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1. Mumps is caused by the mumps bacterium.
True
False

2. Mumps does not usually cause serious long-term problems, but symptoms, such as severe swelling of the salivary glands under the jaw bone, can be very uncomfortable.
True
False

3. Mumps is spread from person to person through direct contact with saliva, secretions from the respiratory tract, and urine of an infected person.
True
False

4. Mumps is not vaccine-preventable.
True
False

5. The mumps vaccine is administered as part of the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine series to children beginning at 12 to 15 months and again at 4 to 6 years of age or 11 to 12 years of age.
True
False

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