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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many biocontainment levels are in USAMRIID?
(a) Ten.
(b) Four.
(c) Seven.
(d) Twenty.

2. What is Ebola virus named for?
(a) The Ebola Institute, where it was identified.
(b) Dr. Ebola, the person who first isolated it.
(c) The Ebola River.
(d) John Ebola, the index case.

3. Where did the initial outbreak of Ebola Zaire begin?
(a) Bumba Zone.
(b) Nairobi.
(c) Eldoret.
(d) Maridi.

4. What is the genetic code of Ebola?
(a) A twisted strand of RNA and DNA.
(b) A single strand of RNA.
(c) A single strand of DNA.
(d) Ten strands of different proteins.

5. Who does Dan Dalgard contact at USAMRIID?
(a) Nancy Jaax.
(b) Peter Jahrling.
(c) Tony Johnson.
(d) CJ Peters.

6. Where did Jerry and Nancy Jaax meet?
(a) In the Army.
(b) On a blind date.
(c) Veterinary school.
(d) In grade school.

7. Where are most of the monkeys who die located?
(a) Room F.
(b) Room 6B.
(c) Room A.
(d) Room 21.

8. Who cultures the sample from Monkey 053?
(a) Jerry Jaax.
(b) Nancy Jaax.
(c) Joan Rhoderick.
(d) Tom Geisbert.

9. What is wrong with Nancy's father?
(a) He has been laid off from his job.
(b) His house has been burned down in a fire.
(c) He just lost his wife.
(d) He is dying of cancer.

10. Who is the colony manger at the Reston Monkey House?
(a) Shem Musoke.
(b) Jerry Jaax.
(c) Dan Dalgard.
(d) Bill Volt.

11. Why does Jahrling originally think the samples are NOT Marburg?
(a) The particles are too short.
(b) The particles appear too long.
(c) The particles are the wrong color.
(d) The particles are loops.

12. What does it mean to put a sample "in the beam"?
(a) To cut it in half.
(b) To look at it through a light microscope.
(c) To look at it through an electron microscope.
(d) To spin it in a centrifuge.

13. What is in the samples that Dan Dalgard sends to USAMRIID?
(a) Blood serum.
(b) A throat wash.
(c) Bits of monkey spleen.
(d) All answers are correct.

14. What do the initials USAMRIID stand for?
(a) United States of America Medical Research and Investigative Department.
(b) United States Army Major Research and Investigation Division.
(c) United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases.
(d) United States of America Reconnaissance and Investigation of Infection and Disease.

15. What is a "hatbox"?
(a) A biohazard container.
(b) A place to store tape and bandages.
(c) A decontamination room.
(d) Where the space suits are kept.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Dan Dalgard spend Thanksgiving?

2. What are viruses made of?

3. How many monkeys are imported into the United States each year for medical research?

4. What is the "first line of defense" against a hot agent?

5. What is Peter Jahrling's tentative diagnosis of what is happening to the monkeys?

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