Sic Questions 4

Question 1

2. The major difference between food poisoning and food infection is ______ .
   (A) Nothing. They are synonymous terms.
   (B) Food poisoning is deadly, and food infection is tolerable.
   (C) Food poisoning is the digestion of microbial toxins, and food infection is the digestion of viable pathogens.
   (D) Both B and C
   (E) None of the above

Answer 1

C

Question 2

All of the following Pathogens except ______ can cause food infections
Salmonella
Clostridium
Campylpbacter
Listeria

Answer 2

Clostridium

Question 3

26. You are working as a doctor in an urgent care office when you get a patient complaining of fever, headache, and dry cough. Initial tests have ruled out the flu, strep throat, and mononucleosis. You continue to talk to the patient and are now suspicious of Psittacosis infection. What question likely led you to this conclusion?
    (A) “Have you been hiking recently?”
    (B) “Do you have any infected cuts?”
    (C) “Do you have any pet birds?”
    (D) “Have you traveled outside of the country recently?”
    (E) None of the above

Answer 3

c

Question 4

28. If a patient lives in Sub-Saharan Africa and starts to experience sleep cycle disruption and neurological problems doctors may test the patient for what Arthropod-Transmitted Disease?
    (A) Trypanosomiasis
    (B) West Nile Virus
    (C) Malaria
    (D) Plague
    (E) None of the above

Answer 4

A

Question 5

35. Bacterial arthropod- transmitted diseases include__.
    (A) Lyme disease
    (B) Plague
    (C) Malaria
    (D) A and B
    (E) All of the above

Answer 5

D

Question 6

74. Emily was invited to a huge celebration of fermented foods/drinks around the world, which one(s) of the examples can she bring to the celebration?
    (A) Kimchi
    (B) Wine
    (C) Kombucha
    (D) All of the above
    (E) None of the above

Answer 6

D

Question 7

58. Which is an example of a protist disease transmitted through arthropods?
    (A) Lyme Disease
    (B) Hantavirus
    (C) Malaria
    (D) West Nile
    (E) Psittacosis

Answer 7

C

Question 8

85. Are all GMOs transgenic?
    (A) No, because GMOs that are transgenic only involve plants.
    (B) No, because GMOs that are transgenic only involve animals.
    (C) Yes, because all GMOs have foreign DNA.
    (D) No, because some GMOs contain the DNA from only 1 species.
    (E) None of the above.

Answer 8

D

Question 9

86. What was the first GMO released into the environment?
    (A) Frostban (“Ice-Minus”) Bacteria
    (B) Enviropig
    (C) AquAdvantage Salmon
    (D) Roundup-Ready Soybean
    (E) None of the above

Answer 9

A