WorksheetsSmallpox Class Test
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 21mins
How is smallpox transmitted?
Through exhaling and touching
Through burping and exhaling
Through coughing and sneezing
Through touching and shouting
How long did it take the pustules to cover the body?
48 hours
24 hours
12 hours
72 hours
How long did it take the pustules to eventually fall off?
3 weeks
8 weeks
1 week
2 days
In the last century, how many people (estimate) died from the smallpox disease?
(a)
How long after you show symptoms of smallpox did you usually die?
20-25 days
2-5 days
40-47 days
10-16 days
By what virus was the smallpox disease caused?
Cowpox
Variola
Covid-19
Chickenpox
What does 'Communicable' disease mean?
It can communicate with other diseases
It does not exist anymore
It can't be spread
It spread from one person/animal to another
Variola virus can infect both humans and animals?
True
False
How long is the Incubation period?
10 - 14 days
1-2 days
30 -36 days
8 weeks
Can a person who recovered from Smallpox git it again?
YES
NO
MAYBE
I don't know
What are the usual symptoms for smallpox?
Prostration (Exhaustion)
Toxemia (Bacterial toxins)
Hypo-tension (Low blood pressure)
All of it
What is a Pandemic
Local outbreak
Outbreak in the ocean
Global outbreak
School outbreak
What is an Endemic?
Local outbreak
Outbreak in the ocean
Global outbreak
School outbreak
When was the last major recorded smallpox infection?
1989
1990
1975
2020
Where was the last major recorded smallpox infection?
Madagascar
South Africa
Cambodia
Bangladesh
Where, in 1978 did two people get infected, when an accident occurred?
Russia
United Kingdom
China
South Africa
In what year was Smallpox officially eradicated?
1920
1980
1900
1027
Where are the only two places in the world that still have samples of the smallpox vaccine?
Moscow & Atlanta
Phnom Penh & Hanoi
Beijing & Hong Kong
Pretoria & Auckland
What percentage of people infected with smallpox died?
10%
90%
30%
0%
Where was the first outbreak of smallpox?
South Africa
Egypt
Italy
France
Who was the person that first created the vaccine?
Elon Musk
Donald Trump
Edward Jenner
Barack Obama
