L6 Basic Concepts on Laboratory Biosafety and Biosecurity

Question 1

Origins of biosafety is rooted in the US biological weapons program which began in?

Answer 1

1943

Question 2

The president who ordered US biological weapons program

Answer 2

US President Franklin Roosevelt

Question 3

The president who terminated the US biological weapons program

Answer 3

US President Richard Nixon

Question 4

The year when US president Richard Nixon terminated the US biological weapons program

Answer 4

1969

Question 5

The year when Ira L. Baldwin became the first scientific director of Camp Detrick (now Fort Detrick)

Answer 5

1943

Question 6

Became the first scientific director of Camp Detrick (now Fort Detrick)

Answer 6

Ira L. Baldwin

Question 7

Designed modifications for biosafety at Camp Detrick

Answer 7

Newell A. Johnson

Question 8

The year of the formation of the American Biological Safety Association (ABSA)

Answer 8

1984

Question 9

Who described the use of mechanical pipettors to prevent laboratory-acquired infections (LAI)?

Answer 9

Arnold Wedum

Question 10

The year when Arlnold Wedum described the use of mechanical pipettors to prevent laboratory-acquired infections (LAI)

Answer 10

1907 and 1908

Question 11

In what year did a pharmaceutical company in Pennsylvania develop a ventilated cabinet to prevent infection from mycobacterium tuberculosis?

Answer 11

1909

Question 12

The year of increasing mortality and morbidity due to small pox

Answer 12

1967

Question 13

The year when Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published the Classification of Etiological Agents on the Basis of Hazard

Answer 13

1974

Question 14

Who published the Classification of Etiological Agents on the Basis of Hazard?

Answer 14

Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Question 15

The year when National Institutes of Health (NIH) of the United States published the NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules

Answer 15

1976

Question 16

Who published the NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules in 1976?

Answer 16

National Institutes of Health (NIH) of the United States

Question 17

In what year was Arnold Wedum recognized as one of the pioneers of biosafety

Answer 17

1944

Question 18

In 1944, who was recognized as one of the pioneers of biosafety?

Answer 18

Arnold Wedum

Question 19

The year when the US government enacted the Select Agents Regulations

Answer 19

1996

Question 20

In what month and year did the Comité Européen de Normalisation (CEN) publish the CEN Workshop Agreement 15793 (CWA 15793)?

Answer 20

Febuary 2008

Question 21

In Febuary 2008 _______ published the CEN Workshop Agreement 15793 (CWA 15793)

Answer 21

Comité Européen de Normalisation (CEN)

Question 22

In what year did WHO publish its 3rd edition of the Laboratory Biosafety Manual?

Answer 22

1983

Question 23

A group founded in 2005 that acts as a professional society for budget professionals in the Asia-Pacific region

Answer 23

Asia-Pacific Biosafety Association (A-PBA)

Question 24

A non-profit organization founded in June 1996, that aims to provide a forum for discussions and debates on issues of concern and to represent those working in the field of biosafety

Answer 24

European Biological Safety Association (EBSA)

Question 25

Created by a multi-disciplinary team with members coming from the health and education sectors as well as individuals from the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the government

Answer 25

Philippine Biosafety and Biosecurity Association (PhBBA)

Question 26

A non-government and non-profit association that works to serve the emergent concerns of biological risk management in various professional fields such as in the health, agriculture, and technology sectors throughout the country

Answer 26

Biological Risk Association Philippines (BRAP)

Question 27

Tag line of Biological Risk Association Philippines (BRAP)

Answer 27

“asses, mitigate, monitor”

Question 28

In what year did the president promulgated E.O 514 establishing the National Biosafety Framework (NBFA)

Answer 28

March 17, 2006

Question 29

Laboratory Biosafety Manual (LBM) defines______ as the ‘containment principles, technologies and practices that are implemented to prevent unintentional exposure to pathogens and toxins, or their accidental release”

Answer 29

Biosafety

Question 30

In what year did Charles Baldwin created the biohazard symbol used in labeling biological materials carrying significant health risk

Answer 30

1996

Question 31

Who was it that created the biohazard symbol used in labeling biological materials carrying significant health risk

Answer 31

Charles Baldwin

Question 32

Develops and enforces workplace standards to protect employees’safety and health. Recommendations include guidelines addressing blood-borne pathogens, chemical safety etc.

Answer 32

Occupational Safety and Health Administaration (OSHA)

Question 33

Analyzed multiple epidemiological studies of laboratory-based outbreaks

Answer 33

Arnold Wedum and Microbiologist Morton Reitman, college at Fort Detrick

Question 34

What year did Wedum and microbiologist Morton Reitman analyzed multiple epidemiological studies of laboratory-based outbreaks?

Answer 34

1966