Exam 3 Quiz Questions
What does CDC stand for?
Center for Disease Control
the discovery of penicillin is credited to
Alexander Fleming
Name the organization whose slogan is "Helping People, before, during, and after Disaster"
FEMA
What Country has the highest life expectancy in the world? USA Finland France Monaco
Monaco
Which of the following is an antiviral agent? Tamiflu Penicillin Streptomycin All of the above
Tamiflu
The outbreak verification program is associated with which organization?
WHO
"Health for all by the year 2000" is a slogan popularized by
World Health Assembly
The Kampung improvement program focused on immunization programs sanitation and clean water AIDS eradication antibiotic availability
sanitation and clean water
The recycled human waste is known as
sludge
Malaria eradication seemed possible 50 years ago but was unsuccessful due to the lack of a vaccine the lack of drugs available to fight the disease the emergence of drug resistant parasites and mosquitoes the lack of money
the emergence of drug resistant parasites and mosquitoes
In the 1880s the germ theory of disease linking sanitation to microbial disease was made by Louis Pasteur and ________ Alexander Fleming Selman Waksman Edward Jenner Robert Koch
Robert Koch
In the 19th century, London was plagued by outbreaks of Black Death Cholera Smallpox Plague
cholera
______ is a mechanism by which genes are passed from one mature bacterial cell to another
horizontal gene transfer
Which organization maintains the "green sheet: as a travel advisory?
CDC
Which organization specializes in sending "SWAT" teams of epidemiologists into the field, in response to infectious disease outbreaks?
CDC
Which organization is charge with assisting communities in coping with natural disasters? FEMA PHS FDA CDC
FEMA
Rotary international is committed to the eradication of AIDS Polio Tuberculosis Malaria
Polio
The most resistant type of microbes to disinfection is
Prions
PHS stands for
Public Health Service
Surveillance and control of infectious disease are the responsibilities of individuals local health departments WHO all of the above
all of the above
The Carter Center has committed itself to eradicating guinea worm disease onchocerciasis filariasis all of the above
all of the above
The attainment of health involves partnerships at.. the community level the national level the international level all of the above
all of the above
Which of the following may carry bacterial antibiotic resistance genes? transposons plasmids chromosomes all of the above
all of the above
It has been stated that control of let diseases was due to all of the following EXCEPT urban improvements public health curative medicine superior nutrition
curative medicine
The second cause of child mortality after pneumonia is? diarrheal diseases HIV malaria tuberculosis
diarrheal diseases
Which of these viral diseases is NOT on the list for potential eradication by the ITFDE influenza mumps polio rubella
influenza
What is the mechanism of activity of penicillin? interference with metabolic activity interference with nucleic acid synthesis interference with cell wall synthesis interference with protein synthesis
interference with cell wall synthesis
The novel by Upton Sinclair in 1906 tried to portray which sanitary health issue?
meatpacking industry
The Carter Center is an example of what type of organization? community organization nongovernmental organization international organization national governmental organization
nongovernmental organization
the most common cause of single food product food born outbreak are associated with? poultry pork dairy fish
poultry
The role of the CDC is to act as the nation's
watchdog