1.What president signed legislation to establish the Marine Hospital Service in 1798?

George Washington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln

 2.How much money was deducted from the wages of seamen to finance the new service?

$5 a month
$1 a month
20 cents a month
$1 a week

 3.In 1862 President Lincoln appointed a chemist to serve in the new Department of Agriculture. This was the beginning of the Bureau of Chemistry, now known as what PHS agency?

Food & Drug Administration
National Institutes of Health
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Office of the Surgeon General

 4.In 1887 the Laboratory of Hygiene was established to research contagious diseases. It later became known as the Hygienic Laboratory and today goes by a different name as what PHS agency?

Food & Drug Adminsitration
National Institutes of Health
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Office of the Surgeon General

 5.In 1875 Dr. John Woodworth was appointed the 1st Surgeon General after a reform act called for central administration of the MHS. Name the 16th Surgeon General who was sworn in on Feb. 13, 1998.

C. Everett Koop
Donna E. Shalala
George Clooney
David Satcher

 6. The Surgeon General wears a uniform because he is a member of the:

Army Medical Corps
Bethesda Naval Hospital Staff
PHS Commissioned Corps
None of the above

 7. "Moderate" physical activity:

amounts to 30 minutes of activity at least five days a week.
can be as simple as walking, washing the car, or working in a garden.
can cut the risk of cardiovascular disease by 50 percent.
all of the above.

 8. How many servings of fruits and vegetables should you eat each day?

2
6
5
3

 9. The addictive substance in tobacco is known as:

nicotine
caffeine
codine
tar

 10. You can be infected with HIV/AIDS from:

injection Drug Use
unprotected sexual activity
a toilet seat
All but "C"