Deck 3: Threats From Naturally Occurring Disease and Natural Disaster

Question 1

Many of the current and developing megacities can be found in the same regions as poor healthcare infrastructure, understaffed healthcare workforce, and the most public health emergencies.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Given that the chickenpox virus is commonly seen in the United States, the public health community was adequately prepared to treat the almost 80 cases in the monkeypox outbreak and address public fear associated with the outbreak.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Initial research suggested that armed conflict increased the spread and severity of HIV/AIDS in society.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

What organizations work in "health security"?

Question 5

List at least two events that were part of the evolution of health as a security matter.

Question 6

What was the main cause of army hospital admissions during war from 1942 to 1992?

Question 7

List some strategic implications of global health.

Question 8

Where did the 2003 outbreak of monkeypox take place?

Question 9

How did SARS travel around the world?

Question 10

How does HIV/AIDS affect security?

Question 11

What pandemic provides the most illustrative example to date of the ways in which a disease with high levels of morbidity and mortality can affect the security and viability of nations?

A) SARS
B) Ebola virus
C) HIV/AIDS
D) Monkeypox

Question 12

What virus, spread via mosquito as well as through sexual transmission, evoked significant fear for people of childbearing age?

A) Zika virus
B) Ebola virus
C) HIV virus
D) H1N1 virus

Question 13

While it wasn't entirely clear at the time, public health officials suspected that the Zika virus was linked to unusually high numbers of infants born with what medical condition?

A) Microcephaly
B) Spina bifida
C) Cerebral palsy
D) Muscular dystrophy

Question 14

New approaches, from animal practices to economic models, are currently being considered by governments in an attempt to address what threat?

A) Bioterrorism
B) Ebola virus
C) Zika virus
D) Antimicrobial resistance

Question 15

Which of the following, now the leading cause of morbidity and mortality around the world, can impact economies, government stability, and military readiness in strategic countries and regions?

A) Chronic diseases
B) Infectious diseases
C) Endemic diseases
D) Pandemic diseases

Question 16

National health security is a state in which the nation and its people are prepared for, protected from, and resilient in the face of incidents with health consequences.

Question 17

A direct impact of disease on national security arises from the potential proliferation or use of a biological weapon, or the intentional spread of disease within specific populations.

Question 18

Hospital admissions from disease continues to outnumber injuries and wounds during U.S. military deployments.

Question 19

The best example of global interdependence, speed of air travel, and rapid movement of people comes from the monkeypox outbreak throughout the Midwest United States in 2003.

Question 20

While disease can emerge anywhere and spread everywhere, it tends to adversely affect regions and countries that are less able to address the threat.

Question 21

According to the WHO, which of the following refers to the activities that are necessary to "minimize vulnerability to acute public health events that endanger the collective health of populations"?

A) Health security
B) Health emergency
C) Disease surveillance
D) Emergency preparedness

Question 22

In January 2000, the U.N. Security Council recognized the catastrophic impact of what pandemic as a security issue?

A) Zika
B) Ebola
C) HIV/AIDS
D) SARS

Question 23

In 2002, President George W. Bush released the National Security Strategy, which was heavily influenced by which of the following?

A) HIV/AIDS pandemic
B) 9/11 attacks
C) Hurricane Katrina
D) H5N1 avian influenza outbreak

Question 24

In 2009, Barack Obama became president and immediately had to face which evolving pandemic that emerged in North American, and issued a presidential directive on countering biological threats?

A) SARS
B) Ebola
C) Influenza A H1N1
D) H5N1 avian influenza

Question 25

The global experience with which of the following and the actions taken to try to contain the disease as it spread throughout the world highlight our interconnectedness, as well as the challenges of global health governance?

A) Zika
B) Ebola
C) HIV/AIDS
D) SARS

Question 26

The health of a population, which can be affected by human behavior, disease, and natural and manmade threats, directly impacts the security of a nation.

Question 27

An epidemic that begins in a single community can quickly evolve into a multinational health crisis that causes millions to suffer.

Question 28

A multisectoral approach is needed to effectively address health security and build the capacities to prevent, detect, and respond to biological threats around the world.

Question 29

Due to important scientific, technological, and organizational accomplishments, most countries have achieved international core competencies for health security.

Question 30

Even today, troop exposure to diseases affects morbidity and mortality, which then impacts overall military readiness.