Take Our FDA Consumer Quiz

1. What percentage of U.S. adults with cancer participates in clinical trials?

a. less than 3 percent

b. 25 percent

c. 10 percent

d. 50 percent

2. About how many cancer vaccines are being studied in advanced clinical trials?

a. none

b. 5

c. 12

d. 25

3. How long have researchers been working to develop a cancer vaccine?

a. for the last 5 years

b. for the last 10 years

c. for the last 50 years

d. for the last 100 years

4. Psoriasis most often strikes people between the ages of:

a. 6 and 10

b. 15 and 35

c. 35 and 55

d. 55 and 70

5. How many new cases of psoriasis are diagnosed each year in the United States?

a. nearly 10 million

b. between 150,000 and 260,000

c. 1 million

d. 500,000

6. A health complication that occurs in about 15 percent of people with psoriasis is:

a. arthritis

b. asthma

c. glaucoma

d. lupus

7. How many people in the United States got sick from drinking unpasteurized milk or eating cheese from unpasteurized milk in the years 2001 and 2002?

a. nearly 70

b. about 100

c. 300

d. nearly 500

8. Breast implants were first marketed in:

a. the 1940s

b. the 1950s

c. the 1960s

d. the 1970s

9. Medicinal leeches are raised in:

a. swamps

b. controlled basins and laboratories in certified facilities

c. lakes and rivers

d. special mud

10. According to the FDA, buying prescription drugs online from unknown foreign sources is:

a. safe in some cases

b. risky business

c. safe in all cases

d. a good way to save money on prescription drugs

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6 to 8 points: Not too bad. You can skip cleaning the chalkboard erasers today.
5 points and below: Oops! Stay after school and reread the appropriate chapters.

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