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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the abbreviation for the combination vaccine for diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis?
(a) DTP.
(b) TPD.
(c) TDP.
(d) PTD.

3. What group did congress establish in 2006 to help provide a good approach to vaccine development?
(a) The Medical Research and Vaccine Group.
(b) The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority.
(c) The Vaccine and Public Health Authority.
(d) The Jonas Salk Institute for Medical Advancement.

4. Which former president of Harvard University does Osterholm quote in Chapter 8?
(a) Elliot Nasser.
(b) Lawrence Summers.
(c) Noam Chompsky.
(d) Joan Sondland.

5. Who announced in the early 1980s that an AIDS vaccine would be ready within two years?
(a) Secretary of State Robards Jasper.
(b) Secretary of Health Margaret Heckler.
(c) Secretary of Health Alexander Williams.
(d) Secretary of State Casper Williams.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much does Osterholm claim the worldwide pharmaceutical industry had in revenue in 2014?

2. Which part of Africa did the Ebola outbreak occur in in 2014?

3. How many people does the WHO estimate might be infected with latent tuberculosis?

4. In what American city did one case of Ebola send shockwaves in 2015?

5. Which disease did the Gates Foundation take the lead in trying to eradicate?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the current world conditions Osterholm identifies as aiding the transmission of diseases?

2. What are two major diseases the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has put large amounts of money into developing vaccines for?

3. What common product did Osterholm and his colleagues eventually trace the development of toxic shock syndrome to?

4. In Chapter 1, what is the term Osterholm uses for an event that comes as a surprise and is a major disrupting influence on society?

5. How was Osterholm personally affected by the AIDS epidemic?

6. In the Introduction, what are the two metaphors for disease that Osterholm sets out for use throughout the book?

7. What was the deadliest pandemic of the modern era?

8. In Chapter 1, why does the CDC's Jim Curran move quickly to name the AIDS disease as it is named?

9. In Osterholm's opinion, how do our influenza vaccines need to change?

10. What were the two relatively rare conditions doctors began seeing in patients at the outset of the AIDS epidemic?

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