OSU Biology 3401 Midterm 1 Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Ch.9: According to the WHO, what is the approximate projected
cost of reaching the 2030 goal of a reduction of incidence of
malaria by 90% (compared to 2015)? -
correct answer ✅$4.1 trillion
Ch.9: Technical coordination and advising for the GMEP was the
responsibility of -
correct answer ✅WHO
Ch.9: How many bed nets have been distributed around the world
to help control malaria? -
correct answer ✅2 billion
Ch.9: What is the predicted impact of climate change on the
geographic distribution of malaria? -
correct answer ✅Conditions appropriate for spread of the disease
will occur at higher elevations
Ch.9: The President's Malaria Initiative was begun during the
presidency of -
correct answer ✅George W. Bush
,OSU Biology 3401 Midterm 1 Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Ch.9: What percentage of the U.S. federal budget is allocated to
foreign aid? -
correct answer ✅~1%
Ch.9: In addition to his work on modeling malaria transmission,
what else is Ronald Ross best-known form? -
correct answer ✅The discovery that anopheline mosquitoes
transmit malaria
Ch.9: When is World Malaria Day? -
correct answer ✅April 25th
Ch.9: An increase in the per capita daily death rate of mosquitoes
(μ2μ2) results in -
correct answer ✅A decrease in the basic reproductive number
Ch.9: A basic reproductive number of 1 means that -
correct answer ✅The disease has reached a steady state
Ch.8: A new control measure proposes to use a scorpion poison to
kill Plasmodium within mosquitoes. How is this toxin to be
, OSU Biology 3401 Midterm 1 Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
delivered? -
correct answer ✅With a genetically modified fungus
Ch.8: The gene doublesex has been a target of CRISPR-Cas9 editing
of the mosquito genome. This gene is involved in -
correct answer ✅Sex determination
Ch.8: The Oxitec mosquitoes that are planned to be released in
Florida in 2021 belong to which species? -
correct answer ✅Aedes aegypti
Ch.8: The antibodies produced as the result a transmission-blocking
vaccine -
correct answer ✅Prevent mosquitoes from becoming infected
with Plasmodium
Ch.8: Most insecticides as well as the AaIT toxin act by targeting -
correct answer ✅Sodium ion channels in the cell membrane
Ch.8: Which control technique has been governmentally approved
and used against mosquito populations? -
correct answer ✅Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Ch.9: According to the WHO, what is the approximate projected
cost of reaching the 2030 goal of a reduction of incidence of
malaria by 90% (compared to 2015)? -
correct answer ✅$4.1 trillion
Ch.9: Technical coordination and advising for the GMEP was the
responsibility of -
correct answer ✅WHO
Ch.9: How many bed nets have been distributed around the world
to help control malaria? -
correct answer ✅2 billion
Ch.9: What is the predicted impact of climate change on the
geographic distribution of malaria? -
correct answer ✅Conditions appropriate for spread of the disease
will occur at higher elevations
Ch.9: The President's Malaria Initiative was begun during the
presidency of -
correct answer ✅George W. Bush
,OSU Biology 3401 Midterm 1 Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Ch.9: What percentage of the U.S. federal budget is allocated to
foreign aid? -
correct answer ✅~1%
Ch.9: In addition to his work on modeling malaria transmission,
what else is Ronald Ross best-known form? -
correct answer ✅The discovery that anopheline mosquitoes
transmit malaria
Ch.9: When is World Malaria Day? -
correct answer ✅April 25th
Ch.9: An increase in the per capita daily death rate of mosquitoes
(μ2μ2) results in -
correct answer ✅A decrease in the basic reproductive number
Ch.9: A basic reproductive number of 1 means that -
correct answer ✅The disease has reached a steady state
Ch.8: A new control measure proposes to use a scorpion poison to
kill Plasmodium within mosquitoes. How is this toxin to be
, OSU Biology 3401 Midterm 1 Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
delivered? -
correct answer ✅With a genetically modified fungus
Ch.8: The gene doublesex has been a target of CRISPR-Cas9 editing
of the mosquito genome. This gene is involved in -
correct answer ✅Sex determination
Ch.8: The Oxitec mosquitoes that are planned to be released in
Florida in 2021 belong to which species? -
correct answer ✅Aedes aegypti
Ch.8: The antibodies produced as the result a transmission-blocking
vaccine -
correct answer ✅Prevent mosquitoes from becoming infected
with Plasmodium
Ch.8: Most insecticides as well as the AaIT toxin act by targeting -
correct answer ✅Sodium ion channels in the cell membrane
Ch.8: Which control technique has been governmentally approved
and used against mosquito populations? -
correct answer ✅Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes
