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2025 HOSA BIOMEDICAL DEBATE
ACTUAL EXAM (COMPLETE) 210+
QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+/ HOSA
BIOMEDICAL DEBATE (VACCINES)
PREP (BRAND NEW!!)
According to the CDC, on-time vaccination throughout childhood is essential
because it helps provide _________________ before children are exposed to
potentially life-threatening diseases. - ANSWER ✔✔- immunity
According to the CDC, __________________ are tested to ensure that they are
safe and effective for children to receive at the recommended ages. - ANSWER
✔✔- vaccines
_______________________ is the body's way of preventing disease. - ANSWER
✔✔- Immunity
When a baby is born, his/her _______________system is not fully developed,
which can put him/her at greater risk for infections. - ANSWER ✔✔- immune
According to the CDC, ________________ reduce your children's risk of infection
by working with his/her body's natural defenses to help safely develop immunity to
disease. - ANSWER ✔✔- Vaccines
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Vaccines use very small amounts of __________________ to help a child's
immune system recognize and learn to fight serious diseases. - ANSWER ✔✔-
antigens
____________________ are parts of germs that cause the body's immune system
to go to work. - ANSWER ✔✔- antigens
What are the 4 ingredients in vaccines? - ANSWER ✔✔- Adjuvants, Stabilizers,
Formaldehyde, Thimerosal
____________________ help boost the body's response to vaccine. - ANSWER
✔✔- Adjuvants
___________________ help keep vaccine effective after manufactured -
ANSWER ✔✔- Stabilizers
__________________________ is used to prevent contamination by bacteria
during the vaccine manufacturing process. Resides in body naturally - ANSWER
✔✔- Formaldehyde
__________________ is also used during the manufacturing process but is no
longer an ingredient in any vaccine except multi-dose vials of the flu vaccine. -
ANSWER ✔✔- Thimerosol
What is the FDA? - ANSWER ✔✔- Federal Drug Administration
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If a parent chooses not to vaccinate their children, what are some of their
responsibilities? - ANSWER ✔✔- inform their child's school, Notify doctor and
nurses wherever you go, isolate their child during disease outbreak, Look up
diseases in country's they travel to
What does the Varicella vaccine protect against? - ANSWER ✔✔- Chickenpox
What does the DTaP vaccine protect against? - ANSWER ✔✔- Diphtheria,
tetanus, pertussis
What does the Hib vaccine protect against? - ANSWER ✔✔- Haemophilus
influenzae type b.
What does the Hep A vaccine protect you from? - ANSWER ✔✔- Hepatitis A
What does the Hep B Vaccine protect you from? - ANSWER ✔✔- Hepatitis B
What does the flu vaccine protect against? - ANSWER ✔✔- Influenza
What does the MMR vaccine protect against? - ANSWER ✔✔- measles, mumps,
rubella
What does the IPV vaccine protect against? - ANSWER ✔✔- Polio
What does PCV-13 protect against? - ANSWER ✔✔- pneumococcus which causes
pneumococcal pneumonia
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What does the RV vaccine prevent? - ANSWER ✔✔- rotavirus
Before a vaccine is ever given to people, the ___________________ oversees
extensive lab testing of the vaccine that can take several years to make sure it is
safe and effective. - ANSWER ✔✔- FDA
2025 HOSA BIOMEDICAL DEBATE
ACTUAL EXAM (COMPLETE) 210+
QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+/ HOSA
BIOMEDICAL DEBATE (VACCINES)
PREP (BRAND NEW!!)
According to the CDC, on-time vaccination throughout childhood is essential
because it helps provide _________________ before children are exposed to
potentially life-threatening diseases. - ANSWER ✔✔- immunity
According to the CDC, __________________ are tested to ensure that they are
safe and effective for children to receive at the recommended ages. - ANSWER
✔✔- vaccines
_______________________ is the body's way of preventing disease. - ANSWER
✔✔- Immunity
When a baby is born, his/her _______________system is not fully developed,
which can put him/her at greater risk for infections. - ANSWER ✔✔- immune
According to the CDC, ________________ reduce your children's risk of infection
by working with his/her body's natural defenses to help safely develop immunity to
disease. - ANSWER ✔✔- Vaccines
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Vaccines use very small amounts of __________________ to help a child's
immune system recognize and learn to fight serious diseases. - ANSWER ✔✔-
antigens
____________________ are parts of germs that cause the body's immune system
to go to work. - ANSWER ✔✔- antigens
What are the 4 ingredients in vaccines? - ANSWER ✔✔- Adjuvants, Stabilizers,
Formaldehyde, Thimerosal
____________________ help boost the body's response to vaccine. - ANSWER
✔✔- Adjuvants
___________________ help keep vaccine effective after manufactured -
ANSWER ✔✔- Stabilizers
__________________________ is used to prevent contamination by bacteria
during the vaccine manufacturing process. Resides in body naturally - ANSWER
✔✔- Formaldehyde
__________________ is also used during the manufacturing process but is no
longer an ingredient in any vaccine except multi-dose vials of the flu vaccine. -
ANSWER ✔✔- Thimerosol
What is the FDA? - ANSWER ✔✔- Federal Drug Administration
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If a parent chooses not to vaccinate their children, what are some of their
responsibilities? - ANSWER ✔✔- inform their child's school, Notify doctor and
nurses wherever you go, isolate their child during disease outbreak, Look up
diseases in country's they travel to
What does the Varicella vaccine protect against? - ANSWER ✔✔- Chickenpox
What does the DTaP vaccine protect against? - ANSWER ✔✔- Diphtheria,
tetanus, pertussis
What does the Hib vaccine protect against? - ANSWER ✔✔- Haemophilus
influenzae type b.
What does the Hep A vaccine protect you from? - ANSWER ✔✔- Hepatitis A
What does the Hep B Vaccine protect you from? - ANSWER ✔✔- Hepatitis B
What does the flu vaccine protect against? - ANSWER ✔✔- Influenza
What does the MMR vaccine protect against? - ANSWER ✔✔- measles, mumps,
rubella
What does the IPV vaccine protect against? - ANSWER ✔✔- Polio
What does PCV-13 protect against? - ANSWER ✔✔- pneumococcus which causes
pneumococcal pneumonia
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What does the RV vaccine prevent? - ANSWER ✔✔- rotavirus
Before a vaccine is ever given to people, the ___________________ oversees
extensive lab testing of the vaccine that can take several years to make sure it is
safe and effective. - ANSWER ✔✔- FDA
