Turnock: Public Health: What It Is and How It Works, 4e: Self-Assessment Quizzes

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Please read each question and select your answer from the choices provided. You must complete all of the questions in order to view your results. At the end of each exam, you have the option to e-mail your results to your instructor.

1: Because large-scale medical disasters are uncommon in this country, measures aimed at overcoming widespread apathy are an important component of successful disaster planning
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

2: Citizens in disaster impacted areas need strong leadership from local government because they are often so stunned and overwhelmed (what has been called the "disaster syndrome") that they often can't act effectively on their own behalf.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

3: Disasters are different from daily emergencies, often involving problems or requiring tasks to be carried out that have no counterpart in routine emergency responses. For this reason, effective response involves more than just an expansion of routine capa
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

4: It is estimated that the percentage of terrorist activities involving explosives is about:
	A: 90 percent
	B: 70 percent
	C: 50 percent
	D: 30 percent

5: Of the following targets, which one would probably be the least appealing to a terrorist group plotting an attack?
	A: An urban complex of Federal facilities
	B: A major urban seaport serviced by two interstate highways
	C: n urban area in need of rehabilitation
	D: An urban family planning center

6: Responses to slow onset disasters tend to have much in common while responses to rapid onset disasters tend to vary widely. This is because
	A: slow onset disasters are more serious in their impact on people and their environment.
	B: rapid onset disasters are more serious in their impact on people and their environment
	C: slow onset disasters tend to involve people being displaced from their homes and this a common provision of basic needs is often required
	D: slow onset disasters happen over a time scale which allows for a more uniform response
	E: c and d only

7: Which of the following would be identified as part of a biological incident?
	A: Radiation
	B: Irritants
	C: Toxins
	D: Blood agents

8: Of the following diseases, which one has the highest potential for person-to-person transmission?
	A: Anthrax
	B: Botulism
	C: Tularemia
	D: Pneumonic plague
	E: Brucellosis

9: At present, the first-line laboratory response to biological terrorism involves:
	A: advanced laboratory techniques in clinical labs
	B: rapid, hand-held assays done by first responders
	C: a network of local, State, and Federal public health laboratories
	D: biosensors strategically placed in the environment
	E: a central facility run by the FBI

10: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) defines terrorism as "the unlawful use of force against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in the furtherance of political or social objectiv
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

11: The first pathogenic bacillus to be seen under the microscope (1849) was the organism causing
	A: anthrax
	B: tuberculosis
	C: leprosy
	D: syphilis
	E: typhoid fever

12: The initial emergency response to bioterrorism events and threats at the local level includes all of the following partners except:
	A: Police
	B: Fire
	C: EMS
	D: Public health functions comprise more than 5 percent of all health spending with the federal government financing less than half of these expenditures.
	E: National guard

13: The intent to intimidate or coerce people through random acts of violence is a characteristic of terrorist activities
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

14: The key to recognition of a covert biological terrorism attack is
	A: 911 operator training
	B: rapid, hand-held assays done by first responders
	C: active surveillance for compatible illnesses
	D: advanced molecular laboratory techniques
	E: intelligence gathering

15: The local television news has just reported receiving a call from an activist group who claims that they have dispersed anthrax at a local high school basketball game earlier in the evening. Panic-stricken attendees from the game are flooding into the eme
	A: Potentially exposed persons would be decontaminated with soap and water
	B: vaccine prophylaxis is available for potentially exposed persons
	C: Antibiotic prophylaxis is available for potentially exposed persons
	D: Potentially exposed persons are not contagious
	E: Potentially exposed persons should wear a face mask to avoid aerosol transmission

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