- 1. What was the unemployment rate in the U.S. in April 2020?
A) 14.7 percent
B) 10 percent
C) 32.9 percent
D) 4.8 percent
- 2. By what percentage did the U.S. economy contract from January through March 2020?
A) 4.8 percent
B) 32.9 percent
C) 10 percent
D) 14.7 percent
- 3. What was the estimated annualized GDP drop in the second quarter of 2020?
A) 60 percent
B) 32.9 percent
C) 4.8 percent
D) 14.7 percent
- 4. According to the Aspen Institute, how many people were at risk for eviction by the end of 2020?
A) 55 million
B) 10–20 million
C) 30–40 million
D) 3–7 million
- 5. What percentage of U.S. businesses that closed during the pandemic were projected by Yelp to stay shut permanently?
A) Forty percent
B) Sixty percent
C) Twenty-five percent
D) Ten percent
- 6. How many reports of racism against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders did Stop AAPI Hate receive in the first year?
A) 3,795
B) 2,400
C) 4,200
D) 5,000
- 7. Which group was reported by CNN in May 2020 to have the highest rate of infection in the U.S.?
A) Navajo Nation
B) African Americans
C) Asian Americans
D) Hispanic Americans
- 8. How many students were affected by school closures by April 2020?
A) More than 55 million
B) More than 30 million
C) More than 10 million
D) More than 100 million
- 9. What was the total number of Americans federally charged with pandemic fraud as of 2025?
A) 3,795
B) 10,000
C) More than 4200
D) 2,400
- 10. By how many years did the life expectancy of a Hispanic American decrease between 2019 and 2020?
A) 1.2 years
B) 2.9 years
C) Five years
D) Three years
- 11. Which specific fraud case involved nearly $250 million in USDA child nutrition funds?
A) Stop AAPI Hate
B) Feeding Our Future
C) The COVID Tracking Project
D) The CARES Act
- 12. What percentage of American restaurants did OpenTable estimate would close permanently in May 2020?
A) 10 percent
B) 25 percent
C) 40 percent
D) 60 percent
- 13. According to the CDC in June 2021, which group had the highest rates of hospitalizations and deaths?
A) White non-Hispanic
B) American Indian or Alaska Native
C) Asian American
D) Hispanic
- 14. What is the estimated range of total healthcare costs for treating the epidemic in the U.S.?
A) $500 billion to $1 trillion
B) $100 million to $500 million
C) $34 billion to $251 billion
D) $1 billion to $10 billion
- 15. When did the Biden administration renew the public health emergency?
A) April 10, 2023
B) May 11, 2023
C) February 23, 2023
D) January 11, 2023
- 16. Which specific subvariants were associated with the winter 2023 surge?
A) Beta
B) Delta
C) Omicron
D) Alpha
- 17. When were emergency SNAP allotments scheduled to end for most remaining states?
A) After the February distribution
B) After the April distribution
C) After the January distribution
D) After the March distribution
- 18. What was the amount of the additional monthly SNAP benefit being ended?
A) $200
B) $125
C) $50
D) $95
- 19. Which state ended emergency food grants after the January distribution?
A) Texas
B) Tennessee
C) California
D) South Carolina
- 20. When did President Biden announce that the COVID-19 emergency declarations would end?
A) May 11, 2023
B) January 31, 2023
C) April 10, 2023
D) March 11, 2023
- 21. What was the effective end date for the public health emergency announced by Biden?
A) February 23, 2023
B) January 31, 2023
C) April 10, 2023
D) May 11, 2023
- 22. What replaced the emergency SNAP benefit program in the congressional decision?
A) A universal basic income supplement
B) Increased food pantry funding
C) A permanent summer program for school meals
D) A state-funded tax credit
- 23. On what date was the national emergency officially terminated by a signed resolution?
A) April 10, 2023
B) September 25, 2023
C) January 11, 2023
D) May 11, 2023
- 24. Which institution briefly reinstated a mask mandate in the summer/fall of 2023?
A) The FDA
B) The White House
C) Lionsgate
D) The USDA
- 25. Which college reinstated temperature checks and restricted large events?
A) South Carolina State
B) Morris Brown College
C) Texas A&M
D) Harvard University
- 26. In which states did school districts suspend in-person learning due to high positivity rates?
A) Ohio and Indiana
B) Florida and Georgia
C) California and New York
D) Texas and Tennessee
- 27. Who stated that the test stockpile had been replenished?
A) Joe Biden
B) Xavier Becerra
C) The FDA Commissioner
D) The USDA Secretary
- 28. Why might some of the tests delivered in September 2023 show expired dates?
A) The tests were sent by mistake
B) The labels were misprinted during production
C) The FDA had extended the expiration dates
D) They were part of the 2021 stockpile
- 29. According to the text, which regions showed increased wastewater cases in August 2023?
A) Pacific and Southeast
B) West and Northeast
C) Northwest and Southwest
D) South and Midwest
- 30. What percentage rise in hospitalizations was reported in the first two weeks of August 2023?
A) 50%
B) 10%
C) 24%
D) 33%
- 31. By May 27, 2020, how many Americans had died with COVID-19?
A) 100,000
B) 200,000
C) 50,000
D) 300,000
- 32. On July 6, 2020, what did the U.S. Department of State announce regarding the World Health Organization?
A) Withdrawal from the WHO
B) Increased funding for the WHO
C) Hosting the WHO headquarters
D) A new partnership with the WHO
- 33. What new metric for disease severity did the CDC adopt on July 10, 2020?
A) Recovery Growth Index (RGI)
B) Infection Spread Rate (ISR)
C) Total Hospitalization Percentage (THP)
D) Infection Fatality Ratio (IFR)
- 34. Approximately how many people attended the 80th Sturgis Motorcycle Rally?
A) Over 50,000
B) Over 100,000
C) Over 400,000
D) Over 1 million
- 35. What milestone did the U.S. reach on September 22, 2020, according to Johns Hopkins University?
A) 300,000 deaths
B) 100,000 deaths
C) 500,000 deaths
D) 200,000 deaths
- 36. By December 8, 2020, what ratio of Americans had tested positive for COVID-19?
A) One out of every 22
B) One out of every 10
C) One out of every 50
D) One out of every 100
- 37. Where was the first case of the Alpha variant reported in the U.S. on December 29, 2020?
A) California
B) New York
C) Florida
D) Colorado
- 38. Who declared a public health emergency in the United States on January 31, 2020?
A) Mike Pence
B) Anthony Fauci
C) Alex Azar
D) Donald Trump
- 39. On what date did President Donald Trump declare a national emergency?
A) March 6, 2020
B) January 31, 2020
C) February 25, 2020
D) March 13, 2020
- 40. Which variant was first detected in the United Kingdom and began rising in the U.S. in March 2021?
A) Alpha
B) Beta
C) Omicron
D) Delta
- 41. What percentage of Americans were estimated to have had COVID-19 at least once by the end of 2022?
A) 77.5%
B) 95%
C) 50%
D) 85%
- 42. What was the third-leading cause of death in the U.S. in 2020?
A) Respiratory failure
B) Heart disease
C) COVID-19
D) Cancer
- 43. Where did the earliest confirmed American death from COVID-19 occur?
A) Los Angeles, California
B) Santa Clara County, California
C) Wuhan, China
D) New York City, New York
- 44. Who chaired the White House Coronavirus Task Force after taking over from Alex Azar?
A) Rand Paul
B) Mike Pence
C) Anthony Fauci
D) Donald Trump
- 45. How many confirmed cases of the Alpha variant did the CDC announce on January 6, 2021?
A) 100
B) 25
C) 10
D) 52
- 46. By March 5, 2021, how many states (including D.C. and Puerto Rico) had detected COVID-19 variants?
A) 40
B) 47
C) 50
D) 35
- 47. What was the estimated percentage of the U.S. population infected with the virus as of March 2021, according to the CDC?
A) 25%
B) 50%
C) 35%
D) 10%
- 48. Who was the CDC director that warned of a new rise in cases during the spring of 2021?
A) Joe Biden
B) Tom Frieden
C) Rochelle Walensky
D) Anthony Fauci
- 49. The CDC's May 13 mask guidance did not remove the federal mandate for which setting?
A) Restaurants
B) Retail stores
C) Public transportation
D) Outdoor parks
- 50. On what date did the U.S. pass 600,000 total COVID-19 deaths?
A) July 4
B) August 1
C) June 15
D) May 6
- 51. Which variant was responsible for the rise in COVID-19 cases starting in June 2021?
A) Gamma variant
B) Beta variant
C) Delta variant
D) Alpha variant
- 52. According to the text, how much did the Delta variant increase the risk of hospitalization for the unvaccinated?
A) Doubled the risk
B) Increased it by 10 percent
C) Tripled the risk
D) Increased it by 50 percent
- 53. What proportion of the total U.S. population lived in the eight states that accounted for half of the national hospitalizations by mid-August?
A) One-third
B) One-half
C) One-fifth
D) One-quarter
- 54. Which historical pandemic is compared to the U.S. death toll of 675,000 in the text?
A) The 1968 Hong Kong flu
B) The H1N1 swine flu
C) The 1957 Asian flu
D) The 1918 Spanish flu
- 55. As of February 1, 2022, how much higher were U.S. fatality rates compared to other large wealthy countries?
A) 63%
B) 80%
C) 25%
D) 45%
- 56. What was cited as a major reason for the higher U.S. fatality rates compared to other wealthy nations in early 2022?
A) Political instability
B) Limited hospital space
C) Lower vaccination rates
D) Lack of ventilators
- 57. Why was the emergency aid package removed from the spending bill in March 2022?
A) Republicans blocked new pandemic spending
B) Democrats refused to support the bill
C) The funding was no longer needed
D) The Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional
- 58. Which judge ended the federal transportation mask mandate on April 18, 2022?
A) Kathryn Kimball Mizelle
B) Joe Biden
C) An unnamed CDC official
D) Sarah Henderson
- 59. How many state-level mask requirements remained in force as of July 14, 2022?
A) None
B) 21
C) 50
D) 5
- 60. On what television program did President Biden declare the pandemic was 'over'?
A) CNN News
B) 60 Minutes
C) NBC Nightly News
D) The Morning Show
- 61. Which racial/ethnic group had the highest reported booster intake at 19%?
A) White, non-Hispanic people
B) Hispanic people
C) Black people
D) Non-Hispanic American Indians
- 62. Who stated that there was enough community protection to avoid a repeat of the previous year's surge?
A) Columbia University scientists
B) Fauci
C) The CDC
D) The WHO
- 63. What percentage of new U.S. cases did the XBB.1.5 variant represent at the end of 2022?
A) About 7%
B) About 41%
C) About 15%
D) About 19%
- 64. How effective were U.S.-authorized bivalent mRNA boosters for those who had already received 2 to 4 monovalent shots?
A) Provided significant additional protection against symptomatic SARS-CoV-2
B) Provided no additional protection
C) Were less effective than the original vaccines
D) Only protected against death, not symptoms
- 65. Which city attempted to reinstate a mask mandate for city employees on January 5, 2024?
A) Boston
B) Saint Louis
C) Chicago
D) San Francisco
- 66. Who pressured Saint Louis to cancel its mask mandate in January 2024?
A) The President of the United States
B) Missouri's Republican governor
C) The CDC Director
D) The Mayor of New York City
- 67. Who announced the removal of the COVID-19 vaccine from the recommended immunization schedule?
A) The CDC Director
B) Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
C) The Surgeon General
D) Anthony Fauci
- 68. By mid-March 2020, what percentage of Democrats viewed COVID-19 as a real threat?
A) 40%
B) 70%
C) 72%
D) 76%
- 69. Which entity was cited as the most trusted source of information about the outbreak?
A) WHO
B) CDC
C) News media
D) Trump
- 70. What percentage of people in a May 2020 poll felt the federal government was doing a poor job stopping the spread of COVID-19?
A) 46%
B) 58%
C) 57%
D) 54%
- 71. What did Donald Trump call mail-in voting?
A) Modern
B) Corrupt
C) Unnecessary
D) Efficient
- 72. How had Donald Trump voted in the last Florida primary preceding his comments on mail-in voting?
A) By mail
B) By proxy
C) He did not vote
D) In person
- 73. According to the text, how did mail-in voter fraud compare to in-person voter fraud?
A) Mail-in fraud was slightly higher
B) They were exactly the same
C) In-person fraud was significantly higher
D) There was zero evidence of fraud in either
- 74. What is one way the text suggests mail-in voting can be made more secure?
A) Providing free drop-off locations
B) Requiring a witness signature for every ballot
C) Using only electronic voting machines
D) Limiting the voting period to one day
- 75. What was the result of some states failing to agree on changes to voting procedures?
A) Direct federal intervention
B) Lawsuits
C) Immediate cancellation of elections
D) A transition to mandatory internet voting
- 76. According to the text, how common are instances of mail-in and in-person voter fraud?
A) Mail-in fraud is very common
B) In-person fraud is very common
C) Both are rare
D) Both are common
- 77. How many doses are required for the initial vaccination protocol of two of the three COVID-19 vaccines used in the U.S.?
A) Three
B) Two
C) Four
D) One
- 78. Which government entity allows private companies to mandate vaccines for their employees?
A) Department of Labor
B) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
C) Federal Trade Commission
D) U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- 79. Which of the following companies issued employee vaccine mandates as mentioned in the text?
A) United Airlines
B) Amazon
C) Microsoft
D) Apple
- 80. According to the August 2021 USA Today poll, what percentage of people supported a business's right to refuse service to unvaccinated customers?
A) 62%
B) 50%
C) 72%
D) 68%
- 81. What percentage of people in the August 2021 USA Today poll felt that mandating masks was a matter of health and safety?
A) 68%
B) 62%
C) 80%
D) 72%
- 82. On February 17, 2022, which state governor announced a formal shift toward endemic management of COVID-19?
A) Ron DeSantis
B) Andrew Cuomo
C) Gavin Newsom
D) Joe Biden
- 83. Who stated on September 18, 2022, that the pandemic stage of COVID-19 was over in the United States?
A) Gavin Newsom
B) Joseph Wendelken
C) Anthony Fauci
D) Joe Biden
- 84. What kind of medication did the White House action plan aim to provide for free to high-risk patients?
A) Antibiotics
B) Steroids
C) Painkillers
D) Antiviral medication
- 85. Which of these companies was mentioned as having issued a vaccine mandate due to the Delta variant?
A) Tyson Foods
B) United Airlines
C) Walmart
D) Salesforce
- 86. Which index ranked the United States as the most prepared nation in 2020?
A) CDC Global Capability Index
B) Global Health Security Index
C) International Pandemic Preparedness Assessment
D) World Health Organization Index
- 87. When did the Trump administration terminate the PREDICT program?
A) September 2019
B) April 2020
C) September 2009
D) January 2020
- 88. In what year was the PREDICT program initiated?
A) 2019
B) 1999
C) 2009
D) 2000
- 89. Which laboratory identified the virus that causes COVID-19 and was trained by the PREDICT program?
A) Beijing institute
B) CDC lab
C) National Institutes of Health lab
D) Wuhan lab
- 90. How many countries were ranked in the Global Health Security Index mentioned in the text?
A) 195
B) 100
C) 200
D) 150
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