WorksheetsIntro. to Epidemiology/Ebola Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which of the following is not considered to be a determinant of the Ebola virus disease?
Fruit bats which are natural Ebola virus hosts.
Symptoms such as fever, muscle pain, headaches and sore throat.
Burial ceremonies that include direct contact with the body of the deceased.
Human-to-human transmission from objects that have been contaminated
All of the following are examples of "distribution" of the Ebola virus disease except _______________________________.
The Ebola virus was first discovered in 1976.
The Democratic Republic of Congo endured the 2018-2019 outbreak of the Ebola virus.
Ebola is introduced into the human population through close contact with bodily fluids of infected animals.
Health care workers have frequently been infected while treating patients with suspected or confirmed Ebola Virus Disease.
Evidence that Epidemiologists are at work in Ebola outbreaks include all of the following except ______________.
Reducing the risk of wildlife-to-human transmission.
Monitoring of outbreak containment measures including safe and dignified burial of the dead.
Training of health-care workers to take standard precautions when caring for all patients regardless of presumed illness.
Prescribing medication to help relieve the symptoms of patients with Ebola Virus Disease.
Regarding sexual activity in Ebola survivors, all of the following are true except.
All Ebola survivors and their sexual partners should receive counselling to ensure safer sexual practices until their semen has twice tested negative.
Male Ebola survivors should be offered semen testing at 6 months after onset of the disease, then weekly after that until twice tested negative with an interval of one week between tests.
Ebola survivors and their sexual partners should either abstain from sexual activity or observe safer sex through consistent condom use until the male's semen has tested negative twice for the virus.
After testing negative for Ebola, survivors can safely resume normal sexual practices without fear of Ebola virus transmission through sexual activity.
What is not a symptom of Ebola?
Fever
Abdominal pain
Sadness
Muscle pain
How do you avoid Ebola?
Avoid being kicked in the face
Avoid being hit
Avoid eating bush-meat
Avoid shaking hands with people
When and where was the Ebola virus discovered?
1976 in the Democratic Republic of Congo Ebola river.
1978 in Guinea Ebola River
1980 in South Africa Ebola River
1972 in Sudan Ebola River
Besides humans, what does the Ebola virus use as a host?
Pigs
Cows
Sheep
Primates
Some symptoms of Ebola are_____________________________.
Fever of more than 40 degrees, muscle pain
Meningitis, Vomiting
Bleeding, Heart failure
Abdominal pain/liver failure
To prevent Ebola infection ________________________________.
Avoid being airborne
Avoid IV fluids
Avoid tap water
Avoid bodily fluids
Dr. John Snow and his famous water pump maps showed the spread of which disease in London during the 1850s?
Ebola
Tuberculosis
H1N1
Cholera
The World Health Organization seeks to prevent future outbreaks of Ebola by all of the following except _________________________________.
Maintaining surveillance for the Ebola virus disease
Distributing prophylaxis antibiotics throughout Africa for those most at risk for the disease
Supporting at-risk countries to develop preparedness plans
Assistance with safe and dignified burial practices
Epidemiologists use the information they collect to accomplish all of the following except _____________________.
Assessing the community's health
Contributing to the physicians understanding of patients' diseases
Make diagnosis and provide treatment for future cases of Ebola virus disease
Helping individuals to make decisions such as quitting smoking and taking the stairs instead of elevators
