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Microbiology Overview Exam 1.

Question 1 of 9

1

Ebola survives and occurs in the following populations:

Select one of the following:

  • Humans and bats.

  • Humans and camels.

  • Humans and monkeys.

  • Only humans.

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Question 2 of 9

1

Microbes can be used in the formation of helpful drugs despite their harmful effects.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 3 of 9

1

This disease ravaged the world in 1918-1919, killing approximately 50 million people in that one year.

Select one of the following:

  • Small pox.

  • Zika virus.

  • SARS.

  • The Spanish flu.

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Question 4 of 9

1

Which of the following were a part of the causes for initial life expectancy raises? (check all that apply)

Select one or more of the following:

  • Increases in sanitation due to complications in child birth.

  • Diseases becoming more recessive as humans have evolved.

  • Increase in vaccinations starting in the 1800s.

  • Close-quarter living conditions.

  • The emergence of antibiotics in the 1960s.

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Question 5 of 9

1

This fund donated 100 million dollars to disease treatment, heavily aiding in disease eradication in foreign countries.

Select one of the following:

  • Bill Gates Foundation.

  • Stephen Harper's Assistance.

  • The International Disease Eradication Society (IDES).

  • the British Embassy.

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Question 6 of 9

1

With the current progress we've made, we are well on the way to curing infectious diseases entirely.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 7 of 9

1

Tuberculosis and Ebola are examples of two diseases with very different ways of spreading. The key differences between these are:

Select one of the following:

  • Tuberculosis is chronic - less hostile, with a slower onset period, whereas Ebola is acute - extremely lethal, with a rapid onset period.

  • Tuberculosis is chronic - extremely lethal, with a rapid onset period, whereas Ebola is acute - less hostile, with a slower onset period.

  • Ebola is chronic - less hostile, with a slower onset period, whereas Tuberculosis is acute - extremely lethal, with a rapid onset period.

  • Ebola is chronic - extremely lethal, with a rapid onset period, whereas Tuberculosis is acute - less hostile, with a slower onset period.

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Question 8 of 9

1

In the 1900s, life expectancy in the USA was:

Select one of the following:

  • Below 50.

  • 50-60.

  • Exactly 62 years.

  • 60-70.

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Question 9 of 9

1

The following act as wildlife origins/reservoirs of certain diseases:
AIDS:
SARS:
West Nile Virus:
Influenza:
Monkeypox:

Select option below to complete the highlighted text

    Chimpanzees.
    Bats, palm civet.
    Wild birds.
    Wild aquatic birds.
    Wild rodents in Africa.

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