ACVPM PRACTICE QUESTIONS - INFECTIOUS
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UPDATE
,The World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH, formerly OIE) Global Eradication
program has the goal of eradicating which livestock disease by 2030?
a. Rinderpest
b. Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBPP)
c. Dracunculiasis
d. Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) - ANSWER d. Peste des petits ruminants (PPR)
The innate immune system contains
a. Antibodies
b. T lymphocytes
c. B lymphocytes
d. Macrophages - ANSWER d. Macrophages
Sterilizing immunity
a. Prevents transmission of the pathogen to new hosts
b. Is synonymous with protective immunity
c. Is mediated by the innate immune system
d. Is always cross protective between serotypes - ANSWER a. Prevents transmission of
the pathogen to new hosts
You are giving foot and mouth (FMD) vaccine to valuable breeding stock during an
outbreak confined to the eastern 1/3 of your state. This is an example of
a. Stamping-Out Modified with Emergency Vaccination to Kill
b. Stamping-Out Modified with Emergency Vaccination to Slaughter
c. Stamping-Out Modified with Emergency Vaccination to Live
d. Emergency Vaccination to Live without Stamping-Out - ANSWER c. Stamping-Out
Modified with Emergency Vaccination to Live
Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease is
a. An arenavirus
b. Prevented through vaccination and biosecurity
c. Vector-borne
d. Rodent-borne - ANSWER b. Prevented through vaccination and biosecurity
What precautions should international travelers who have been on a farm or ranch take
upon returning to the US?
a. Do not visit a farm or livestock facility for 72 hours after arrival in the US.
, b. Disinfect shoes upon arrival at the US point of entry agricultural station.
c. Launder clothing soon after arrival in US in hot water and heat dry.
d. Use alcohol wipes on phone used to take pictures of livestock facilities. - ANSWER c.
Launder clothing soon after arrival in US in hot water and heat dry.
True/False: The National Scrapie Eradication Program has the goal of eradicating
classical scrapie from the USA so that USA can meet WOAH's "scrapie free" status. -
ANSWER True
Which of the following swine vesicular diseases are in the USA?
a. SVD, Swine Vesicular Disease
b. BTV, Blue Tongue Virus
c. SVV, Seneca Valley Virus
d. VE, Vesicular Exanthema - ANSWER c. SVV, Seneca Valley Virus
When vaccinating for FMD outbreak in the USA, which species are priority for
vaccination?
a. Cow-calf so that there is not spillover into wildlife sharing pasture
b. Pigs since they are effective at amplifying FMD virus
c. Sheep and goats since they may be unrecognized sub-clinical spreaders
d. Dairy cattle since they are vulnerable and important to the food chain
e. Zoo animals so that FMD will not become endemic in threatened species - ANSWER
d. Dairy cattle since they are vulnerable and important to the food chain
A pig is diagnosed with erysipelas. What domestic disease was in the rule out list before
diagnosis?
a. ASF, African Swine Fever
b. CSF, Classical Swine Fever
c. Septicemic salmonellosis
d. Hog Cholera
Trivia bonus: What is the name of the rash in humans from E. rhusiopathiae? -
ANSWER c. Septicemic salmonellosis
Erysipeloid
Feral swine are reservoirs for which zoonotic diseases in the USA?
a. Brucellosis caused by Brucella scrofus
b. ASF, Africa Swine Fever
c. PED, Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea
d. PRRS, Porcine Respiratory and reproductive Syndrome
DISEASES 100% CORRECT!|REVISION PAPERS|2026
UPDATE
,The World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH, formerly OIE) Global Eradication
program has the goal of eradicating which livestock disease by 2030?
a. Rinderpest
b. Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBPP)
c. Dracunculiasis
d. Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) - ANSWER d. Peste des petits ruminants (PPR)
The innate immune system contains
a. Antibodies
b. T lymphocytes
c. B lymphocytes
d. Macrophages - ANSWER d. Macrophages
Sterilizing immunity
a. Prevents transmission of the pathogen to new hosts
b. Is synonymous with protective immunity
c. Is mediated by the innate immune system
d. Is always cross protective between serotypes - ANSWER a. Prevents transmission of
the pathogen to new hosts
You are giving foot and mouth (FMD) vaccine to valuable breeding stock during an
outbreak confined to the eastern 1/3 of your state. This is an example of
a. Stamping-Out Modified with Emergency Vaccination to Kill
b. Stamping-Out Modified with Emergency Vaccination to Slaughter
c. Stamping-Out Modified with Emergency Vaccination to Live
d. Emergency Vaccination to Live without Stamping-Out - ANSWER c. Stamping-Out
Modified with Emergency Vaccination to Live
Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease is
a. An arenavirus
b. Prevented through vaccination and biosecurity
c. Vector-borne
d. Rodent-borne - ANSWER b. Prevented through vaccination and biosecurity
What precautions should international travelers who have been on a farm or ranch take
upon returning to the US?
a. Do not visit a farm or livestock facility for 72 hours after arrival in the US.
, b. Disinfect shoes upon arrival at the US point of entry agricultural station.
c. Launder clothing soon after arrival in US in hot water and heat dry.
d. Use alcohol wipes on phone used to take pictures of livestock facilities. - ANSWER c.
Launder clothing soon after arrival in US in hot water and heat dry.
True/False: The National Scrapie Eradication Program has the goal of eradicating
classical scrapie from the USA so that USA can meet WOAH's "scrapie free" status. -
ANSWER True
Which of the following swine vesicular diseases are in the USA?
a. SVD, Swine Vesicular Disease
b. BTV, Blue Tongue Virus
c. SVV, Seneca Valley Virus
d. VE, Vesicular Exanthema - ANSWER c. SVV, Seneca Valley Virus
When vaccinating for FMD outbreak in the USA, which species are priority for
vaccination?
a. Cow-calf so that there is not spillover into wildlife sharing pasture
b. Pigs since they are effective at amplifying FMD virus
c. Sheep and goats since they may be unrecognized sub-clinical spreaders
d. Dairy cattle since they are vulnerable and important to the food chain
e. Zoo animals so that FMD will not become endemic in threatened species - ANSWER
d. Dairy cattle since they are vulnerable and important to the food chain
A pig is diagnosed with erysipelas. What domestic disease was in the rule out list before
diagnosis?
a. ASF, African Swine Fever
b. CSF, Classical Swine Fever
c. Septicemic salmonellosis
d. Hog Cholera
Trivia bonus: What is the name of the rash in humans from E. rhusiopathiae? -
ANSWER c. Septicemic salmonellosis
Erysipeloid
Feral swine are reservoirs for which zoonotic diseases in the USA?
a. Brucellosis caused by Brucella scrofus
b. ASF, Africa Swine Fever
c. PED, Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea
d. PRRS, Porcine Respiratory and reproductive Syndrome
