plumiAntibiotics: CAIE A‑Level Biology questions
Every CAIE A-Level Biology exam question on 10.2 Antibiotics, June 2024 and the specimen papers, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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- June 2024, Paper 1, Q34 (1 mark): A scientist investigated the effect of an antibiotic on the treatment of cholera. 320 people with cholera were divided into two groups. One group was treated wi
- June 2024, Paper 1, Q35 (1 mark): How does the antibiotic penicillin affect the metabolism of a bacterial cell? A Penicillin reduces cell growth by preventing water uptake. B Penicillin inhibits
- June 2024, Paper 1, Q36 (1 mark): Scientists studied the multidrug-resistant bacterial infections in children caused by one type of bacteria between 2007 and 2015. The percentage of multidrug-re
- Specimen, Paper 2, Q2(e) (2 marks): Rifampicin is one antibiotic that can be used to kill mycobacterial cells. Although rifampicin is very effective at killing mycobacterial cells, it is often the
- Specimen, Paper 2, Q2(f) (2 marks): Describe the differences between the trend in the total number of reported cases for TB and the trend in the total number of reported cases of MDR-TB, as shown
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