Biology: Epidemics and Pandemics
Test Quiz
1. What is it called when a large number of people in a community get a disease at the same time?
a. Influx
b. Black Death
c. Epidemic
d. Parasite
e. Analgesic
2. Which of the following events can cause an epidemic?
a. Infected food
b. Infected water
c. Introduction of a new disease
d. Increased virulence of a pathogen
e. All of the Above
3. Which of the following events led to a smallpox epidemic among Native Americans?
a. Infected food
b. Infected water
c. Introduction of a new disease
d. Increased virulence of a pathogen
e. Famine
4. Which of the following epidemic causes can be triggered by famine or poor nutrition?
a. Lower resistance to a disease
b. Infected water
c. Introduction of a new disease
d. Infected food
e. Increased virulence of a pathogen
5. How can natural disasters or wars cause an epidemic?
a. By causing infected water
b. By bringing in new diseases
c. By lowering the resistance to a disease
d. All of the above
e. None of the Above
6. Which of the following is an example of an insect-borne disease?
a. Cholera
b. Malaria
c. Influenza
d. Tuberculosis
e. Measles
7. How are the diseases cholera, dysentery, and typhoid fever usually transmitted?
a. Insects
b. Airborne transmission
c. Food and water
d. All of the above
e. None of the Above
8. What is a pandemic?
a. An epidemic that has spread across a large region
b. A small epidemic
c. An epidemic that was prevented
d. A type of vaccine
e. An epidemic that was started deliberately
9. What do the initials WHO (mentioned in the article) stand for?
a. White House Office
b. Women Helping Others
c. World Honda Outlet
d. World Health Organization
e. Water Hydrogen Oxygen
10. How many stages of a pandemic virus does WHO describe?
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
e. 6
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