Deck 13: What Is Public Health Emergency Preparedness

Question 1

Public health preparedness for __________ must focus on basic scientific research to better understand the threats and work to design effective drugs, vaccines, and other therapeutics and ensure the existence of sufficient production capacity for these tools.

A) CBRN agents
B) naturally occurring disease threats
C) natural disasters
D) manmade environmental disasters

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Until World War II, more soldiers died from infectious diseases than from direct combat injuries.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The National Response Framework is a federal law and regulation that guides the national response to any emergency.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The World Health Organization's __________, adopted in 2005, define a public health emergency of international concern as "an extraordinary event which is determined . . . to constitute a public health risk to other States through the international spread of disease and to potentially require a coordinated international response."

Question 5

__________ are poisons produced by living entities such as plants, fungi, insects, and animals.

Question 6

In __________, the targets of biological agents are typically governments, armed forces, or resources that might affect the ability of a nation to attack an enemy or defend itself.

Question 7

Which of the following is classified as a Category A biological threat agent?

A) Cryptosporidium parvum
B) Naegleria fowleri
C) Bacillus anthracis
D) Listeria monocytogenes

Question 8

Since 2013, the Ebola virus has broken out most frequently in:

A) the Western Pacific region.
B) the Eastern Mediterranean region.
C) Southeast Asia.
D) Africa.

Question 9

Which event caused the U.S. government to embark on a series of changes that resulted in the most massive reorganization of the federal government since World War II?

A) Hurricane Katrina
B) Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, all of which hit the United States within the same three-week period
C) The September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon
D) The three biosafety incidents that occurred in U.S. government facilities in the summer of 2014

Question 10

Which piece of legislation, signed into law in June 2002, was the first major piece of legislation dedicated entirely to public health preparedness?

A) Public Health Improvement Act
B) USA PATRIOT Act
C) Bioterrorism Act
D) Project Bioshield Act

Question 11

Some public health emergencies and crises do not fit commonly accepted definitions of the types of things that require "public health preparedness."

Question 12

Diseases can have both direct and indirect impacts on national security and require the same attention in terms of public health preparedness as CBRN agents.

Question 13

In December 2002, President Bush's administration announced a program to administer the vaccine for smallpox to all military personnel and civilian emergency health workers.

Question 14

While a strong federal policy and infrastructure is essential for the public's health and well-being, public health professionals recognize that most public health activities occur at the local and state level.