Question 1

Who will be most likely to suspect a covert bioterrorism attack?

Accepted Answer

A)  Firefighters and the police 
B)  Microbiologists and physicians 
C)  The public health department 
D)  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CD
C)  and Homeland Security 
A)  Firefighters and the police 
B)  Microbiologists and physicians 
C)  The public health department 
D)  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CD
C)  and Homeland Security

Question 2

What organism causes glanders?

Accepted Answer

A)  Francisella tularensis 
B)  Brucella abortus 
C)  Yersinia pestis 
D)  Burkholderia mallei 
A)  Francisella tularensis 
B)  Brucella abortus 
C)  Yersinia pestis 
D)  Burkholderia mallei

Question 3

What type of plague is the most common and results from the bite of a flea?

Accepted Answer

A)  Bubonic plague 
B)  Septicemic plague 
C)  Pneumonic plague 
D)  Osmotic plague 
A)  Bubonic plague 
B)  Septicemic plague 
C)  Pneumonic plague 
D)  Osmotic plague

Question 4

A microbiologist observes culture plates that have larger nonpigmented gray colonies at 24 hours that are indole negative,nonmotile,catalase positive,and resistant to polymyxin B discs.The Gram stain shows this is a gram-negative coccobacilli.What is the most probable organism?

Accepted Answer

A)  Francisella tularensis 
B)  Brucella mallei 
C)  Yersinia pestis 
D)  Burkholderia cepacia 
A)  Francisella tularensis 
B)  Brucella mallei 
C)  Yersinia pestis 
D)  Burkholderia cepacia

Question 5

What document prohibits the use of biological agents during war?

Accepted Answer

A)  Geneva Protocol 
B)  Treaty of Versailles 
C)  Antiproliferation Pact 
D)  Law of Armed Conflict 
A)  Geneva Protocol 
B)  Treaty of Versailles 
C)  Antiproliferation Pact 
D)  Law of Armed Conflict

Question 6

What is the specimen of choice for gastrointestinal and inhalation anthrax?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sputum 
B)  Vesicular fluid from lesions 
C)  Spinal fluid 
D)  Blood 
A)  Sputum 
B)  Vesicular fluid from lesions 
C)  Spinal fluid 
D)  Blood

Question 7

Which of these are designated as sentinel hospitals in the Laboratory Response Network (LRN)?

Accepted Answer

A)  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CD
C)  
B)  Reference laboratories 
C)  State public health laboratories 
D)  Community hospitals with microbiology laboratories 
A)  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CD
C)  
B)  Reference laboratories 
C)  State public health laboratories 
D)  Community hospitals with microbiology laboratories

Question 8

What category of bioterrorism agents would have the greatest impact?

Accepted Answer

A)  Category A 
B)  Category B 
C)  Category C 
D)  Category D 
A)  Category A 
B)  Category B 
C)  Category C 
D)  Category D

Question 9

How can biological weapons enter the host?

Accepted Answer

A)  Through the respiratory tract 
B)  Through the gastrointestinal (GI) tract 
C)  Through the mucous membranes 
D)  All of the above 
A)  Through the respiratory tract 
B)  Through the gastrointestinal (GI) tract 
C)  Through the mucous membranes 
D)  All of the above

Question 10

What federal regulation establishes the rules of possession,use,and transfer of select agents and toxins?

Accepted Answer

A)  Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 
B)  42 CFR 73 
C)  Animal Health and Inspection Act 
D)  Infectious Agent Act 
A)  Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 
B)  42 CFR 73 
C)  Animal Health and Inspection Act 
D)  Infectious Agent Act

Question 11

One of the first recorded terror attacks occurred in 1984 in a restaurant in The Dalles,Oregon.What organism was used in this attack?

Accepted Answer

A)  Salmonella 
B)  Escherichia coli 
C)  Clostridium 
D)  Staphylococcus 
A)  Salmonella 
B)  Escherichia coli 
C)  Clostridium 
D)  Staphylococcus

Question 12

What is the most common presentation for tularemia?

Accepted Answer

A)  Pneumonic tularemia 
B)  Ulceroglandular tularemia 
C)  Bubonic tularemia 
D)  Septicemic tularemia 
A)  Pneumonic tularemia 
B)  Ulceroglandular tularemia 
C)  Bubonic tularemia 
D)  Septicemic tularemia

Question 13

What is bioterrorism?

Accepted Answer

A)  The use of bacteria, viruses, fungi, or toxins to injure people, animals, or crops to cause civil unrest 
B)  The use of synthetic biological substances to kill innocent people 
C)  The use of biological substances to kill, maim, or injure as many people as possible 
D)  The use of biohazardous substances to cause chaos 
A)  The use of bacteria, viruses, fungi, or toxins to injure people, animals, or crops to cause civil unrest 
B)  The use of synthetic biological substances to kill innocent people 
C)  The use of biological substances to kill, maim, or injure as many people as possible 
D)  The use of biohazardous substances to cause chaos

Exam 30: Agents of Bioterror

Who will be most likely to suspect a covert bioterrorism attack?

What organism causes glanders?

What type of plague is the most common and results from the bite of a flea?

A microbiologist observes culture plates that have larger nonpigmented gray colonies at 24 hours that are indole negative,nonmotile,catalase positive,and resistant to polymyxin B discs.The Gram stain shows this is a gram-negative coccobacilli.What is the most probable organism?

What document prohibits the use of biological agents during war?

What is the specimen of choice for gastrointestinal and inhalation anthrax?

Which of these are designated as sentinel hospitals in the Laboratory Response Network (LRN)?

What category of bioterrorism agents would have the greatest impact?

How can biological weapons enter the host?

What federal regulation establishes the rules of possession,use,and transfer of select agents and toxins?

One of the first recorded terror attacks occurred in 1984 in a restaurant in The Dalles,Oregon.What organism was used in this attack?

What is the most common presentation for tularemia?

What is bioterrorism?

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Biochemical Identification of Gram-Negative Bacteria

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