Remaining Tophat Questions for Final

Question 1

Which form of tularemia is most fatal in people?

a. Typhoidal
b. Oropharyngeal
c. Glandular
d. Oculoglandular

Answer 1

a. Typhoidal

Question 2

Which are ways Francisella tularensis is transmitted? Choose all that apply

a. Contaminated water
b. Ticks
c. Aerosol
d. Contact with tissues of infected animals.
e. Eating undercooked meat

Answer 2

All of them are correct

Question 3

What is the most common means by which a person acquires infection with Coxiella burnetti?

a. Tick bites
b. Drinking raw milk
c. Inhalation
d. fomites

Answer 3

c. inhalation

Question 4

A feared and well known complication in chronic Q fever infection in people is:

a. blindness
b. Meningitis
c. Pneumonia
d. Endocarditis

Answer 4

d. endocarditis

Question 5

In the US, what age group has the highest incidence of Q fever?

a. 5-9 years
b. 15-19 years
c. 35-39 years
d. 60-64 years

Answer 5

d. 60-64 years

Question 6

A product contains 5% chicken. Which agency is responsible for regulating the safety of this product?

a. FDA
b. CDC
c. EPA
d. USDA

Answer 6

d. USDA

Question 7

Which organism causes the most foodborne deaths in the US?

a. Listeria
b. Salmonella
c. Toxoplasma
d. Norovirus

Answer 7

b. Salmonella

Question 8

What program uses genetic fingerprinting (PFGE or other genetic matching methods) to identify foodborne pathogens to rapidly identify strains in one or more outbreaks?

a. HACCP
b. FoodNet
c. PulseNet
d. FDOSS

Answer 8

C. PulseNet

Question 9

You should cook a chicken to a temperature of _____.

a. 140
b. 145
c. 165
d. 180

Answer 9

c. 165

Question 10

Which brucella species is most pathogenic for people?

a. B. suis
b. B. abortus
c. B. canis
d. B. melitensis

Answer 10

d. B. melitensis

Question 11

By which route are people most often infected with Brucella?

a. Assisting in the birthing of animals
b. Consuming unpasteurized dairy
c. Inhalation
d. Undercooked meat

Answer 11

b. Consuming unpasteurized dairy

Question 12

Which Brucella species is not found in the US?

a. B. abortus
b. B. canis
c. B. melitensis
d. B. suis

Answer 12

c. B. melitensis

Question 13

True or False: The RB51 vaccine poses no human health risk.

Answer 13

false

Question 14

A major complication of infection with Brucella in humans is (select all that apply)

a. Chronic fatigue
b. Endocarditis
c. Abortion
d. Permanent disability

Answer 14

all of the above

Question 15

What has been the most commo route of transmission of HIV in the US?

a. IV drug use
b. Male to male sexual transmission
c. Heterosexual transmission
d. Tattoos
e. Mother to child

Answer 15

b. Male to male sexual transmission

Question 16

True or False: AIDS is in the top 10 causes of death worldwide

Answer 16

false

Question 17

Gloally, the number of new HIV infections over the last 10 years is:

a. increasing
b. decreasing
c. stayed about the same

Answer 17

b. Decreasing

Question 18

What are the odds that a police dog which bites a bad guy, who is infected with HIV, and then bites another person will transmit HIV to that second person?

a. zero
b. close to zero
c. fair
d. better than fair
e. very good to excellent

Answer 18

b. close to zero

Question 19

Which disease occurs more often in the US?

a. Hantaviral pulmonary syndrome
b. Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome
c. Nephropathia epidemica

Answer 19

a. Hantaviral pulmonary syndrome

Question 20

Which rodent is the most common carrier for Sin Nombre?

a. Peromyscus leucopus
b. Oryzomys palustris
c. Peromyscus maiculatus
d. Sigmondon hispidus

Answer 20

c. Peromyscus maniculatus

Question 21

Which best describes the geographic distribution of Seoul virus?

a. Asia, far East, Russia
b. US
c. Worldwide
d. Korea

Answer 21

c. Worldwide

Question 22

What is the ratio of bleach to water you should use to disinfect after rodents?

a. 1:1
b. 1:5
c. 1:10
d. 1:100

Answer 22

c. 1:10

Question 23

The risk of the average person for acquiring Hantavirus is

a. low
b. medium
c. high
d. crazy high

Answer 23

a. low