Quiz 1 Top Hat Questions Flashcards
The occurrence of a disease in an animal population above the expected rate would be considered:
a. Epizootic
b. Enzootic
c. Epizootiology
d. bad news
a. Epizootic
The risk of the average person contracting a zoonotic disease is:
a. low
b. medium
c. crazy high
a. low
Which is a means of direct transmission for an infectious disease pathogen? (choose all that are correct)
a. kissing
b. bites
c. coughing
d. mosquitos
a. kissing b. bites c. coughing
If a female tick lays eggs that are already infected with a pathogen, then this is called:
a. bad juju
b. transstadial transmission
c. transovarial transmission
d. mechanical transmission
c. transovarial transmission
If a mosquito picks up Plasmodium spp. (the cause of malaria), then this pathogen will increase in numbers and advance in its life stage before the mosquito transmits it to a new host. This would be an example of what type of transmission?
a. mechanical
b. propagative
c. cyclodevelopmental
d. cyclopropagative
d. cyclopropagative
List 3 purposes or potentials of epidemiology.
Potential answers: discover source of the disease, mode of transmission, who is at risk, set research priorities, control a disease, decide where prevention efforts and $$ goes, evaluate therapies/drugs/procedures, alert us to crisis/threat
When a disease that spreads over a very wide area, crossing continents, and affecting a large number of people or animals, this is called a:
a. epidemic
b. endemic
c. pandemic
d. association
c. pandemic
Which causation criteria is the strongest of all?
a. Repeatability of association
b. temporality
c. biological gradient
d. strength of association
b. temporality
An R0 of 4 means:
a. 1 infected individual will infect 4 susceptible individuals
b. it takes 4 infected individuals to generate 1 newly infected individual
c. this disease agent is 4 times more virulent
d. for every 4 infections we can expect 1 death to occur.
a. 1 infected individual will infect 4 susceptible individuals
John Snow was most notable for his:
a. work on puerperal fever in obstetric wards and implementing hand washing to reduce mortality
b. mapping cholera cases in 19th century London and testing his hypothesis that water was the source
c. Demonstration of the difference between association and causation
d. Defining the reproduction value of infectious agents, particularly cholera
e. His eerie resurrection after being killed by his own men at The Wall
b. mapping cholera cases in 19th century London and testing his hypothesis that water was the source
Based on CDC data for the U.S., which pathogen is the most common cause of illness among people who have animal contact?
a. Orf
b. rabies
c. Campylobacter
d. E. coli
c. Campylobacter
Which of these should be allowed in a petting zoo?
a. strollers
b. bags of popcorn or other foods
c. kids under 5 years old
d. smoking
c. kids under 5 years old
Which animal would be best for a petting zoo?
a. Raccooon
b. tiger cub
c. 3-week old calf
d. goat
e. python
d. goat
Lack of proper hand washing facilities at a petting zoo would best fall under which determinant?
a. Economic/management
b. age
c. social
d. animal
a. Economic/management
Which would be a good recommendation for an animal exhibit? (choose all that apply)
a. treat all animals with antibiotics to prevent from shedding zoonotic enteric pathogens
b. Post educational and warning signs in multiple formats throughout the exhibit
c. have patrons report bites or other trauma to staff
d. test all animals to see if they are carriers for zoonotic pathogens
b. Post educational and warning signs in multiple formats throughout the exhibit
c. have patrons report bites or other trauma to stafff
