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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. Which 2004 report summarized the scientific community's concerns about bioterrorism?
(a) The Teller Report.
(b) The Starkum Report.
(c) The Morning Report.
(d) The Fink Report.

2. What was the Supreme Court Ruling in the 1905 Jacobson v. Massachusetts case?
(a) All children who wanted to attend public school had to have the smallpox vaccine.
(b) All people who wanted to travel abroad had to have the smallpox vaccine first.
(c) The benefit of the smallpox vaccine to public health outweighed an individual's right to refuse the vaccine.
(d) Only children with religious exemptions could be allowed not to have the smallpox vaccine.

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

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

5. What process for killing bacteria is Louis Pasteur famous for discovering?
(a) Variation.
(b) Sterilization.
(c) Mobilization.
(d) Pasteurization.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) known informally as when Osterholm was in medical school?

2. Which creature is most responsible for spreading malaria?

3. Who was the director of the NIH, as mentioned by Osterholm in Chapter 10?

4. What does means of transmission mean in terms of viruses?

5. What organization did Osterholm found at the University of Minnesota?

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