The Hot Zone Quiz - Parts 3 & 4

Question 1 of 17

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Name: ( Lea Presley, Casey Ramsey, Natalie Simmons, Emily Morgan, Carli Gastley, Sadie Pruitt, Nicole Collier, Drew Hogan, Sydney Craig, Bridgett Sparks, Kaitlan Knight, Ally Frazier, Conlan Henson, Ben Sizemore, Javon Jones )

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Question 2 of 17

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What did C. J. Peters do when he talked to the reporters at the Washington Post about the finding of Ebola in Reston?

Select one of the following:

Talked about the real possibilities of viral amplification.
Downplayed the Reston operation and said that the monkeys had already been destroyed as a precaution in order to not start a panic.
Described the severity of Ebola as a filovirus and the symptoms the monkeys were displaying.
Told the reporters about the large-scale decontamination operation that would be taking place and the need for biohazard level 4 suits to be worn by the members of the team.

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Question 3 of 17

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What was a different characteristic of Ebola Reston that was not seen in Ebola Zaire and/or Sudan?

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It causes a crash and bleed out in its victims.
It has a high mortality rate.
It appears to be airborne.
It is a filovirus.

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Question 4 of 17

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Jerry Jaax was the first man in, or the point man, at the monkey house operation.

Select one of the following:

True
False

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Question 5 of 17

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Check all that apply about the Racal suits worn during the monkey house operation.

Select one or more of the following:

They are not the equivalent of the Chemturion space suits worn in the lab.
They are designed to be portable.
A rip in the suit is immediately deadly.
Taping up a rip before the suit looses pressure can keep the wearer safe from the hot agent.
The suit maintains a positive pressure so that virus particles have a hard time flowing into it.
Outside air passes through a virus filter before it is injected into the suit.

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Question 6 of 17

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Who was the soldier that had a failing battery and a hole in her suit during the monkey house operation?

Select one of the following:

Rhonda Williams
Nancy Jaax
Lily Potter
Jane Goodwin

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Question 7 of 17

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As its discoverers, ( Jerry Jaax, Gene Johnson, Peter Jahrling ) and ( Tom Geisbert, Nancy Jaax, C. J. Peters ) got to name the Reston strand of Ebola.

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Question 8 of 17

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A monkey escaped its cage during the Reston operation.

Select one of the following:

True
False

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Question 9 of 17

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What was the name of the hard to kill bacteria that the decon team put out in the monkey house to make sure even the Ebola virus was killed during the building clean up?

Select one of the following:

Bacillus cerus
E. coli
Streptoccocus
Bacillus subtilis niger

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Question 10 of 17

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After all 450 monkeys were killed and the building was sterilized, there ( was one more outbreak, were no more outbreaks, were three more outbreaks ) of Ebola at the monkey house.

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Question 11 of 17

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No humans ever tested positive for Ebola Reston virus.

Select one of the following:

True
False

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Question 12 of 17

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How many proteins does each filovirus strain have?

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one
seven
fifteen
fifty

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Question 13 of 17

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The Kinshasa Highway near Mount Elgon is also a segment of the AIDS highway.

Select one of the following:

True
False

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Question 14 of 17

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The professional hunter and guide, Robin McDonald, said that twenty years before Preston's visit the land used to be forest and grassland. Now, the forests are gone and everywhere is which agricultural crop?

Select one of the following:

soybeans
quinoa
sugarcane
corn

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Question 15 of 17

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Medical doctors of the time believed that 90% of the prostitutes that work along the main roads in Africa carry the AIDS virus.

Select one of the following:

True
False

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Question 16 of 17

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It is estimated that the number of deaths from AIDS will be very high in the future, but no where near the number of deaths as in the Second World War.

Select one of the following:

True
False

Explanation

Question 17 of 17

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That's the end of this part of the quiz. Now go to classroom and click on the Discussion assignment. When you open the assignment, it will give instructions about what and how to answer the discussion part of the quiz. There isn't a time limit for your response, but there is a due date for it to be completed.

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Yes, I have read the instructions above and will go to Classroom to complete the rest of the quiz.
No, I have not read the instructions above and will get this question wrong :).

	Created by erin.potterf about 8 years ago

A short quiz about sections 3 and 4 of The Hot Zone.

The Hot Zone Quiz - Parts 3 & 4

Question 1 of 17

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Question 2 of 17

What did C. J. Peters do when he talked to the reporters at the Washington Post about the finding of Ebola in Reston?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 3 of 17

What was a different characteristic of Ebola Reston that was not seen in Ebola Zaire and/or Sudan?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 4 of 17

Jerry Jaax was the first man in, or the point man, at the monkey house operation.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 5 of 17

Check all that apply about the Racal suits worn during the monkey house operation.

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 6 of 17

Who was the soldier that had a failing battery and a hole in her suit during the monkey house operation?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 7 of 17

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As its discoverers, Jerry Jaax Gene Johnson Peter Jahrling( Jerry Jaax, Gene Johnson, Peter Jahrling ) and Tom Geisbert Nancy Jaax C. J. Peters( Tom Geisbert, Nancy Jaax, C. J. Peters ) got to name the Reston strand of Ebola.

Explanation

Question 8 of 17

A monkey escaped its cage during the Reston operation.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 9 of 17

What was the name of the hard to kill bacteria that the decon team put out in the monkey house to make sure even the Ebola virus was killed during the building clean up?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 10 of 17

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After all 450 monkeys were killed and the building was sterilized, there was one more outbreak were no more outbreaks were three more outbreaks( was one more outbreak, were no more outbreaks, were three more outbreaks ) of Ebola at the monkey house.

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Question 11 of 17

No humans ever tested positive for Ebola Reston virus.

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Question 12 of 17

How many proteins does each filovirus strain have?

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Explanation

Question 13 of 17

The Kinshasa Highway near Mount Elgon is also a segment of the AIDS highway.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 14 of 17

The professional hunter and guide, Robin McDonald, said that twenty years before Preston's visit the land used to be forest and grassland. Now, the forests are gone and everywhere is which agricultural crop?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 15 of 17

Medical doctors of the time believed that 90% of the prostitutes that work along the main roads in Africa carry the AIDS virus.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 16 of 17

It is estimated that the number of deaths from AIDS will be very high in the future, but no where near the number of deaths as in the Second World War.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 17 of 17

Select one of the following:

Explanation

As its discoverers, ( Jerry Jaax, Gene Johnson, Peter Jahrling ) and ( Tom Geisbert, Nancy Jaax, C. J. Peters ) got to name the Reston strand of Ebola.

After all 450 monkeys were killed and the building was sterilized, there ( was one more outbreak, were no more outbreaks, were three more outbreaks ) of Ebola at the monkey house.