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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Chapters 7 - 11).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the One Health movement strive to do?
(a) Emphasize that it is the health of the individual that is the most important.
(b) Try to find new vaccines for use in the developing world.
(c) Emphasize the idea that we need to understand the health of both humans and animals to prevent human disease.
(d) Try to foster public health information-sharing between countries.

2. What does means of transmission mean in terms of viruses?
(a) The way a virus gets from one place to another.
(b) The way viruses are taken over by other viruses.
(c) The way a virus dies.
(d) The way a virus is prevented by a vaccine.

3. Which part of Africa did the Ebola outbreak occur in in 2014?
(a) South.
(b) West.
(c) North.
(d) East.

4. Which doctor was responsible for figuring out the source of a cholera outbreak in London in the 1850s?
(a) Edward Jenner.
(b) Alexander Fleming.
(c) John Snow.
(d) Marshall Robards.

5. In Chapter 6, Osterholm emphasizes that anthrax is not which of the following kinds of diseases?
(a) Communicable.
(b) Stable.
(c) Hemorrhagic.
(d) Amorphous.

Short Answer Questions

1. What brand of tampon turned out to be closely associated with cases of TSS in the 1980s?

2. Which professional was responsible for naming the HIV/AIDS virus in the early 1980s?

3. What are the unchanging features of a virus called?

4. Why did President Nixon curtail the American offensive bioprogram in 1969?

5. Who introduced the term "black swan event"?

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