_____Because the oral polio vaccine contains live attenuated viruses, mutations of these viruses can cause polio.

Koplik’s spots are oral lesions associated with __________.

a. mumps

b. measles

c. flu

d. colds

A horror movie portrays victims of biological warfare with uncontrolled bleeding from the eyes, mouth, nose, ears, and anus. What actual virus causes these symptoms?

a. Ebola virus

b. Bunyavirus

c. Hantavirus

d. Human immunodeficiency virus

_____A single virion is sufficient to cause a cold.

_____All infections of polio are crippling.

Young Luis has skin lesions. His mother knows from microbiology class that five childhood diseases can produce spots. Name those five diseases and the viruses that cause each. List some questions to ask to determine which of these viruses Luis has.

Support or refute the following statement: “Rubeola is common and of little concern as a childhood disease.”

Of the following characteristics, which would contribute most to making a microorganism an effective biological warfare agent?

a. Is readily available in the environment

b. Can be spread by contact after original dissemination

c. Cannot be treated well outside a hospital

d. Is easily identified by symptoms

The most frequent portal of entry for pathogens is:

a. The respiratory tract

b. The skin

c. The conjunctiva

d. A cut or wound