Global Efforts
Every country can take steps to slow antimicrobial resistance by setting goals in all of these areas EXCEPT for:
Healthcare
Food
Communities
Shopping Malls
Environment
4. Shopping Malls
The U.S. government created the U.S. National Strategy for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria as a national strategy taken to fight the crisis.
True
False
1. True
Which of the following types of pathogens could develop antibiotic resistance due to misuse?
Viruses
Parasites
Bacteria
Protozoa
3. Bacteria
Which of the following infections would antibiotics treat?
Common cold
Influenza
Strep Throat
Coronavirus
3. Strep Throat
What years was there a large increase in the presence of antibiotic resistant bacteria?
2020-21
1960-present
1890-1920
1928-1940
2. 1960-present
LAARC is a laboratory assessment tool used in low and middle income countries in clinical bacteriology laboratories. What does LAARC stand for?
Lab Arrangement for Antibiotic Resistance Tool Corporation
Laser Absorption And Resistance Collaboration
Light Assessment of Antibiotic Resistance Conservation
Lab Assessment of Antibiotic Resistance Testing Capacity
4. Lab Assessment of Antibiotic Resistance Testing Capacity
Which of the following is an example of the US taking action to fight AR?
Establishing AR lab networks
Releasing multiple National Action plans
Passing FDA laws that ensure certain antibiotics aren’t overused
All of the above
4. All of the above
Which of the following bacteria are considered serious threats according to the CDC?
Drug-resistant Campylobacter
ESBL-producing Enterobacterales
Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE)
Drug-resistant nontyphoidal Salmonella
All of the above
5. All of the above
Antibiotic resistance means the body becomes resistant to the antibiotic.
True
False
2. False
Which of the following was the first commercialized antibiotic?
Vancomycin
Methicillin
Penicillin
Amphotericin B
3. Penicillin
The Transatlantic Taskforce on Antimicrobial Resistance (TATFAR) was created so AR experts from different countries could collaborate to combat AR. Which of the following is not a focus area of TATFAR?
Improving widespread antibiotic use
Cutting out antibiotics
Preventing and containing infections
Improving the drug pipeline
2. Cutting out antibiotics
Which of the following is what the CDC does to work toward the 5 goals of the current national action plan?
Antibiotic Resistance Solutions Initiative
The Antimicrobial Resistance Lab and Healthcare Plan (ARLHP)
Infection Prevention and Containment Sites
Moral support
1. Antibiotic Resistance Solutions Initiative
Which of the following are considered threats by the CDC?
Bacteria
Fungi
Both 1 and 2
Neither 1 and 2
3. Both 1 and 2
When antibiotic resistance is used in animals it does not contribute to the development of antibiotic resistance bacteria, since the antibiotics are not applied to human illness.
True
False
2. False
What cause of antibiotic resistance was warned about as early as 1945?
Not finishing prescribed antibiotic regimen
Overuse of antibiotics
Poor hygiene
Prevention of spread in the hospital setting
2. Overuse of antibiotics
In what year did the UN General Assembly have a High-Level meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance (only the 4th time a health issue was discussed in this capacity)
2016
2000
2010
2012
1. 2016
In 2018, the CDC released the Containment Strategy which includes all of the following EXCEPT:
Rapid identification
Infection control assessments
Continue assessments and colonization screenings until spread is controlled
Mandatory national quarantine
4. Mandatory national quarantine
According to the CDC’s Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States, 2019, how many antibiotic-resistant infections occur in the U.S. each year?
200,000
23,000
2.8 million
7 million
3. 2.8 million
What is the first step in the CDC’s containment strategy to stop the spread of AR?
Determine if transmission and dissemination is occurring
Quickly identifying new threats and infected patients
Implement containment measures
Compare new bacteria to currently documented strains through laboratory experiments.
2. Quickly identifying new threats and infected patients
The current life expectancy for humans is around 80 years. It is thought that the introduction of antibiotics has caused this high life expectancy, despite the appearance of AR. What was the average life expectancy in 1920?
62 years
35 years
56 years
48 years
3. 56 years
Between 2018 and 2019, the US government created the Antimicrobial Resistance Challenge (AMR) to quicken the fight against antimicrobial resistance by recruiting more than ___ organizations globally to take on the challenge.
200
350
400
750
2. 350
What year did the FDA release the Veterinary Feed Directive to make sure that antibiotic use is only for the treatment and prevention of infections in food animals?
2015
2016
2017
2018
3. 2017
According to the CDC’s Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States, 2019, more than how many people died as a result of antibiotic-resistant infections?
35,000
50,000
15,000
65,000
1. 35,000
Which of the following is not a resistance mechanism (defense strategy) of germs against antibiotics?
Restrict access of the antibiotic
Get rid of the antibiotic
Modify own DNA to prevent effects of antibiotics
Change or destroy the antibiotic
Bypass the effects of the antibiotic
Change the targets of the antibiotic
3. Modify own DNA to prevent effects of antibiotics
Penicillin was discovered by:
Alexander Fleming
Louis Pasteur
Walther Hesse
Martinus Beijerinck
1. Alexander Fleming