ICAR AICE-JRF/SRF One Health, Antimicrobial Resistance & Global Health: practice questions

1 · Quadripartite governance: FAO, UNEP, WHO and WOAH · medium

Which is NOT one of the six action tracks of the One Health Joint Plan of Action (2022-2026)?

1. Integrating the environment into One Health
2. Strengthening assessment, management and communication of food safety risks
3. Curbing the silent pandemic of antimicrobial resistance
4. Harmonising veterinary degree curricula across member countries

2 · Quadripartite governance: FAO, UNEP, WHO and WOAH · medium

Under the WTO SPS Agreement, which three bodies are named as the reference international standard-setters?

1. WOAH, WHO and the International Organization for Standardization
2. Codex Alimentarius, the World Bank and the International Atomic Energy Agency
3. Codex Alimentarius, WOAH and the International Plant Protection Convention
4. WHO, FAO and UNEP acting through the One Health Joint Plan of Action

3 · AMR surveillance · hard

A country has 2 million pigs with a standard weight at treatment of 65 kg and 10 million broilers with a standard weight of 1 kg. What is the total population correction unit for these two categories?

1. 12,000 tonnes
2. 1,400,000 tonnes
3. 140,000 tonnes
4. 130,000 tonnes

4 · AMR surveillance · medium

Which national programme, begun in 1995, is regarded as the first fully integrated AMR monitoring programme covering animals, food and humans?

1. JVARM in Japan
2. CIPARS in Canada
3. DANMAP in Denmark
4. NARMS in the United States

5 · AMR surveillance · easy

The total collection of antimicrobial resistance genes in a habitat such as soil or sewage is called its:

1. Resistome
2. Virome
3. Genome
4. Microbiome

6 · Antimicrobial stewardship · medium

Which UK report of 1969 first recommended that antibiotics used in human medicine should not be used as growth promoters in animals?

1. The Brambell Report
2. The Brundtland Report
3. The O'Neill Review
4. The Swann Report

7 · The UN Sustainable Development Goals · medium

SDG indicator 3.d.2 measures antimicrobial resistance using bloodstream infections due to which organisms?

1. Methicillin-resistant S. aureus and E. coli resistant to third-generation cephalosporins
2. Colistin-resistant Salmonella and fluoroquinolone-resistant Campylobacter from meat
3. Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and drug-resistant malaria parasites in children
4. Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella and vancomycin-resistant enterococci from urine

8 · The UN Sustainable Development Goals · medium

Why is SDG 5 (gender equality) relevant to animal health programmes in many low-income countries?

1. Livestock diseases affect only female animals, so sex-specific targets apply
2. Women manage much of the poultry and small stock, so programmes must reach them
3. Women are legally barred from owning livestock under the SDG framework
4. SDG 5 requires all national veterinary services to be headed by women by the year 2030

9 · One Health in national policy · medium

Which feature is most essential for a national action plan on AMR to be credible?

1. Costed multisectoral activities with named leads and an M&E framework
2. A list of banned drugs copied from a neighbouring country's regulations
3. A plan limited to human hospitals, with animals addressed in a later plan
4. A single national awareness week each year, run without any budget or indicators

10 · One Health in national policy · medium

Under Codex, which four steps make up risk assessment for a foodborne hazard?

1. Hazard analysis, critical control points, monitoring and verification
2. Entry assessment, exposure assessment, consequence assessment and risk estimation
3. Risk assessment, risk management, risk communication and risk audit
4. Hazard identification, hazard characterisation, exposure assessment and risk characterisation