Epidemics: the dynamics of infectious diseases Course Week 8 Answers. (100% Correct)
Quiz 8
1) The transmission of SARS in Hong Kong’s massive housing complex, Amony
Gardens, was unusual because:
a) The genome of the virus was small.
b) Most people had no contact with the index case.
c) People did not have diarrhea.
d) The disease increased slowly.
2) Consider a population with 1000 people. In week 1 there are 3 infected individuals; in week 2, 2 people recover from infection and 6 people are newly infected. The
prevalence of infection in week 2 is:
a) 2/1000
b) 6/1000
c) 7/1000
d) 1/1000
3) Which of these statement is true?
a) The time delay between the onset of disease outbreak and discovery &
reporting of disease outbreak has decreased recent years.
b) All underlying data of Google Flu Trends is publicly available.
c) Twitter data was private by default.
d) The time delay between the onset of disease outbreak and discovery & reporting
of disease outbreak has increased recent years.
4) A patient arrives at the doctor's office complaining of a stomach ache. A doctor with a personalistic belief about illness might prescribe:
a) A surgery to explore which part of the body's function or structure has been
interrupted.
b) Placing a heated glass on the patient's back and pulling out the evil wind
or curse.
c) Ingesting antibiotics to kill a virus
d) Eating cold foods, such as avocados and bananas, to counteract the hot illness
5) At a local hospital, a nurse advised a physician that his patient seemed hesitant, saying, "To tell you the truth, doctor, I think Mrs. Colby is getting cold feet." This phrase is an example of:
a) Paralanguage
b) Idiomatic expression
c) Disclosure
d) Directive
6) The important component of the dilution hypothesis is that:
a) Mice drink water.
b) The competent species are the resilient species.
c) The amplifying species are small.
7) Why do we need to study plant disease?
a) We do not want to put plant pathologists out of work.
b) Because it helps us to understand animal disease.
c) There could be very interesting new species to find.
d) Novel diseases emerges as diseases jump from a natural host into crops.
8) What number of parasites did Tyler, Lantham and Woolhouse estimated humans were
host to?
a) 1,415
b) 933
c) 9,649
d) 273
9) Which the following is a necessary assumption of compartmental models?
a) Everyone in the population is exactly the same.
b) Everyone in the model is the same age.
c) Everyone within each compartment is exactly the same.
10) Human behavior can be controlled by which parasites?
a) Rabies virus
b) Toxoplasma gondii
c) All of the given answers
d) Guinea worm
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