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The Hot Zone Quiz - Parts 3 & 4
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1Name: [blank_start]Erin Potterf[blank_end]
- ALea Presley
- BCasey Ramsey
- CNatalie Simmons
- DEmily Morgan
- ECarli Gastley
- FSadie Pruitt
- GNicole Collier
- HDrew Hogan
- ISydney Craig
- JBridgett Sparks
- KKaitlan Knight
- LAlly Frazier
- MConlan Henson
- NBen Sizemore
- OJavon Jones
2What did C. J. Peters do when he talked to the reporters at the Washington Post about the finding of Ebola in Reston?
- ATalked about the real possibilities of viral amplification.
- BDownplayed the Reston operation and said that the monkeys had already been destroyed as a precaution in order to not start a panic.
- CDescribed the severity of Ebola as a filovirus and the symptoms the monkeys were displaying.
- DTold 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.
3What was a different characteristic of Ebola Reston that was not seen in Ebola Zaire and/or Sudan?
- AIt causes a crash and bleed out in its victims.
- BIt has a high mortality rate.
- CIt appears to be airborne.
- DIt is a filovirus.
4Jerry Jaax was the first man in, or the point man, at the monkey house operation.
- ATrue
- BFalse
5Check all that apply about the Racal suits worn during the monkey house operation.
- AThey are not the equivalent of the Chemturion space suits worn in the lab.
- BThey are designed to be portable.
- CA rip in the suit is immediately deadly.
- DTaping up a rip before the suit looses pressure can keep the wearer safe from the hot agent.
- EThe suit maintains a positive pressure so that virus particles have a hard time flowing into it.
- FOutside air passes through a virus filter before it is injected into the suit.
6Who was the soldier that had a failing battery and a hole in her suit during the monkey house operation?
- ARhonda Williams
- BNancy Jaax
- CLily Potter
- DJane Goodwin
7As its discoverers, [blank_start]Peter Jahrling[blank_end] and [blank_start]Tom Geisbert[blank_end] got to name the Reston strand of Ebola.
- AJerry Jaax
- BGene Johnson
- CPeter Jahrling
- DTom Geisbert
- ENancy Jaax
- FC. J. Peters
8A monkey escaped its cage during the Reston operation.
- ATrue
- BFalse
9What 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?
- ABacillus cerus
- BE. coli
- CStreptoccocus
- DBacillus subtilis niger
10After all 450 monkeys were killed and the building was sterilized, there [blank_start]was one more outbreak[blank_end] of Ebola at the monkey house.
- Awas one more outbreak
- Bwere no more outbreaks
- Cwere three more outbreaks
11No humans ever tested positive for Ebola Reston virus.
- ATrue
- BFalse
12How many proteins does each filovirus strain have?
- Aone
- Bseven
- Cfifteen
- Dfifty
13The Kinshasa Highway near Mount Elgon is also a segment of the AIDS highway.
- ATrue
- BFalse
14The 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?
- Asoybeans
- Bquinoa
- Csugarcane
- Dcorn
15Medical doctors of the time believed that 90% of the prostitutes that work along the main roads in Africa carry the AIDS virus.
- ATrue
- BFalse
16It 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.
- ATrue
- BFalse
17That'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.
- AYes, I have read the instructions above and will go to Classroom to complete the rest of the quiz.
- BNo, I have not read the instructions above and will get this question wrong :).
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- A short quiz about sections 3 and 4 of The Hot Zone.
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- erin.potterf
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- English
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