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Microbiology Overview Exam 1.

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practice test for Natural Science class - Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Question 1

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Ebola survives and occurs in the following populations:
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  • Humans and bats.
  • Humans and camels.
  • Humans and monkeys.
  • Only humans.

Question 2

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

Question 3

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This disease ravaged the world in 1918-1919, killing approximately 50 million people in that one year.
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  • Small pox.
  • Zika virus.
  • SARS.
  • The Spanish flu.

Question 4

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

Question 5

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This fund donated 100 million dollars to disease treatment, heavily aiding in disease eradication in foreign countries.
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  • Bill Gates Foundation.
  • Stephen Harper's Assistance.
  • The International Disease Eradication Society (IDES).
  • the British Embassy.

Question 6

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

Question 7

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

Question 8

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In the 1900s, life expectancy in the USA was:
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  • Below 50.
  • 50-60.
  • Exactly 62 years.
  • 60-70.

Question 9

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The following act as wildlife origins/reservoirs of certain diseases: AIDS: [blank_start]Chimpanzees.[blank_end] SARS: [blank_start]Bats, palm civet.[blank_end] West Nile Virus: [blank_start]Wild birds.[blank_end] Influenza: [blank_start]Wild aquatic birds.[blank_end] Monkeypox: [blank_start]Wild rodents in Africa.[blank_end]
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  • Chimpanzees.
  • Bats, palm civet.
  • Wild birds.
  • Wild aquatic birds.
  • Wild rodents in Africa.
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