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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one antibiotic commonly used to threat anthrax?
(a) Penicillin.
(b) Ambigen.
(c) Ciprofloxacin.
(d) Corilot.

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

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

4. Who was the George W. Bush-era Health and Human Services Secretary Osterholm has worked closely with?
(a) Kristen Henderson.
(b) Michael Henry.
(c) Maria Solnar.
(d) Tommy Thompson.

5. What is the serious condition that the Zika virus sometimes causes in babies?
(a) Epilepsy.
(b) Paralysis.
(c) Microcephaly.
(d) Blindness.

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

7. What does the One Health movement strive to do?
(a) Try to foster public health information-sharing between countries.
(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) Emphasize that it is the health of the individual that is the most important.

8. In what American city did one case of Ebola send shockwaves in 2015?
(a) Chicago, Illinois.
(b) Dallas, Texas.
(c) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
(d) San Francisco, California.

9. Which family member of Osterholm's contracted the HIV virus through a blood transfusion in the 1980s?
(a) His brother Mithchell.
(b) His Uncle Roman.
(c) His Aunt Romana.
(d) His mother, Ellen.

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

11. Which of the following is widely used to grow vaccines?
(a) Yeast.
(b) Eggs.
(c) Water.
(d) Algae.

12. Which chemical did the U.S. Army issue to personnel stationed in areas where there were many mosquitoes?
(a) Liathin.
(b) Lechthin.
(c) Permethrin.
(d) Estrogen.

13. Who created the polio vaccine?
(a) Dr. Jonas Salk.
(b) Dr. James Curran.
(c) Dr. Edward Murrow.
(d) Dr. Michael Riker.

14. What was the American infant mortality rate at the turn of the twentieth century?
(a) 60 - 70%.
(b) 20 - 30%.
(c) 40 - 50%.
(d) 10 - 20%.

15. What brand of tampon turned out to be closely associated with cases of TSS in the 1980s?
(a) Protect.
(b) Assure.
(c) Rely.
(d) Be Free.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Nobel Prizes have been awarded to recipients who have contributed to the fight against malaria?

2. What was President George W. Bush's emergency plan for combating AIDS?

3. In Chapter 6, Osterholm emphasizes that anthrax is not which of the following kinds of diseases?

4. In 2014, how many air passengers flew between the United States and the rest of the world?

5. What is one way in which a person's immune system can overreact to a pathogen?

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