QUESTIONAIRE: Anthrax

1. Anthrax is a disease caused by the bacterium ____________________.

a. Lactobacillus anthracis
b. Amino anthracis
c. Bacterium anthracis
d. Bacillus anthracis

2. The spores are very hardy and tolerant to extremes of ____________________, humidity,
and ultraviolet light.
a. temperature
b. energy
c. catastrophe
d. weather

3. They can survive for long periods of time (even decades) in the environment without
____________________ or water.
a. food
b. nutrients
c. energy
d. fluids

4. When a spore enters a ____________________, the internal environment of the host—rich

in water, sugars, and amino acids—induces that spore to germinate into a vegetative cell
that leads to disease.
a. amphibian host
b. mammal host
c. crustacean host
d. humanoid host

5. Anthrax is currently considered one of the most serious ____________________ threats.

a. nanotech
b. bioterrorism
c. bacteria
d. cellular

6. Anthrax has been used in the past as a ____________________ weapon.

a. conventional
b. psychological
c. intelligence
d. biological

7. Which statement is true?

a. Anthrax is not transmitted from person to person.
b. Anthrax is transmitted from person to person.
c. Anthrax is not true.
d. Anthrax is a parasite.

8. Vaccine BioThrax® Anthrax Vaccine Absorbed (AVA) is produced by

____________________ and is the only anthrax vaccine licensed by the FDA.
a. Johnson & Johnsons BioSolutions, Inc.
b. Bharat BioTech, Inc.
 c. Emergent BioSolutions, Inc.
d. Pfizer BioTech, Inc.

9. Date where anthrax attacks were perpetrated in the US via the mail.
a. October 2000
b. October 2001
c. October 2002
d. October 2003

10. The ____________________ of anthrax spores in the environment may make anthrax
aerosol dissemination more effective than many other potential agents.
a. hardiness
b. fertility
c. lethality
d. strength

11. A human monoclonal protective antigen-targeted antibody developed by Human Genome

Sciences
a. Deoxyribonucleic Acid
b. Ribosome
c. Raxibacumab
d. SinoVac

12. Antitoxin Anthrax Immune Globulin (AIG) antitoxin is a therapy derived from the
____________________ of individuals previously immunized with the anthrax vaccine.
a. blood stream
b. plasma
c. saliva
d. urine

13. Typically occurs as a result of eating the meat of animals infected with Anthrax
a. Inhalational anthrax
b. Cutaneous anthrax
c. Gastrointestinal anthrax
d. Injection related anthrax

14. Form of anthrax, which is the result of spores entering the body through small breaks in the
skin.
a. Inhalational anthrax
b. Cutaneous anthrax
c. Gastrointestinal anthrax
d. Injection related anthrax

15. Untreated inhalational anthrax has a _______________ rate.

a. high fatality
b. high sensitivity
c. high infectivity
d. high maintenance
Answer Key: Anthrax
1. d
2. a
3. b
4. b
5. b
6. d
7. a
8. c
9. b
10. a
11. c
12. b
13. c
14. b
15. a