13.1 Antibiotics 101 Quiz

Question 1 of 5

1. Question

True or False: All antibiotics have similar mechanisms of actions.

True
False

Question 2 of 5

2. Question

What term describes the number of animals we have to treat with the drug that have the disease we’re treating before we make a difference in outcome in one animal?

Number needed to harm
Number needed to treat
Specificity
Sensitivity

Question 3 of 5

3. Question

Which of the below diseases has the highest number needed to treat?

Respiratory disease
Foot rot
Pink eye
Mastitis

Question 4 of 5

4. Question

What describes the “inoculums effect”?

When an antibiotic works better in the lab than in a production setting
When an antibiotic works better in a production setting than in the lab
When there is a large amount of bacteria present and there isn’t enough antibiotic present to take care of them all

Question 5 of 5

5. Question

What are the differences between different classes of antibiotics?

How they distribute throughout the body
How long it takes them to kill the bacteria
The mechanism of action
All of the above

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