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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 kind of graph do epidemiologists use to try to figure out what threats they should be worrying about in public health?
(a) A threat matrix.
(b) A Marshall Matrix.
(c) An Addington's Graph.
(d) A Bell Curve.

2. In what year did the CDC recommended universal HIV screening?
(a) 1998.
(b) 2006.
(c) 1992.
(d) 2000.

3. Which organization helped to fund the development of the polio vaccine?
(a) The St. Joseph's Fund.
(b) The Clean Air Fund.
(c) The March of Dimes.
(d) The Children's Hospital Fund.

4. What flu strain does Osterholm call the grandfather of bird-flu viruses?
(a) H5N3.
(b) H1N1.
(c) H5N1.
(d) H7N4.

5. Who was the director of the NIH, as mentioned by Osterholm in Chapter 10?
(a) Dr. Marsha Hemsworth.
(b) Dr. Francis Collins.
(c) Dr. Jennifer Jones.
(d) Dr. Lucille Barnes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who announced in the early 1980s that an AIDS vaccine would be ready within two years?

3. What bestelling book did Richard Preston write in 1994?

4. What process for killing bacteria is Louis Pasteur famous for discovering?

5. In Chapter 2, what does Osterholm say is NOT part of the public health agenda?

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