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

All the populace: pan- means 'all' and demos 'people', the demos of democracy. Greek pandemos simply meant public or common, and English first tied th...

Q 02/05

Which Greek-letter variant of the COVID-19 virus was first reported from South Africa in November 2021?

A) Delta

B) Omicron

C) Alpha

D) Gamma

Answer · why

B) Omicron

Omicron. The WHO skipped two Greek letters to reach it: Nu, too easily confused with 'new', and Xi, because it is a common surname.

Q 03/05

What is the term for a disease outbreak that spreads among animals across continents or worldwide?

A) Zoonotic

B) Epizootic

C) Panzootic

D) Enzootic

Answer · why

C) Panzootic

Panzootic. The bird flu that wild birds carried around the world from 2020 was one: it went on to kill sea lions by the thousand and infect dairy cows...

Q 04/05

Cancer kills many people worldwide, so what keeps it from counting as a pandemic?

A) It mostly strikes the old

B) It is too slow

C) It has no vaccine

D) It is not infectious

Answer · why

D) It is not infectious

It is not infectious. In its strict sense a pandemic is an outbreak of a disease that passes between people, though some doctors now speak loosely of ...

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

Public Health Emergency of International Concern: once the WHO declares one, its expert committee must meet again at least every three months to revie...