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

2. Which professional was responsible for naming the HIV/AIDS virus in the early 1980s?
(a) Dr. Michael Osterholm.
(b) Dr. Bill Foege.
(c) Dr. James Curran.
(d) Dr. Jennifer Riles.

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

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

5. Why did President Nixon curtail the American offensive bioprogram in 1969?
(a) He thought his political opponents would use it against him.
(b) His Secretary of Dense advised him to shut it down.
(c) He thought it could not achieve any military advantage.
(d) He thought it cost too much.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the serious condition that the Zika virus sometimes causes in babies?

4. What company did Bill Gates found?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why was John Snow's work so important in the 1800s?

3. In Osterholm's opinion, how do our influenza vaccines need to change?

4. Who is considered one of the first creators of the vaccine, and what illness did this person discover the earliest form of the vaccine for?

5. Which populations are most affected by malaria infections?

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

7. What were the two relatively rare conditions doctors began seeing in patients at the outset of the AIDS epidemic?

8. 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?

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

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

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