ACVPM EVALUATION TEST QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis - ✔✔Amphibian Chytrid Fungus, Chytridiomycosis,
tx itraconazole
✔✔Category A bioterrorism agents - ✔✔Anthrax (Bacillus anthracis)
Botulism (Clostridium botulinum toxin)
Plague (Yersinia pestis)
Smallpox (variola major)
Tularemia (Francisella tularensis)
Viral hemorrhagic fevers, includingFiloviruses (Ebola, Marburg)Arenaviruses (Lassa,
Machupo)
✔✔Category A Bio terrorism Agents - ✔✔can be easily disseminated or transmitted
from person to person;
result in high mortality rates and have the potential for major public health impact;
might cause public panic and social disruption; and
require special action for public health preparedness.
✔✔Category B bioterrorism agents - ✔✔are moderately easy to disseminate;
result in moderate morbidity rates and low mortality rates; and
require specific enhancements of CDC's diagnostic capacity and enhanced disease
surveillance.
✔✔Category B bioterrorism agents - ✔✔Brucellosis (Brucella species)
Epsilon toxin of Clostridium perfringens
Food safety threats (Salmonella species, Escherichia coli O157:H7, Shigella)
Glanders (Burkholderia mallei)
Melioidosis (Burkholderia pseudomallei)
Psittacosis (Chlamydia psittaci)
Q fever (Coxiella burnetii)
Ricin toxin from Ricinus communis (castor beans)
, Staphylococcal enterotoxin B
Typhus fever (Rickettsia prowazekii)
Viral encephalitis (alphaviruses, such as eastern equine encephalitis, Venezuelan
equine encephalitis, and western equine encephalitis])
Water safety threats (Vibrio cholerae, Cryptosporidium parvum)
✔✔Category C bioterrorism agents - ✔✔could be engineered for mass dissemination in
the future because of
availability;
ease of production and dissemination; and
potential for high morbidity and mortality rates and major health impact. Emerging
infectious diseases such as Nipah virus and hantavirus
✔✔Knemidocoptes pile - ✔✔Mange on the beak and face of a parakeet. Pale, crusty
lesions are present, and the beak is malformed due to the presence of mites.
✔✔Knemidocoptes pilae
1. clinical signs
2. suborder - ✔✔1. Budgerigars at beak and legs (malformed beak)
2. Astigmata
✔✔Types of lice - ✔✔There are 2 basic types of lice. Biting or chewing lice (order
Mallophaga) infest both birds and mammals. They feed mostly on skin debris and the
secretions of their hosts. Blood-sucking lice (order Anoplura) are skin parasites of
mammals only
✔✔Psoroptes cuniculi - ✔✔Ear canker mite of rabbits; are extremely pruritic and can
cause head tilting due to burrowing through the tympanic membrane, commonly causes
severe ear infection rabbit
✔✔polyplax serrata - ✔✔mouse louse
✔✔Otodectes cynotis - ✔✔Otodectes cynotis mites are a common cause of otitis
externa, especially in cats but also in dogs. Mites that belong to the family Psoroptidae
✔✔Pyrantel pamoate - ✔✔Pyrantel and its derivative oxantel belong to the
tetrahydropyrimidine group. Small strongyles of horses have developed resistance.
✔✔fenbendazole - ✔✔Fenbendazole is a benzimidazole type of antiparasitic drug.
Small strongyles of horses have developed resistance.
✔✔Obeliscoides cuniculi - ✔✔rabbit stomach worm
✔✔Encephalitozoon cuniculi - ✔✔parasite associated with head tilt and ataxia in rabbits
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis - ✔✔Amphibian Chytrid Fungus, Chytridiomycosis,
tx itraconazole
✔✔Category A bioterrorism agents - ✔✔Anthrax (Bacillus anthracis)
Botulism (Clostridium botulinum toxin)
Plague (Yersinia pestis)
Smallpox (variola major)
Tularemia (Francisella tularensis)
Viral hemorrhagic fevers, includingFiloviruses (Ebola, Marburg)Arenaviruses (Lassa,
Machupo)
✔✔Category A Bio terrorism Agents - ✔✔can be easily disseminated or transmitted
from person to person;
result in high mortality rates and have the potential for major public health impact;
might cause public panic and social disruption; and
require special action for public health preparedness.
✔✔Category B bioterrorism agents - ✔✔are moderately easy to disseminate;
result in moderate morbidity rates and low mortality rates; and
require specific enhancements of CDC's diagnostic capacity and enhanced disease
surveillance.
✔✔Category B bioterrorism agents - ✔✔Brucellosis (Brucella species)
Epsilon toxin of Clostridium perfringens
Food safety threats (Salmonella species, Escherichia coli O157:H7, Shigella)
Glanders (Burkholderia mallei)
Melioidosis (Burkholderia pseudomallei)
Psittacosis (Chlamydia psittaci)
Q fever (Coxiella burnetii)
Ricin toxin from Ricinus communis (castor beans)
, Staphylococcal enterotoxin B
Typhus fever (Rickettsia prowazekii)
Viral encephalitis (alphaviruses, such as eastern equine encephalitis, Venezuelan
equine encephalitis, and western equine encephalitis])
Water safety threats (Vibrio cholerae, Cryptosporidium parvum)
✔✔Category C bioterrorism agents - ✔✔could be engineered for mass dissemination in
the future because of
availability;
ease of production and dissemination; and
potential for high morbidity and mortality rates and major health impact. Emerging
infectious diseases such as Nipah virus and hantavirus
✔✔Knemidocoptes pile - ✔✔Mange on the beak and face of a parakeet. Pale, crusty
lesions are present, and the beak is malformed due to the presence of mites.
✔✔Knemidocoptes pilae
1. clinical signs
2. suborder - ✔✔1. Budgerigars at beak and legs (malformed beak)
2. Astigmata
✔✔Types of lice - ✔✔There are 2 basic types of lice. Biting or chewing lice (order
Mallophaga) infest both birds and mammals. They feed mostly on skin debris and the
secretions of their hosts. Blood-sucking lice (order Anoplura) are skin parasites of
mammals only
✔✔Psoroptes cuniculi - ✔✔Ear canker mite of rabbits; are extremely pruritic and can
cause head tilting due to burrowing through the tympanic membrane, commonly causes
severe ear infection rabbit
✔✔polyplax serrata - ✔✔mouse louse
✔✔Otodectes cynotis - ✔✔Otodectes cynotis mites are a common cause of otitis
externa, especially in cats but also in dogs. Mites that belong to the family Psoroptidae
✔✔Pyrantel pamoate - ✔✔Pyrantel and its derivative oxantel belong to the
tetrahydropyrimidine group. Small strongyles of horses have developed resistance.
✔✔fenbendazole - ✔✔Fenbendazole is a benzimidazole type of antiparasitic drug.
Small strongyles of horses have developed resistance.
✔✔Obeliscoides cuniculi - ✔✔rabbit stomach worm
✔✔Encephalitozoon cuniculi - ✔✔parasite associated with head tilt and ataxia in rabbits