1. Eating only dairy products and boneless cuts of beef is a good way to reduce your risk of getting mad cow disease.

True
False

2. People infected with mad cow disease suffer from which of the following symptoms?

a. Vertigo
b. Blurred vision
c. Dementia
d. All of the above
e. None of the above

3. Health officials have found that the human form of mad cow disease, called variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD), only afflicts the very old.

True
False

4. Mad cow disease was believed to have spread to other species by what means?

a. Bacteria found in grain
b. Birds carrying the virus
c. Diseased animal parts used in cattle feed
d. All of the above

5. Your greatest risk of getting mad cow disease is through eating which of the following?

a. Liver
b. Cow brains
c. Beef ribs
d. Cheese

6. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the risk of acquiring the human form of mad cow disease is low. How many servings of beef would you have to eat to risk getting the disease?

a. 1 million
b. 100 million
c. 1 billion
d. 10 billion