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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is one of the main problems with the flu vaccine, according to Osterholm?
(a) It changes every year.
(b) It is too expensive.
(c) It makes one's arm very sore.
(d) It can only be administered via a nasal spray.

3. What can anthrax be hidden in its dried form, according to Osterholm?
(a) Any white powder.
(b) Cakes.
(c) Soil.
(d) Flowers.

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

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

6. What kind of graph do epidemiologists use to try to figure out what threats they should be worrying about in public health?
(a) An Addington's Graph.
(b) A Bell Curve.
(c) A Marshall Matrix.
(d) A threat matrix.

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

8. What are the unchanging features of a virus called?
(a) Stable.
(b) Stalked.
(c) Static.
(d) Conserved.

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

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

11. What is the serious condition that the Zika virus sometimes causes in babies?
(a) Epilepsy.
(b) Microcephaly.
(c) Blindness.
(d) Paralysis.

12. How much does Osterholm claim the worldwide pharmaceutical industry had in revenue in 2014?
(a) About $500 billion.
(b) More than $1 billion.
(c) More than $1 trillion.
(d) About $50 billion.

13. What was President George W. Bush's emergency plan for combating AIDS?
(a) PENSIVE.
(b) MORTAT.
(c) PEPFAR.
(d) LARGEN.

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

15. Which disease did the Gates Foundation take the lead in trying to eradicate?
(a) Polio.
(b) Dengue fever.
(c) Yellow Fever.
(d) Ebola.

Short Answer Questions

1. On whose program did the creator of the polio vaccine announce that he was not patenting the vaccine in 1955?

2. Which 2004 report summarized the scientific community's concerns about bioterrorism?

3. Which Greek myth does Osterholm invoke in the beginning of Chapter 11?

4. Who was the George W. Bush-era Health and Human Services Secretary Osterholm has worked closely with?

5. What does Osterholm say is the average time from vaccine development to public availability?

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