MICROBIOLOGY IN PUBLIC HEALTH AND BIOTECHNOLOGY QUIZ
1. Why are emerging diseases with very few cases that focus of intense scrutiny? They are
increasing and therefore not controlled
2. The concept of “one health” means that all health on this earth is linked and that our
actions as humans affect the environment in ways that can trigger uninterest
consequences in disease epidemiology true
3. ___ are defined as catastrophic events with atmospheric geologic, and hydrologic
originsnatural disasters
4. Major roles of microbes in the environment include
5. ___ is the progressive dysfunction of immune systemimmune senescense
6. ____ are easily transmitted from person to personCategory A agents
7. DNA does all but which of the following?
8. Match the following items with their descriptions:
Primary stage-separates out large matter
Secondary stage-reduces remaining material and can remove some toxic substances
Tertiary stage-purification of the water
9. ___ are newly emerging infectious diseasesCategory C agents
10. Which of the following industries have harnessed the strengths of microbes to perform
certain tasks?Cheese production; wastewater treatment; laundry detergent; antibiotic
production; whiskey production
11. ____ are less likely to be used as bioterrorism weapons of choice.Category B agents
12. Bioremediation is the decomposition of harmful man-made chemicals by microbes or a
consortium of microbes false
1. Why are emerging diseases with very few cases that focus of intense scrutiny? They are
increasing and therefore not controlled
2. The concept of “one health” means that all health on this earth is linked and that our
actions as humans affect the environment in ways that can trigger uninterest
consequences in disease epidemiology true
3. ___ are defined as catastrophic events with atmospheric geologic, and hydrologic
originsnatural disasters
4. Major roles of microbes in the environment include
5. ___ is the progressive dysfunction of immune systemimmune senescense
6. ____ are easily transmitted from person to personCategory A agents
7. DNA does all but which of the following?
8. Match the following items with their descriptions:
Primary stage-separates out large matter
Secondary stage-reduces remaining material and can remove some toxic substances
Tertiary stage-purification of the water
9. ___ are newly emerging infectious diseasesCategory C agents
10. Which of the following industries have harnessed the strengths of microbes to perform
certain tasks?Cheese production; wastewater treatment; laundry detergent; antibiotic
production; whiskey production
11. ____ are less likely to be used as bioterrorism weapons of choice.Category B agents
12. Bioremediation is the decomposition of harmful man-made chemicals by microbes or a
consortium of microbes false
