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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Osterholm notes in Chapter 17 that in his experience, what gets acted upon is related to which of the following?
(a) What gets counted.
(b) What gets money.
(c) What scares enough people.
(d) What gets the right person's attention.

2. What language does the word chikungunya come from?
(a) Swahili.
(b) Indian.
(c) Makonde.
(d) Malaysian.

3. In Chapter 14, what does Osterholm's father do that devastates Osterholm?
(a) Injures Osterholm so that he can not play sports any longer.
(b) Injures Osterholm's sister.
(c) Injures Osterholm's mother.
(d) Destroys some of Osterholm's lab equipment.

4. What chemical that used to be commonly used to kill mosquitoes became a public health and environmental concern as the years went on?
(a) FBG.
(b) DDT.
(c) ERA.
(d) MMR.

5. Why did funerary practices contribute to the spread of Ebola in West Africa in 2014?
(a) The involved airborne incense that had the potential to infect others.
(b) They involved infected scarves.
(c) They involved extensive physical contact with dead bodies.
(d) Bodies were buried close to water supplies of villages.

6. Where do the mosquitoes that carried the illness that affected Osterholm's son in Chapter 14 usually live?
(a) Marshes.
(b) Tree holes.
(c) Standing puddles.
(d) Deserts.

7. Which advisor of Osterholm's does Osterholm remember as being particularly kind and empathetic towards him in Chapter 14?
(a) Dr. James Curran.
(b) Dr. William Hausler.
(c) Dr. Samuel Clemens.
(d) Dr. Anthony Fauci.

8. Which medical center in South Korea was shut down temporarily due to a MERS outbreak there in 2015?
(a) Marriott Medical Center.
(b) Kinowa Medical Center.
(c) Kumbwa Medical Center.
(d) Samsung Medical Center.

9. What type of antibiotic use on some large chicken farms in India is of particular concern for scientists studying the rise of drug-resistant microbes?
(a) The super-dosing of the strongest antibiotics we have.
(b) The off-label uses of antibiotics on chicken farms.
(c) Antibiotic cocktails that combine the strong drug colistin with several others.
(d) The under-dosing of antibiotics for sick chickens.

10. What publication did Osterholm almost pull an op-ed he wrote about Zika from in 2016?
(a) The New York Times.
(b) The Washington Post.
(c) The Los Angeles Times.
(d) The Guardian.

11. By the end of July in 2015, what was the Korean MERS death toll?
(a) 50 of 2000 confirmed cases.
(b) 45 of 98 confirmed cases.
(c) 36 of 186 confirmed cases.
(d) 200 of 387 confirmed cases.

12. What is the problem with the vaccine for yellow fever?
(a) We do not have enough of it for those who would need it in a large-scale outbreak.
(b) It can not be administered to people under the age of 25.
(c) It causes serious side effects.
(d) It is far too expensive to be used widely.

13. What are bacteriophages?
(a) Viruses that can infect and kill certain bacteria.
(b) Bateria that eat only iron.
(c) Bacteria that have been extinct for a long time.
(d) Bacteria that have been altered in labs to target viruses.

14. Which illness did Osterholm initially fear his son might have contracted in Chapter 14?
(a) Influenza.
(b) Bacterial meningitis.
(c) Marburg.
(d) SARS.

15. What is a term meaning that a pathogen causes severe and fatal disease?
(a) Black-out potential.
(b) High-pathogenicity.
(c) Stark mark.
(d) Death-potential.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two cities were initially on the WHO's travel alert because of SARS in 2003?

2. In Chapter 17, which doctor does Osterholm identify as one of the first to demonstrate the importance of hand-washing?

3. Who convened a panel of experts in 1965 to discuss whether new antibiotics were needed?

4. In which North American city did a SARS outbreak occur in 2003?

5. Why do we need a new flu vaccine formula every year?

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