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Multiple Choice and 12. ____ 24. ____

Matching
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Short Answer and Free Response

20. 25.

28. 29.
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32. 33.

34.

35. 36.

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38.
Answer Questions 39-40 on the multiple choice section of Page 1 of the answer document.

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42. 43.

44.

45. 46.

47.
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50. 51.

52. 53.

Answer questions 54-56 in the multiple-choice

section of the Answer Document on Page 1.
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Multiple Choice and 12. __C__ 24. __C__

Matching
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Short Answer and Free Response

20.
Vaccination

25. Avoid sleeping in a mud, thatch or adobe house. These types of residences are more likely to
harbor triatomine bugs.

Use insecticide-soaked netting over your bed when sleeping in thatch, mud or adobe houses.

Use insecticides to remove insects from your residence.

Use insect repellent on exposed skin
28. (1 pt)
36

29. (1 pt)
20

30. (1 pt)

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31. Became ill Did not become ill Total

(2 pts) Persons eating 13 17 30
ham sandwich
Persons not 13 80 93
eating sandwich
Total 26 97 123

32. (1 pt)
RR = (13/(13+17))/(13/(13+80) = 3.1 times
more likely

33. (1 pt)

People not eating a ham sandwich were 3.1 times more likely to become ill than people not
eating a sandwich.
34.
(2 pts)
 Became ill Did not become ill Total
Persons eating 16 37 53
bacon
Persons not 10 60 70
bacon
Total 26 97 123

35. (1 pt)
RR = (16/(16+37)/(10/(10+60)) = 2.1 times
more likely

36. (1 pt)

People eating bacon were found only to be 2.1 times more likely to become ill. Thus, eating the
ham sandwich is more linked to likelihood of becoming ill compared with eating bacon.
37. (3 pts) (minus 1 for each missing part, minus 1 for each pair misordered)

Wet, Lather, Scrub, Rinse, Dry

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38. (1 pt for each pair of correct answers)

Hands should be washed

 Before, during, and after preparing food and beverages

 Before eating food

 Before and after caring for someone who is ill

 After using the toilet

 After cleaning up a person who has used the toilet

 After touching an animal or an animal's manure or environment (e.g., a stall)

 After removing clothing or shoes that might be soiled by animal waste<

 After touching garbage

Answer Questions 39-40 on the multiple choice section of Page 1 of the answer document.

41. (2 pts)
Prison A Showed signs of No signs of illness Total
illness
Consumed 270 42 312
chicken salad
Did not 90 103 193
consume salad
Total 360 145 505
42. (1 pt)
 OR = (270x103)/(42x90) = 7.36
or
OR = (270/90)/(42/103) = 7.36

43. (1 pt)
Subjects with exposure to the
chicken salad are 7.4 times more
likely to get sick than those not
exposed to the salad.

Prison B Showed signs of No signs of illness Total 44.

illness (2 pts)
Consumed 170 65 235
bread
Did not 190 80 270
consume bread
Total 360 145 505

45. (1 pt)
OR = (170x80)/(65x190) = 1.10

46. (1 pt)

Since the odds ratio is higher for exposure to chicken compared with that for exposure to bread,
it is far more likely that one would become ill upon exposure to chicken salad.

47.
(3 pts)
 Washing hands.
 Preventing contamination of food.
 Using gloves.
 Cooking food to the right temperature.
 Keeping heated food hot.
 Keeping cooled food cold.
 Reheating food to the right temperature.

48. (2 pt)

Salmonella is commonly found in raw food products that come from animals, such as eggs, egg products,
meat, meat products, unpasteurized milk, or other unpasteurized dairy products. Thorough cooking and
processing effectively kills salmonella bacteria.

49. (1 pt)
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August 4

51. (1 pt)
Heart Disease

52.
HIV/AIDS

53. (1 pt)
High blood pressure, high
cholesterol, diabetes

Answer questions 54-56 in the multiple-choice section of the Answer Document on Page 1.