Lesson 3.2.5

3.2.5 Can diseases ever be fully eradicated? Quiz: OCR Geography, Unit 6

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Lesson 3.2.5, Can diseases ever be fully eradicated?: 20 multiple choice questions for the OCR Geography (H481), Unit 6: Disease Dilemmas, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. What term describes the exploration of natural environments to discover wild organisms for medicinal drugs?

    • Biomagnification
    • Bioaccumulation
    • Biopiracy
    • Bioprospecting

  2. Which climate type is required for the optimal growth of the rosy periwinkle plant?

    • Tundra climate
    • Boreal climate
    • Tropical climate
    • Arid climate

  3. Active alkaloids extracted from the rosy periwinkle are primarily used to treat which condition?

    • Type 2 diabetes
    • Childhood leukaemia
    • Tuberculosis
    • Malaria

  4. Which powerful painkilling drug is directly derived from the latex sap of the opium poppy?

    • Aspirin
    • Penicillin
    • Morphine
    • Quinine

  5. Which soil condition is most critical for the successful cultivation of the opium poppy?

    • Waterlogged soil
    • Well-drained soil
    • Saline soil
    • Acidic peat soil

  6. Over-harvesting wild medicinal plants primarily causes which ecological problem for local plant populations?

    • Thermal pollution
    • Eutrophication
    • Soil salinisation
    • Genetic erosion

  7. Commercial over-exploitation of medicinal plants poses a severe threat to wild habitats in which region?

    • Sahara Desert
    • Himalayas
    • Mid-Atlantic ridge
    • Antarctic tundra

  8. Which practice promotes the sustainable use and conservation of wild medicinal plant species?

    • Cultivation farming
    • Unregulated foraging
    • Clear-felling
    • Monoculture logging

  9. Which legal mechanism grants pharmaceutical companies exclusive commercial rights to manufacture a new drug?

    • Trademark licence
    • Public domain grant
    • Copyleft agreement
    • Patent protection

  10. Scientific research and development by major pharmaceutical TNCs is predominantly concentrated in which region?

    • Global North
    • Central America
    • Sub-Saharan Africa
    • Pacific Islands

  11. What issue arises when low-income countries cannot afford patented essential medicines produced by TNCs?

    • Tariff elimination
    • Biomagnification
    • Inequality of access
    • Trade surplus

  12. Which global agency successfully led the international top-down campaign to eradicate smallpox by 1980?

    • World Health Organization
    • Médecins Sans Frontières
    • World Bank
    • Red Cross

  13. Which infectious viral disease is currently targeted by a global top-down campaign for total eradication?

    • Polio
    • Dengue fever
    • Cholera
    • Influenza

  14. Which top-down strategy is commonly deployed by governments to eliminate malaria-carrying mosquito vector populations?

    • Insecticide spraying
    • Soil liming
    • Water fluoridation
    • Antibiotic dosing

  15. What is a primary characteristic of bottom-up grassroots strategies used to combat local disease risk?

    • Community participation
    • Top-down mandates
    • Patent enforcement
    • International sanctions

  16. Empowering local women in grassroots campaigns effectively reduces disease risk primarily because women often control what?

    • National budgets
    • Household sanitation
    • Patent laws
    • Industrial manufacturing

  17. What is the main objective of implementing national blood screening programmes to mitigate HIV transmission?

    • Vaccine production
    • Gene editing
    • Early diagnosis
    • Vector control

  18. Which type of medication is widely distributed to suppress the HIV virus and prevent disease progression?

    • Antiretroviral drugs
    • Broad-spectrum antibiotics
    • Antihistamines
    • Corticosteroids

  19. How do grassroots educational campaigns primarily help reduce the transmission rates of HIV within communities?

    • Enforcing quarantine laws
    • Eradicating insect vectors
    • Promoting safe behaviour
    • Sterilising water sources

  20. Which biological obstacle severely complicates the global eradication of bacterial diseases like tuberculosis?

    • Enzyme inhibition
    • Genetic cloning
    • Antibiotic resistance
    • Thermal expansion

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