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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people does the WHO estimate might be infected with latent tuberculosis?
(a) About half of the world's population.
(b) About 500 million people.
(c) About one-third of the world's population.
(d) About 1 billion people.

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

3. What is one of the problems with the vaccine industry, according to Osterholm?
(a) Companies can not usually make money on vaccines.
(b) Some vaccines become contaminated easily, so there is a lot of waste.
(c) It is difficult for companies to predict the need for a particular vaccine.
(d) More people do not want to take vaccines, so it is less profitable to make them.

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

5. Which part of Africa did the Ebola outbreak occur in in 2014?
(a) South.
(b) North.
(c) East.
(d) West.

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

7. in 2014, how many people worldwide died from AIDS?
(a) 3.4 million.
(b) 1.2 million.
(c) 8 million.
(d) 5 million.

8. What type of pneumonia did doctors begin to see in early HIV/AIDS patients?
(a) Complex pneumonia.
(b) Marshall Island pneumonia.
(c) Pneumocystis carinii.
(d) Stases pneumonia.

9. In 2001, what was the name of the senate building that was shut down for months due to an anthrax contamination?
(a) The Hart Senate Office Building.
(b) The Carter Senate Office Building.
(c) The Chamber Senate Office Building.
(d) The Marshall Senate Office Building.

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

11. In what American city did one case of Ebola send shockwaves in 2015?
(a) Dallas, Texas.
(b) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
(c) Chicago, Illinois.
(d) San Francisco, California.

12. What is one way in which a person's immune system can overreact to a pathogen?
(a) By producing cancer cells.
(b) By cutting back production of microbiome cells.
(c) By producing a cytokine storm.
(d) By producing too many red blood cells.

13. Which family member of Osterholm's contracted the HIV virus through a blood transfusion in the 1980s?
(a) His brother Mithchell.
(b) His Aunt Romana.
(c) His Uncle Roman.
(d) His mother, Ellen.

14. Who was the director of the NIH, as mentioned by Osterholm in Chapter 10?
(a) Dr. Marsha Hemsworth.
(b) Dr. Lucille Barnes.
(c) Dr. Jennifer Jones.
(d) Dr. Francis Collins.

15. How many Nobel Prizes have been awarded to recipients who have contributed to the fight against malaria?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 20.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the head of the first meeting Osterholm attended about the HIV/AIDS epidemic, before doctors knew what they were dealing with?

2. Which professional was responsible for naming the HIV/AIDS virus in the early 1980s?

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

4. What are the unchanging features of a virus called?

5. About how much money is spent on AIDS vaccine research every year?

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