Deck 4: Identifying the Challenge

Question 1

Bacterial colonization of the skin begins when in life?

A) at 10 years of age
B) at 5 years of age
C) at birth
D) in the mother's womb

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT a microbe?

A) insects
B) protozoans
C) fungi
D) bacteria

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Which of the following is an emerging infectious disease?
Yellow fever
Measles
Whooping cough
Zika virus

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Which of the following infectious diseases is NOT transmitted by mosquitos?
Malaria
Lyme disease
Zika virus
Chikungunya virus

Question 5

The leading cause of death in the world in 2015 was:
Stroke
Diabetes
Heart disease
Infectious disease

Question 6

By 2100, the world population is projected to be:

A) 9.8 billion
B) 11.2 billion
C) 7 billion
D) 15.3 billion

Question 7

Which of the following is NOT an environmental factor responsible for emerging/reemerging infectious disease?

A) Genetic factors
B) Urbanization
C) Climate change
D) Deforestation

Question 8

Which factor below increases vector-borne illness?

A) Increased sir travel
B) Malnutrition
C) Inadequate potable water supply
D) Deforestation

Question 9

Which disease listed below was a result of deforestation to create the Central Railroad in Brazil in the early 1900s?

A) Lyme Disease
B) Chagas Disease
C) Nipah Virus Disease
D) HIV

Question 10

An epidemic of Rift Valley Fever occurred as a result of what project that produced a large ecological disturbance?

A) deforestation of the Amazon
B) pig farming in Malaysia
C) human hunting of monkeys
D) Aswan High Dam

Question 11

Which vectorborne disease listed below is NOT transmitted by a mosquito species?

A) Yellow fever
B) Chikungunya virus disease
C) Leishmaniasis
D) Dengue fever

Question 12

Zoonotic diseases are transmitted from

A) zookeepers to animals
B) humans to animals
C) animals to humans
D) humans to humans

Question 13

Which vectorborne disease currently poses the greatest risk to humans in terms of highest number of people at risk?
Malaria
Zika Virus infection
Lyme disease
Yellow fever

Question 14

The natural vector of hantavirus is:

A) deer
B) mice
C) snails
D) mosquitos

Question 15

An example of a technological advance that contributes to emerging/reemerging infectious disease is:
Hurricane response
Deforestation
Invasive medical procedures
Vaccination

Question 16

In 2007, a traveler on a flight from Russia to New York caused a scare about what infectious disease?

A) antibiotic-resistant TB
B) Ebola virus disease
C) Measles
D) Whooping cough

Question 17

An example of human complacency is:

A) Flooding
B) Lack of potable water
C) World population growth
D) Risky sexual behavior

Question 18

The worst HIV outbreak in the US since the 1980s occurred because of:

A) risky sexual behavior
B) injection drug use
C) tainted blood products
D) infected mosquitos

Question 19

What percentage of 2 year olds in the US have been given the full sequence of currently recommended immunizations?

A) 20%
B) 40%
C) 60%
D) 80%

Question 20

Ebola is a reemerging infectious disease.

Question 21

If you have never had measles and come into contact with a person infected with measles, you have a 98% chance of being infected.

Question 22

The annual growth rate of the world population is 2.7%

Question 23

The majority of the world's population lives in urban areas.

Question 24

Deforestation contributes to infectious disease by release microbes into the environment.

Question 25

The goal of the Kyoto Protocol is to limit global temperature rise below 2^oC.

Question 26

Cholera epidemics are often a result of flooding events.

Question 27

Climate change lessens the severity of hurricanes.

Question 28

The incubation time for influenza is shorter than the flight from New York City to Tokyo, Japan, when flying non-stop.

Question 29

Define "reemerging infectious disease."

Question 30

What is the source of most cases of measles in the United States?

Question 31

Name two of the leading infectious diseases that kill children younger than age 5 worldwide.

Question 32

Draw the disease triangle model of disease causation.

Question 33

Name two ways that infectious diseases can be transmitted.

Question 34

Why are elderly at greater risk of infection?

Question 35

Name two reasons for deforestation.

Question 36

List three (3) infectious diseases linked to climate change.

Question 37

What are the main causative factors of climate change leading to alterations in infectious disease incidence and distribution?

Question 38

Name the two reasons the FDA ruled that triclosan and other antimicrobial chemicals must be removed from liquid and bar soaps.

Question 39

What does the CDC stand for?

Question 40

Name two medical advances that contribute to emerging/reemerging infectious diseases.

Question 41

Name two societal factors that contribute to the spread of disease.

Question 42

Explain in detail why increasing world population will foster an increase in infectious disease.

Question 43

Explain in detail how urbanization can set up a cycle of infectious disease and how that can be prevented in megacities.

Question 44

Describe how increases global temperature can contribute to increase in vectorborne diseases.

Question 45

Describe several of the concerns that led to the banning of triclosan and triclocarbon by the FDA.

Question 46

Explain what a "superbug" is and the root causes of their emergence.

Question 47

Explain the difference between an internally displaced person (IDP) and a refugee and why creation of IDPs and refugees contribute to spread of disease.

Question 48

You encounter parents who believe that immunizations are harmful to human health. In the space below, use your knowledge of emerging and reemerging infections to write a response to these parents.

Question 49

Explain how the concepts you learned about emerging/reemerging infectious diseases have affected you personally and how it will change your behavior, if at all. Provide specific examples and explanations for why or why not you will change your behavior.