Global Impact of Zoonotic Diseases Practice Questions

Question 1

Most common widespread zoonotic disease in the world is -

Accepted Answer

Leptospirosis

Answer

Brucellosis

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Rabies

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Anthrax

Question 2

All of the following are zoonosis, except:

Accepted Answer

HIV

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Japanese Encephalitis

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Plague

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Tuberculosis

Question 3

Which of the following statements is incorrect regarding the strategic plan for malaria control 2012-2017?

Accepted Answer

Objective is API < 1 per 10,000

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50% reduction in mortality by 2017

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Complete treatment to 100% of patients

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Annual incidence < 1 per 1000 by 2017

Question 4

Zoonoses are all except-

Accepted Answer

Guinea worm infestation

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Plague

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Rabies

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Hydatid cyst

Question 5

Which diseases are infectious but not communicable?

Accepted Answer

Tetanus

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Mumps

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Scarlet fever

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Measles

Question 6

Which of the following is the true statement regarding measures to prevent typhoid transmission in the community?

Accepted Answer

Hygiene practice and clean sanitation control are more important than the typhoid vaccine.

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Typhoid vaccine administration is the best method of preventing transmission.

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Person-to-person transmission is the primary mode of spread.

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Drug resistance in typhoid is not as big a problem as in TB.

Question 7

Fever of unknown origin in a farmer who raises goats would most likely be caused by which of the following organisms?

Accepted Answer

Brucella melitensis

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T. pallidum

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Histoplasma capsulatum

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Clostridium novyi

Question 8

Following are examples of human "dead end" diseases except -

Accepted Answer

Bubonic plague

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Hydatid disease

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Japanese encephalitis

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Leishmaniasis

Question 9

Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding Disability-Adjusted Life Year (DALY)?

Accepted Answer

DALY includes both Years of Life Lost (YLL) and Years Lived with Disability (YLD).

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Years lost due to disability (YLD) are not considered in DALY.

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DALY only measures mortality and does not include morbidity.

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DALY does not account for both YLD and YLL.

Question 10

Which organism does not require a vector for transmission?

Accepted Answer

Coxiella burnetii

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Rickettsia rickettsii

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Borrelia recurrentis

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Rickettsia prowazekii

Global Impact of Zoonotic Diseases — MCQs

Global Impact of Zoonotic Diseases — MCQs

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