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Date November 2018 Marks available 1 Reference code 18N.1.SL.TZ0.26
Level Standard level Paper Paper 1 Time zone TZ0 / no time zone
Command term Deduce Question number 26 Adapted from N/A

Question

Why are antibiotics effective in curing diseases against some pathogens but not others?

I.   Antibiotics interrupt processes found in some but not all pathogen cells.

II.  Some pathogens have no metabolic processes to interrupt.

III. Some pathogens have developed genetic resistance to specific antibiotics.

A.  I only

B.  II only

C.  III only

D.  I, II and III

 

Markscheme

D

Examiners report

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Core » Topic 6: Human physiology » 6.3 Defence against infectious disease
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