Quiz  /  Epidemics and Pandemics

  • 1. 
    What is a pandemic?

  • A type of vaccine
  • An epidemic that was prevented
  • A small epidemic
  • An epidemic that has spread across a large region

  • 2. 
    What is it called when a large number of people in a community get a disease at the same time?

  • Epidemic
  • Influx
  • Black Death
  • Parasite

  • 3. 
    Which of the following events can cause an epidemic?

  • Introduction of a new disease
  • All of the Above
  • Infected water
  • Infected food

  • 4. 
    Which of the following events led to a smallpox epidemic among Native Americans?

  • Infected food
  • Increased virulence of a pathogen
  • Infected water
  • Introduction of a new disease

  • 5. 
    Which of the following epidemic causes can be triggered by famine or poor nutrition?

  • Lower resistance to a disease
  • Infected water
  • Introduction of a new disease
  • Infected food

  • 6. 
    How can natural disasters or wars cause an epidemic?

  • By bringing in new diseases
  • By lowering the resistance to a disease
  • By causing infected water
  • All of the above

  • 7. 
    Which of the following is an example of an insect-borne disease?

  • Malaria
  • Tuberculosis
  • Cholera
  • Influenza

  • 8. 
    How are the diseases cholera, dysentery, and typhoid fever usually transmitted?

  • Food and water
  • Insects
  • Airborne transmission
  • All of the above

  • 9. 
    What do the initials WHO (mentioned in the article) stand for?

  • World Health Organization
  • World Honda Outlet
  • White House Office
  • Women Helping Others

  • 10. 
    How many stages of a pandemic virus does WHO describe?

  • 2
  • 3
  • 6
  • 4
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