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A village in a tropical rainforest has cleared
US? vegetation around the houses, cultivated fish that feed
on mosquito larvae in nearby ponds, and search for
A) Cardiovascular disease
food high in zinc and vitamin A. Which of the
B) Cancer following diseases is the village most likely trying to
C) Malaria avoid?
D) Infectious diseases
A) Malaria B) Measles
E) Diabetes
C) Smallpox D) Ebola virus
2. Most of the illnesses in developing nations are E) Hepatitis B
A) relatively harmless 7. A population is given a 1 mg/kg dose of chemical A
B) sexually transmitted and suffers a 2% increase in carcinomas. Another
C) waterborne population given a 1mg/kg dose of chemical B suffers
D) airborne a 1% increase in carcinomas. A third population given
E) transmitted through skin contact a 1mg/kg dose of chemical A as well as a 1 mg/kg
dose of chemical B suffers a 40% increase in the
3. A pregnant mother imbibes alcohol while pregnant.
incidence of carcinomas. What kind of effect do
The baby is consequently born with numerous birth
chemical A and chemical B have on each other in this
defects. The alcohol in this case is a
example?
A) teratogen
A) Additive B) Multiplicative
B) hazardous chemical
C) Intensifying D) Synergistic
C) mutagen
E) Facilitating
D) carcinogen
E) endogen 8. Which of the following can be done to help preserve
and improve the health of people in developing
4. ______ cause birth defects while the human embryo countries?
is growing and developing during pregnancy.
A) Mutagens B) Carcinogens I. Encouraging mothers to move away from
C) Teratogens D) Biogens breast feeding and to rely more on formula milk
II. Increasing the availability of antibiotics on a
E) Hanta viruses
massive scale
5. Average levels of lead in blood in the United States III. Oral rehydration therapy for victims of
have fallen dramatically since the 1970s due primarily diarrheal diseases
to
A) I only B) II only
A) legislation that banned leaded paint and leaded C) III only D) I and II only
gasoline E) I, II, and III
B) the application of atomic mass selective filtering
techniques 9. Which of the following does NOT help lead to
outbreaks of infectious diseases?
C) increased effectiveness of sewage treatment
D) decreased exposure from mining A) Flooding
E) improved health care B) Increased rice cultivation
C) Migration to rural areas in developed countries
D) Migration to rural areas in tropical developing
countries
E) Global warming
10. Which of the following infectious diseases is 13. All of the following are test subjects that scientists
currently still very deadly and killing millions of use to test acute toxicity and chronic toxicity
people each year? EXCEPT
A) Bubonic plague B) Flu viruses A) chicken egg membranes
C) Ebola virus D) Smallpox B) bacteria
E) Chicken pox C) cell and tissue cultures
11. Which of the following can be done to battle D) mice
ever-mutating infectious bacteria? E) humans
32. Pesticides are used in 77% of all United States
agriculture. Which of the following is a negative
impact of such usage?
A) It makes food less expensive
B) Decreases labor costs
C) Fast-acting
D) Accumulation in the food chain
E) Very effective
33. Pesticide use has increased, yet pests have increased. 36. Which of the following is NOT a high-risk health
Which of the following is NOT an explanation for problem when found in drinking water?
this finding?
A) Gasoline B) Organic solvents
A) Increased human travel has introduced C) Pesticides D) Carbon dioxide
non-native pests. E) Arsenic
B) Increased crop diversity allows new strains of
pest to survive.
C) Conservation land cultivation increases the pest
population size.
D) Development of genetically resistant pests
allows pests to survive pesticides.
E) Decreased crop rotation keeps pest life cycles
intact.
34. Which of the following best describes one of the
important characteristics of the second green
revolution?
A) The introduction of fast-growing new strains of
rice and wheat being introduced into
developing countries to improve crop yield.
B) Increased use of semi-arid land for farming in
order to increase crop production.
C) The application of higher levels of pesticides
and inorganic fertilizers to increase food
production efficiency.
D) The introduction of monoculture planting into
countries such as the US to increase crop yield.
E) The massive takeover of agribusinesses edging
out small subsidence farmers in developing
countries.
35. By clearing forests, planting wheat crops across a
broad area, and using various methods such as
pesticides and antibiotics to defend against weeds
and bacteria, humans are
I. strengthening some populations of pests by
natural selection
II. stabilizing the forest ecosystem in a
controlled manner
III. greatly reducing the biodiversity of the forest
A) I only B) II only
C) III only D) I and III only
E) I, II, and III
37. As human technology and development steadily increase, people are faced with ever increasing
numbers of health threats.
(a) For each of the types of chemical hazards below, explain what forms they are found in and how
they affect humans.
(i) Mutagens
(ii) Teratogens
(iii) Carcinogens
(b) The world is increasingly losing the battle against infectious diseases, diseases that were
previously controlled by antibiotics. Describe TWO reasons why many previously effective
antibiotics are no longer useful.
(c) Describe TWO factors that can increase the spread of transmissible diseases.
Which of the following contributes to such
malnutrition?
I. Droughts
II. Diet of inadequate caloric intake
III. Poor food distribution
A) I only B) II only
C) III only D) I and III
E) I, II and III