Q 01/05

The word 'pandemic' comes from Greek roots meaning what?

A) All the populace

B) Great dying

C) Spreading sickness

D) Foreign fever

Answer · why

A) All the populace

Pan- means 'all, every' and demos 'people'; in Modern Greek it still means 'concerning all the people'.

Q 02/05

Which is described as the deadliest pandemic in history?

A) Black Death

B) 1918 influenza

C) HIV/AIDS

D) Plague of Justinian

Answer · why

B) 1918 influenza

The H1N1 outbreak infected about a third of the world, killing more people in 25 weeks than AIDS did in its first 25 years.

Q 03/05

What is the term for a pandemic among non-human animals?

A) Zoonotic

B) Epizootic

C) Panzootic

D) Enzootic

Answer · why

C) Panzootic

Rinderpest, a cattle disease, is the only other infection besides smallpox to have been eradicated.

Q 04/05

Why is cancer not considered a pandemic despite killing many people?

A) It affects only adults

B) It is too slow

C) It is too new

D) It is not infectious

Answer · why

D) It is not infectious

A pandemic must be infectious, not merely widespread or deadly.

Q 05/05

What does the WHO abbreviation PHEIC stand for?

A) Public Health Emergency of International Concern

B) Pandemic Health Event Impact Classification

C) Priority Human Epidemic Infection Code

D) Public Hazard Emergency Incident Category

Answer · why

A) Public Health Emergency of International Concern

It is the WHO's nearest equivalent to declaring a pandemic; COVID-19 held the status from January 2020 to May 2023.