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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 company did Bill Gates found?
(a) Zoom.
(b) Facebook.
(c) Microsoft.
(d) Apple.

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

3. What syndrome did Osterholm do extensive work on in the early 1980s?
(a) Melliflu's Syndrome.
(b) Toxic Shock Syndrome.
(c) Heisenberg's Syndrome.
(d) Marburg Syndrome.

4. What was the 1918 flu epidemic commonly known as?
(a) The Italian Flu.
(b) The Spanish Flu.
(c) The War Flu.
(d) The British Flu.

5. Which creature is most responsible for spreading malaria?
(a) Cats.
(b) Bats.
(c) Mosquitoes.
(d) Rats.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of pneumonia did doctors begin to see in early HIV/AIDS patients?

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

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

4. What group did congress establish in 2006 to help provide a good approach to vaccine development?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the term Osterholm uses for the process of a microbe moving from one place to another host?

2. In Chapter 10, what kind of flu strain is Osterholm particularly worried about?

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

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

5. 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?

6. What does Osterholm say public health science is based on, and how does the public perceive these things?

7. What is one of the main reasons Osterholm says it is quicker to produce drugs than vaccines?

8. What is the interaction between tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS?

9. Why was the Spanish Flu so named, even though it likely did not originate in Spain?

10. What is one of the reasons human are at a disadvantage to microbes?

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