Module 2

Question 1

Threat risk

Answer 1

• Risk = asset + threat + vulnerability

Question 2

Probability and impact (+)

Answer 2

• High P + grave = 9 / + very serious = 8 / + injurious = 6
• Medium P + grave = 7/ + very serious = 5 / + injurious = 3
• Low P + grave = 4 / + very serious = 2 / + injurious = 1

Question 3

Threat level assessment

Answer 3

• Threat + capability + history
• Yes to all = critical
• No to history = high
• No to history + capability = medium
• No to all = low

Question 4

PHAC risk groups

Answer 4

• 1 = unlikely, low community/individual risk
• 2 = mild-moderate, unlikely hazard to healthcare
• 3 = serious human/livestock/poultry/wildlife disease, high individual/community risk, serious economic consequences (not increased transmission)
• 4 = very serious human/livestock/poultry/wildlife, fatal

Question 5

CDC categories

Answer 5

• A = highest risk, special action, anthrax/botulism/plague/smallpox/tularemia
• B = moderately easy to disseminate, moderate morbidity, low mortality, brucella/salmonella/clostridium/ricin/typhus
• C = emerging pathogens, Nipah/influenza/SARS/ rabies