PANDEMIC INFLUENZA HOMESTUDY TEST - 1 HOUR

1. The influenza virus most likely to cause a pandemic is:

A. Influenza virus A

B. Influenza virus B

C. Influenza virus C

D. Both a and c

2. •  Influenza can be transmitted:

A. By droplet

B. By direct contact

C. Across long distances

D. Both a and b

3. •  An abrupt, major alteration which produces a novel influenza subtype is known as:

A. Antigenic drift

B. Spanish flu

C. Antigenic shift

D. Cytokine storm

4. •  Avian flu (H5N1) is very deadly because it is highly transmissible among people.

TRUE

FALSE

5. The Spanish flu epidemic of 1918-1920 killed tens of millions because:

A. It had a very high mortality rate

B. It spread so widely

C. Both a and b

D. None of the above

6. •  Influenza is usually a killer of:

A. The elderly

B. Young children .

C. Healthy young adults

D. Both a and b

7. •  Those particularly vulnerable to the Asian Flu and the Hong Kong Flu were:

A. Infants

B. Adolescents

C. Young adults

D. The elderly

8. In each of the four major pandemics since 1889, a spring wave of relatively mild illness was followed by a second wave, a few months later, of a much more virulent disease.

A. True

B. False

9. •  The use of medications to control an influenza pandemic is problematic because of:

A. Lack of supply

B. Potential of viruses to develop drug resistance

C. Difficulties with distribution

D. All of the above

10. •  Non-pharmaceutical measures are completely ineffective in slowing the spread of influenza infection.

A. True

B. False