VTPB 221 Exam 1 Questions And Answers With
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The plague is called "bubonic" because of what symptom?
A. Wheezing
B. Black spots on the body
C. Swollen lymph nodes
D. Coughing up blood ANS C
What is the main defense pathway against intracellular organisms?
A. Acquired immunity
B. Innate Immunity
C. Antibodies
D. Fever
E. Cell-mediated immunity ANS E
All of the following are true about the charecteristics of viruses EXCEPT:
A. They can be crystallized.
B. They are not affected by antibiotics
C. Their genome is composed of either DNA or RNA.
D. Their genome is composed of both DNA and RNA.
E. They are obligate cell parasites. ANS D
Little Johnny way playing with his friends. He contracted cold from one of his friends, so he started
coughing and sneezing. These coughing and sneezing is a defense mechanism of the body to get rid
of the cold virus thus they are part of the immune system. This sort of immunity is considered:
A. Cell mediated immunity
B. Humoral immunity
C. None of the above
D. Both of the above ANS C
, As a result of George Washington decision to variolate his troops.
A. He was able to cross the Potomac river.
B. Anti-variolations laws were revoked in the colonies.
C. Anti-vaccination laws were enforced in the colonies.
D. The American troops could tolerate the side effects of the cinchona bark medicine. ANS B
"Bubonic" is only one form of plague; the disease also manifested itself in other variations, including
one form that was airborne and spread via coughing, sneezing and breathing. What is the term for
this variety of plague?
A. Pneumonic
B. Organic
C. Septicemic
D. Enteric ANS A
In 1796, Edward Jenner scratched the arm of a local child with a needle inoculated with:
A. Chicken pox virus.
B. Monkey pox virus.
C. Variola virus.
D. Cow pox virus. ANS D
In a medieval version of biological warfare, at what eastern trading station were dead plague victims
lobbed over the city walls by forces besieging the city?
A. Sarai
B. Astrakhan
C. Tana
D. Kaffa ANS D
The Native American populations declined precipitously in size following European conquest and
colonization. The consensus attributes Indian depopulation in large part to the introduction of Old
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The plague is called "bubonic" because of what symptom?
A. Wheezing
B. Black spots on the body
C. Swollen lymph nodes
D. Coughing up blood ANS C
What is the main defense pathway against intracellular organisms?
A. Acquired immunity
B. Innate Immunity
C. Antibodies
D. Fever
E. Cell-mediated immunity ANS E
All of the following are true about the charecteristics of viruses EXCEPT:
A. They can be crystallized.
B. They are not affected by antibiotics
C. Their genome is composed of either DNA or RNA.
D. Their genome is composed of both DNA and RNA.
E. They are obligate cell parasites. ANS D
Little Johnny way playing with his friends. He contracted cold from one of his friends, so he started
coughing and sneezing. These coughing and sneezing is a defense mechanism of the body to get rid
of the cold virus thus they are part of the immune system. This sort of immunity is considered:
A. Cell mediated immunity
B. Humoral immunity
C. None of the above
D. Both of the above ANS C
, As a result of George Washington decision to variolate his troops.
A. He was able to cross the Potomac river.
B. Anti-variolations laws were revoked in the colonies.
C. Anti-vaccination laws were enforced in the colonies.
D. The American troops could tolerate the side effects of the cinchona bark medicine. ANS B
"Bubonic" is only one form of plague; the disease also manifested itself in other variations, including
one form that was airborne and spread via coughing, sneezing and breathing. What is the term for
this variety of plague?
A. Pneumonic
B. Organic
C. Septicemic
D. Enteric ANS A
In 1796, Edward Jenner scratched the arm of a local child with a needle inoculated with:
A. Chicken pox virus.
B. Monkey pox virus.
C. Variola virus.
D. Cow pox virus. ANS D
In a medieval version of biological warfare, at what eastern trading station were dead plague victims
lobbed over the city walls by forces besieging the city?
A. Sarai
B. Astrakhan
C. Tana
D. Kaffa ANS D
The Native American populations declined precipitously in size following European conquest and
colonization. The consensus attributes Indian depopulation in large part to the introduction of Old
