A Commensal Bacterium

question 58

Multiple Choice

A commensal bacterium

• A)does not receive any benefit from its host.
• B)is beneficial to its host.
• C)may also be an opportunistic pathogen.
• D)isn't capable of causing disease in its host.
• E)always causes disease in its host.

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Definitions:

M'Naghten

Refers to the M'Naghten Rule, a legal standard for determining the insanity of a defendant, based on their ability to understand right from wrong at the time of the crime.

Psychosis

State involving a loss of contact with reality as well as an inability to differentiate between reality and one’s subjective state.

American Law Institute (ALI) Rule

A legal standard for insanity that assesses whether a defendant lacked the capacity to understand the wrongfulness of their actions or conform their conduct to the law due to mental illness.

M'Naghten Rule

A legal principle that excuses a defendant from liability if at the time of the crime, they were suffering from a mental illness that prevented them from understanding the nature of their actions or knowing right from wrong.