological diseases
  • A variety of different diseases including immunodeficiency, hypersensitivity, allergies, and autoimmune disorders (correct)
  • Only deficiency diseases
  • Mostly infectious diseases
  • How can disease affect people?

    <p>Physically and mentally as contracting and living with a disease can alter the affected person's perspective on life</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is death due to disease called?

    <p>Death by natural causes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where is the headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) located?

    <p>Atlanta, Georgia</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main goal of the CDC?

    <p>Control and prevention of disease, injury, and disability</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When was the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) founded?

    <p>July 1, 1946</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which area does the CDC especially focus its attention on?

    <p>Infectious disease and food safety</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is the current Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)?

    <p>Mandy Cohen</p> Signup and view all the answers

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