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title: Colds and flu — how Mova does on the tests · Medicine
description: Lesson 7 of the medicine course of Mova's primary school: 4 of 12 tests right, exam 1 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Colds and flu

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**Tests:** 4 of 12 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★★★ · **Understood:** 11 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 7 of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/7-colds-and-flu/).

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Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/7-colds-and-flu/).

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### Test 1 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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nan reckons I'll get a cold going out with wet hair. true or nah?

- **1.** Yeah, but only in winter — no support
- **2.** Nah, colds come from viruses spread by people — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Nah, colds come from cats and dogs mostly — no support
- **4.** Yeah, wet hair makes the viruses grow — **← Mova's choice** · score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 7, line 8: «Wet hair and cold weather do not create cold viruses; colds are commoner in winter mostly because people are indoors close together.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «create» (+4); the same doer «wet hair» (+4). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-6). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/7-colds-and-flu/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Sam's snot's green so his mum wants antibiotics. What would a GP most likely say?

- **1.** Green snot needs a small operation — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Take your sister's leftover pills — no support
- **3.** Take antibiotics straight away, before it spreads — no support
- **4.** Wait it out; most green snot needs no antibiotics — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/7-colds-and-flu/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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"I've got flu" says Olly, but he's playing football with a runny nose. Is it likely flu?

- **1.** Yes, flu is just a bit of a sniffle — no support
- **2.** No, it is hay fever for sure — no support
- **3.** Yes, playing football in the cold causes flu — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **4.** No, real flu usually puts you in bed — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 7, line 4: «Flu is caused by influenza viruses and is much worse than a cold: it comes on suddenly, with high fever and aching all over, as if you'd been hit by a bus.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «cause» (+4); the same thing acted on «flu» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/7-colds-and-flu/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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What would happen if healthy kids never had the flu spray?

- **1.** Nobody would ever get flu again — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Colds would disappear from schools — no support
- **3.** Flu could spread more easily to babies and grandparents — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Children would become immune to all illness — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/7-colds-and-flu/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Aunt says she never catches colds because of her vitamin C pills. What's wrong with her thinking?

- **1.** Vitamin C actually causes colds — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** She must have the flu instead and just doesn't know it — no support
- **3.** Nothing, she is right, it has been proven — no support
- **4.** Research shows vitamin C doesn't prevent most colds — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 7, line 7: «Antibiotics do not work on colds, because colds are caused by viruses, not bacteria.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «cause» (+2); the same thing acted on «colds» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/7-colds-and-flu/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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The flu spray at school, will it give me flu?

- **1.** Yes, a small flu for about a week — no support
- **2.** No, the weakened viruses cannot cause flu — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 12
- **3.** No, because it is just water and nothing else — no support
- **4.** Yes, but only in the nose — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 12, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 7, line 11: «The UK children's flu vaccine is a nasal spray with weakened viruses that cannot cause flu; it changes every year because flu viruses change.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «cause» (+4); the same doer «weakened viruses» (+4); the same thing acted on «flu» (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/7-colds-and-flu/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t7}

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In a cartoon, a boy is given an antibiotic for his cold and is better in one second. What's wrong?

- **1.** Nothing, that is exactly right — no support
- **2.** Antibiotics actually work even faster than that — score 2
- **3.** Antibiotics don't work on viruses, and colds take days — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8
- **4.** Colds can't be cured by anything but magic — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 7, line 7: «Antibiotics do not work on colds, because colds are caused by viruses, not bacteria.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «work» (+4); the same doer «antibiotics» (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/7-colds-and-flu/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t8}

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Mum gives honey and lemon for my cough. Can she give it to my 6-month-old brother too?

- **1.** Yes, babies need even more honey than you — no support
- **2.** No, honey is never given to babies under one — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 12
- **3.** No, it's the lemon that is the danger for babies — no support
- **4.** Yes, honey is safe for all ages — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 12, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 7, line 14: «Honey can soothe a sore throat and calm a cough a little, but it is never given to babies under 12 months.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «give» (+4); the same thing acted on «honey» (+4); the same receiver «babies» (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/7-colds-and-flu/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Why do people catch more colds after the summer holidays end?

- **1.** The colder weather makes new viruses — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Shorter days shrink the immune system — no support
- **3.** Children mix closely indoors again — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** School food gives colds — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/7-colds-and-flu/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t10}

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Two kids have the same cold. One goes to school with no fever, one stays home. Who followed the advice?

- **1.** Both can be fine; a mild cold with no fever is usually OK at school — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 9
- **2.** Only the one at home, every cold means a day off — score 5
- **3.** Neither, both must see a doctor — no support
- **4.** Only the one at school, no one may stay home — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 9, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 7, line 16: «A child with a mild cold and no fever can usually go to school.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «school» (+4); the same property (+4); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/7-colds-and-flu/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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My cough's lasted a month and I'm wheezy. Just a long cough?

- **1.** Get it checked by a GP — **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **2.** Yes, coughs last a year — **← Mova's choice** · score 8
- **3.** No, it means a broken rib — no support
- **4.** Yes, ignore it and it goes — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 7, line 15: «A cough can last weeks after a cold, but a cough lasting more than three weeks should be checked by a GP, a family doctor.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «last» (+4); the same doer «cough» (+4). The right option, 1, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/7-colds-and-flu/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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If all colds come from viruses, why can't doctors just make one cold vaccine?

- **1.** They already did and it is kept secret — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** Colds are not real illnesses — no support
- **3.** Vaccines don't work inside noses — no support
- **4.** There are more than 200 different cold viruses — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1, line 4: «Bones heal in whatever position they are held in, so doctors line the pieces up and hold them still for weeks while new bone grows.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hold» (+2); the same doer «doctors» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/7-colds-and-flu/t12/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1}

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Identify the reason for which antibiotics are ineffective in the treatment of the common cold.

- **1.** The common cold is caused by viruses rather than bacteria — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 12
- **2.** The common cold is too mild to warrant any medicine — no support
- **3.** The common cold is caused by exposure to cold air rather than organisms — score 6
- **4.** Antibiotics are ineffective during the winter months — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 12, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 7, line 7: «Antibiotics do not work on colds, because colds are caused by viruses, not bacteria.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «cause» (+4); the same doer «viruses» (+4); the same thing acted on «colds» (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/7-colds-and-flu/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2}

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises influenza as compared with the common cold?

- **1.** Influenza is confined to the nose — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Influenza is caused by bacteria rather than by any kind of virus — no support
- **3.** Influenza begins abruptly with high fever, aching and exhaustion — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Influenza is a milder variant of the common cold — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/7-colds-and-flu/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3}

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the nasal influenza vaccine administered to children.

- **1.** It consists solely of vitamin C — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** It induces a mild course of influenza lasting one week — no support
- **3.** It contains weakened viruses incapable of causing influenza — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** It requires no revision from year to year — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/7-colds-and-flu/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4}

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It is asserted that daily ingestion of vitamin C prevents colds. State the conclusion supported by research.

- **1.** Daily vitamin C removes any need for rest during illness — no support
- **2.** Daily vitamin C prevents all colds — no support
- **3.** Daily vitamin C causes colds in children — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **4.** Daily vitamin C does not prevent colds in most people — **✓ the right answer** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 7, line 7: «Antibiotics do not work on colds, because colds are caused by viruses, not bacteria.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «cause» (+4); the same thing acted on «colds» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/7-colds-and-flu/e4/)

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