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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the premise that the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation is based on, as Osterholm explains it in Chapter 9?
(a) Everyone has a right to vaccinations.
(b) All lives have equal value.
(c) We all need to work together to make the world a healthier place.
(d) Money is not worth anything if it is not helping people.

2. On whose program did the creator of the polio vaccine announce that he was not patenting the vaccine in 1955?
(a) Walter Winchell's.
(b) Barbara Walter's.
(c) James Jeffrie's.
(d) Edward R. Murrow's.

3. When did Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans?
(a) August 15, 2005.
(b) September 15, 2006.
(c) September 28, 2006.
(d) August 29, 2005.

4. Who was the George W. Bush-era Health and Human Services Secretary Osterholm has worked closely with?
(a) Tommy Thompson.
(b) Maria Solnar.
(c) Michael Henry.
(d) Kristen Henderson.

5. Who announced in the early 1980s that an AIDS vaccine would be ready within two years?
(a) Secretary of Health Alexander Williams.
(b) Secretary of Health Margaret Heckler.
(c) Secretary of State Casper Williams.
(d) Secretary of State Robards Jasper.

6. In 2014, how many air passengers flew between the United States and the rest of the world?
(a) 100 million.
(b) 50 million.
(c) 300 million.
(d) 186 million.

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

8. Which former president of Harvard University does Osterholm quote in Chapter 8?
(a) Noam Chompsky.
(b) Lawrence Summers.
(c) Elliot Nasser.
(d) Joan Sondland.

9. What does Osterholm identify as the first pathogen of pandemic potential in Chapter 4?
(a) Marburg.
(b) Coronavirus.
(c) Penicillin.
(d) Influenza.

10. What was the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) known informally as when Osterholm was in medical school?
(a) The crown disease.
(b) The right disease.
(c) The kissing disease.
(d) The foot disease.

11. What is one aspect Osterholm identifies as favorable for virus transmission in his "current world conditions" category in Chapter 8?
(a) Humans having more surgeries.
(b) Close contact between humans and animals.
(c) Humans sharing more drinks and food.
(d) Humans swimming in rivers.

12. Which 2004 report summarized the scientific community's concerns about bioterrorism?
(a) The Starkum Report.
(b) The Morning Report.
(c) The Fink Report.
(d) The Teller Report.

13. In what year did the CDC recommended universal HIV screening?
(a) 2006.
(b) 2000.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1998.

14. In Chapter 5, where does Osterholm point out there are the most microbes in the human body?
(a) The ear.
(b) The heart.
(c) The thigh muscle.
(d) The gut microbiome.

15. In what year was there a measles outbreak in Minnesota?
(a) 1998.
(b) 1991.
(c) 2000.
(d) 1985.

Short Answer Questions

1. What process for killing bacteria is Louis Pasteur famous for discovering?

2. In Chapter 8, who is considered one of the founders of vaccinations?

3. What bestelling book did Richard Preston write in 1994?

4. How are vector-borne diseases spread?

5. What was the Supreme Court Ruling in the 1905 Jacobson v. Massachusetts case?

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