CDC Quiz

CDC Quiz Questions

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(This quiz is about Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.)

1. When was Communicable Diseases Center founded?
a) 28 March 1942
b) 9 April 1948
c) 1 July 1946
d) 24 December 1952

2. Which disease did CDC control in the beginning?
a) Malaria
b) Diphtheria
c) Typhoid
d) Pneumonia

3. How much did CDC pay to Emory University for a land on Clifton Road in DeKalb County?
a) $1
b) $10
c) $50
d) $100

4. When did U. S. Public Health Service transfer Venereal Disease Division to CDC?
a) 1972
b) 1964
c) 1953
d) 1957

5. When did National Communicable Diseases Center become Center for Disease Control?
a) 26 January 1968
b) 24 June 1970
c) 28 September 1992
d) 11 November 1974

6. When was William Herbert Foege Director of CDC?
a) 1960-1962
b) 1993-1998
c) 1977-1983
d) 1962-1966

7. When did Center for Disease Control become Centers for Disease Control?
a) 8 February 1971
b) 12 May 1984
c) 16 August 1978
d) 14 October 1980

8. Where did CDC send biological warfare agents in 1984-1989?
a) Iraq
b) Vietnam
c) South Korea
d) Lebanon

9. When did Centers for Disease Control become Centers for Disease Control and Prevention?
a) 28 January 1989
b) 12 June 1998
c) 14 September 2002
d) 27 October 1992

10. Who took over as Director of CDC on 8 June 2009?
a) Thomas Frieden
b) Jeffrey Koplan
c) David Sencer
d) James Goddard

CDC Quiz Questions with Answers

This 1992 photograph shows three former directors of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who were present during the 46th anniversary of the CDC. Seated (left to right) were former directors Dr. Robert J. Anderson (1956–1960), Dr. James L. Goddard (1962–1966), and Dr. David J. Sencer (1966–1977). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

1. When was Communicable Diseases Center founded?
c) 1 July 1946

2. Which disease did CDC control in the beginning?
a) Malaria

3. How much did CDC pay to Emory University for a land on Clifton Road in DeKalb County?
b) $10

4. When did U. S. Public Health Service transfer Venereal Disease Division to CDC?
d) 1957

5. When did National Communicable Diseases Center become Center for Disease Control?
b) 24 June 1970

6. When was William Herbert Foege Director of CDC?
c) 1977-1983

7. When did Center for Disease Control become Centers for Disease Control?
d) 14 October 1980

8. Where did CDC send biological warfare agents in 1984-1989?
a) Iraq

9. When did Centers for Disease Control become Centers for Disease Control and Prevention?
d) 27 October 1992

10. Who took over as Director of CDC on 8 June 2009?
a) Thomas Frieden

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