Global Migration & Quarantine Assignment
Question 1
Question 1 options:
The Division of Global Migration and Quarantine is part of CDC’s
Question 2
List all diseases quarantinable in the U.S. under Executive Order of the President. At least six
Question 3
Quarantine
Question 3 options:
| separates sick people with a contagious disease from people who are not sick. | |
| All answers are correct | |
| separates and restricts the movement of people who were exposed to a contagious disease to see if they become sick. | |
| separates vaccinated from unvaccinated people |
Question 4
What is the CDC’s role in isolation and quarantine?
Question 4 options:
| may detain passengers and crew on planes and ships as necessary to investigate whether the cause of the illness on board is a communicable disease. | |
| All of the answers are correct | |
| authorized to detain, medically examine, and release persons arriving into the United States and traveling between states who are suspected of carrying these communicable diseases. | |
| monitors persons arriving at U.S. land border crossings and passengers and crew arriving at U.S. ports of entry for signs or symptoms of communicable diseases. |
Question 5
Isolation
Question 5 options:
| All answers are correct | |
| separates and restricts the movement of people who were exposed to a contagious disease to see if they become sick. | |
| separates sick people with a contagious disease from people who are not sick. | |
| separates vaccinated from unvaccinated people |
Question 6
The length of quarantine for a disease is
Question 6 options:
| 40 days | |
| dependent on the incubation period of the disease | |
| until the patient recovers from the disease | |
| 7 days |
Question 7
Federal quarantine authority in the United States has been used frequently for many diseases including SARS.
Question 7 options:
| True | |
| False |
Question 8
It is possible for federal, state, local, and tribal health authorities to have and use all at the same time separate but coexisting legal quarantine power in certain events. In the event of a conflict, federal law is supreme.
Question 8 options:
| True | |
| False |
Question 9
The International Health Regulations
Question 9 options:
| includes all countries | |
| require countries to report certain disease outbreaks and public health events to WHO | |
| does not allow WHO to take into account information from sources other than official notifications and consultations | |
| all answers are correct |
Question 10
Which of the following statements about leprosy is true?
Question 10 options:
| it is a vaccine-preventable disease | |
| it affects people with a genetic predisposition | |
| it is uncurable | |
| it is highly infectious |
Question 11
In the video on leprosy isolation in Hawaii, what were some of the issues with how the isolation was conducted?
Question 11 options:
| there was no medical treatment available | |
| all answers are correct | |
| the isolated colony was expected to be self-sustainable even though many of the inhabitants were too sick to take care of themselves | |
| people with leprosy were not forced to isolate themselves and therefore the disease was not fully contained |
Question 12
Public health interventions that might be necessary during an infectious disease outbreak (e.g. restrictions on freedom of movement) depend on having a clear legal basis for government action, as well as a system in place to provide oversight and review.
Question 12 options:
| True | |
| False |
Question 13
Social distancing
Question 13 options:
| includes limiting large groups of people coming together, closing buildings and canceling events. | |
| is used for any communicable disease outbreak | |
| does not limit the freedom of movement of individuals | |
| does not need to be justifiable or equitable during pandemic responses |
Question 14
Match the ethical principle with its definition
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Question 15
Which of the following ethical principles is NOT critical when deciding on public health interventions such as quarantine?
Question 15 options:
| utility | |
| transparency | |
| equity | |
| autonomy |
Question 16
When responding to pandemic flu, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gives vaccination priority to
Question 16 options:
| Individuals through a lottery system | |
| Individuals who are pregnant, immunocompromised, or elderly | |
| Individuals who are essential to the provision of health care and public safety | |
| Individuals most at risk of experiencing the serious negative health consequences of hospitalization or death |
Question 17
A lesson learned from the SARS pandemic was
Question 17 options:
| infection control procedures should be used universally and are not dependent on the disease characteristics. | |
| healthcare workers can act as vectors for disease and can amplify an outbreak. | |
| doctors have the most risk due to their prolonged close contact with patients while rendering care. | |
| environmental engineering controls are considered the single most effective means of reducing the transmission of infectious agents. |
Question 18
SARS-CoV
Question 18 options:
| has caused two pandemics | |
| is an emerging disease | |
| is not a communicable disease | |
| is a vaccine-preventable disease |
Question 19
Bloodborne pathogens
Question 19 options:
| are transmittable through vomit and sputum even if no blood is visible. | |
| include malaria, syphilis, and West Nile virus | |
| are not a risk to professions outside of healthcare workers. | |
| are not a significant cause of occupational health hazards. |
Question 20
Describe the issues that need attention when fully involving communities in infectious disease outbreak planning and response efforts.
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Question 21
Question 21 options:
Resource allocation decisions during an outbreak response should be guided by the ethical principles of and
Question 22
What is one of the ethical principles that was invoked when Kaci Hickox argued against the State of New Jersey quarantine?
Question 22 options:
| Communication and transparency | |
| Justifiable basis for imposing restrictions | |
| costs | |
| Equitable application |
Question 23
According to Day et al. (2006), mass quarantine should be implemented
Question 23 options:
| when the expected number of infections generated by an infected person, if isolation alone is used, is greater than 1 | |
| when the disease reproduction number in the presence of isolation alone is small | |
| when isolation alone can stop the spread of the disease | |
| when the proportion of infections that are generated by asymptomatic individuals is low |
Question 24
Tuberculosis
Question 24 options:
| is a chronic communicable disease | |
| is highly contagious during latent stages | |
| is a sporadic disease that affects less than 100,000 people worldwide | |
| has high infectivity and virulence rates |
Question 25
Droplet precautions are
Question 25 options:
| necessary throughout a quarantine station because droplets stay suspended in the air | |
| not necessary between patients as droplets do not stay suspended therefore patients can be placed with patients of varying diseases | |
| needed in response to suspected cases of adenovirus, human influenza, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and avian influenza A (H5N1). | |
| only needed when in direct contact with a patient |