ASM 246 Final Test ,Skeletons and Science:
True - answers✔✔During the Renaissance, syphilis was a much more severe disease than it is
today.
False - answers✔✔Without treatment, a patient will be naturally cured of syphilis after the
latent (hidden) stage of the disease.
Leprosy - answers✔✔________ is a disease characterized in the archaeological record by
absorptive changes in the distal phalanges of the hands and in the metatarsals of the feet as
well as destructive changes around the nose.
Tuberculosis - answers✔✔Which of the following diseases was a major cause of death in the US
during the 1900s?
Syphilis - answers✔✔_________ is a sexually transmitted disease that is often called the "great
imitator".
Increase in incidence of syphilis - answers✔✔Which of these factors does NOT account for the
decline of leprosy in Medieval Europe?
False - answers✔✔Tuberculosis jumped from cows into humans.
Chlamydia - answers✔✔The most frequently reported bacterial STD in the United States is
_________.
, True - answers✔✔Classic Pott's disease has been observed in pre-Columbian skeletons from the
Americas.
True - answers✔✔Pinta is usually a childhood disease.
Mycobacterium leprae - answers✔✔Which of the following pathogens causes leprosy in
humans?
False - answers✔✔DOTS is directly observed therapy, short course which is given to people
suffering from typhoid fever.
Mycobacterium - answers✔✔In what genus is tuberculosis found?
false - answers✔✔During the secondary stage of syphilis, the pathogen becomes dormant and
does not do additional damage to the body.
true - answers✔✔Scientists are concerned with the appeareance of drug-resistant strains of
gonorrhea.
true - answers✔✔According to the Simonsen paper, all three influenza pandemics of this
century were characterized by a shift in the age distribution of deaths.
ALL OF THE ABOVE: -Live, but weakened forms of pathogens
-Killed or inactivated pathogens
-Purified pathogen material - answers✔✔Which of the following are used in vaccine
production?
antigenic shift - answers✔✔The 1968 pandemic of "Hong Kong" flu was an example of...
True - answers✔✔During the Renaissance, syphilis was a much more severe disease than it is
today.
False - answers✔✔Without treatment, a patient will be naturally cured of syphilis after the
latent (hidden) stage of the disease.
Leprosy - answers✔✔________ is a disease characterized in the archaeological record by
absorptive changes in the distal phalanges of the hands and in the metatarsals of the feet as
well as destructive changes around the nose.
Tuberculosis - answers✔✔Which of the following diseases was a major cause of death in the US
during the 1900s?
Syphilis - answers✔✔_________ is a sexually transmitted disease that is often called the "great
imitator".
Increase in incidence of syphilis - answers✔✔Which of these factors does NOT account for the
decline of leprosy in Medieval Europe?
False - answers✔✔Tuberculosis jumped from cows into humans.
Chlamydia - answers✔✔The most frequently reported bacterial STD in the United States is
_________.
, True - answers✔✔Classic Pott's disease has been observed in pre-Columbian skeletons from the
Americas.
True - answers✔✔Pinta is usually a childhood disease.
Mycobacterium leprae - answers✔✔Which of the following pathogens causes leprosy in
humans?
False - answers✔✔DOTS is directly observed therapy, short course which is given to people
suffering from typhoid fever.
Mycobacterium - answers✔✔In what genus is tuberculosis found?
false - answers✔✔During the secondary stage of syphilis, the pathogen becomes dormant and
does not do additional damage to the body.
true - answers✔✔Scientists are concerned with the appeareance of drug-resistant strains of
gonorrhea.
true - answers✔✔According to the Simonsen paper, all three influenza pandemics of this
century were characterized by a shift in the age distribution of deaths.
ALL OF THE ABOVE: -Live, but weakened forms of pathogens
-Killed or inactivated pathogens
-Purified pathogen material - answers✔✔Which of the following are used in vaccine
production?
antigenic shift - answers✔✔The 1968 pandemic of "Hong Kong" flu was an example of...
