D.E.A.D - Microbiology
Which of those listed below are obligate intreacellular parasites? Chlamydia Rickettsia Viruses
All of them
Which of the following is true of a carrier? May have had the disease that is being carried May have had the disease and recovered Exhibits no symptoms of the disease
All of these
An association of two organisms that is detrimental to one is:
Antibiosis
Which of the following substances is most specific in antimicrobial action? Antibiotics Antibodies Antigens Antiseptics
Antibodies
The serum derived from an animal that has been immunized to an infectious disease and is used to confer immunity to others. including humans, is called:
Antiserum
Ultraviolet rays of sunlight:
Are bacteriacidal
The type of immunity that results from the inoculation of a toxoid is:
Artificially acquired active
The type of acquired immunity that results from the inoculation of immune serum is called:
Artificially acquired passive
Self digestion of tissue by enzymes of their own formation is called:
Autolysis
Endospore formation is characteristic of:
Bacillus anthracis
What is a condition in which bacteria are found in the blood but not multiplying there?
Bacteremia
What type of condition is produced by the application of an antiseptic?
Bacteriostatic
Bacteria usually reproduce by:
Binary fission
Which of these transmit disease by biting the host? Mechanical fomites Biological fomites Mechanical vectors Biological vectors
Biological vectors
Toxemia, septicemia, and bacteremia are all associated with:
Blood
Monilia is used synonymously with:
Candida
Oral and vaginal thrush are caused by:
Candida albicans
Many bacteria possess a thick colorless gelatinous outer covering called a:
Capsule
Which is the following structures interfere most with phagocytosis? Granules Vacuoles Capsules Flagella
Capsules
Pueperal sepsis is commonly referred to as:
Childbed fever
Lymphogranuloma venereumis cause by a:
Chlamydia
Gas gangrene and tissue gas is caused by:
Clostridium Perfringens
Which of the following organisms is an exotoxin producer? Clostridium tetani Treponema pallidum Staphlococcus aureus Neisseria gonorrheae
Clostridium tetani
Septic sore throat is caused by a:
Coccus
Which of these is primarily bacteriostatic in its action? Steam under pressure Cold Free-flowing steam Dry heat
Cold
A visible mass of bacterial growth resulting from the reproduction of a single cell is a:
Colony
Attenuation affects a pathogen by:
Decreasing virulance
What type of viral disease would cause lesions of the skin?
Dermatropic
The most common mode of transmission for tuberculosis is:
Droplet
Which of the following is a mode of direct disease transmission?
Droplet Spray
Normal flora bacteria will cause which of the following types of infection?
Endogenous
What are poisonous substances produced by bacteria and released only when the bacterial cells die and disintegrate?
Endotoxins
A communicable disease that attacks a large number of persons in a community at about the same time is termed:
Epidemic
Those bacteria that prefer to live in the presence of free oxygen but can live in its absence arc called:
Facultative Anaerobes
The process of passing a liquid through a material with pores so small that bacteria cannot pass through is:
Filtration
the structures that produce mobility for bacteria cells are the:
Flagella
Histoplasmosis and coccidiodomycosis are caused by:
Fungi
An agent which destroys yeasts and molds is termed a/an:
Fungicide
In the name Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the first name is the:
Genus
With what disease is rubella identified?
German measles
Which of the following is NOT a fungal infection? Aspergillosis Coccidioidomycosis Candida Giardiasis
Giardiasis
Which of the following diseases is caused by contact with blood serum? Hepatitis type B Smallpox Hepatitis type A Mumps
Hepatitis type B
Which of the following would most likely transmit typhoid fever as a mechanical vector? Louse Housefly Tick Mosquito
Housefly
Which of the following enzymes is often referred to as "the spreading factor"? Coagulase Hyaluronidase Hemolysin Ptyalin
Hyaluronidase
What control process is used to destroy something of no value?
Incineration
Infections caused by members of the genus Salmonella are primarily transmitted by:
Ingestion
Which of the following is mechanical body defense? Intact skin Circulating antibody Cilia Stomach acid; pH = 1
Intact skin
Viruses have been found to be capable of infecting:
Man, animals, and insects
The reduction of surface tension is significant in the disinfection process because it allows for the:
Maximum contact with surfaces being disinfected
The highest temperature at which growth for a species will take place is the:
Maximum temperature
The lowest temperature at which growth for a species will take place is the:
Minimum temperature
The portal of entry of Salmonella typhi is:
Mouth
Molds are:
Multicellular
A viral disease primarily of man is:
Mumps
Which disease is NOT dermatrophic? Mumps Fever blisters Shingles Rubella
Mumps
Which organism is acid fast positive? Neisseria Mycobacterium Corynebacterium Salmonella
Mycobacterium
Which of the following organisms has a high lipid content of the cell wall? Treponema pallidum Mycobacterium tuberculosis Neisseria gonorrhea Francisella tularensis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
The causative organism in primary atypical pneumonia is:
Mycoplasma
The type of immunity which is the result of placental transfer of antibodies is called:
Naturally acquired passive
Ophthalmia neonatorum is an infection caused by a species of bacteria which is a member of the genus:
Neisseria
A disease not transmitted from one host to another is:
Non-communicable
Those microorganisms that do not normally invade the body of the host to produce disease are:
Normal flora
Silver nitrate prophylaxis was once used for the control of:
Ophthalmia neonatorum
The temperature at which a species of bacteria grows best is:
Optimum temperature
Rickettsia grow only as:
Parasites
The advantage of using heat for the disinfection of materials over other forms of disinfection, like the use of chemicals, is that heat:
Penetrates throughout the materials
The process of ingestion of bacteria by leukocytes is:
Phagocytosis
Which of the chemical agents is described as a coal-tar derivative? Phenol Mercuric chloride Ammonia Formaldehyde
Phenol
Which of the following is used as a standard to measure the efficacy of chemical disinfectants? Formalin Alcohol Bichloride of mercury Phenol
Phenol
Congenital disease transmission occurs through the:
Placenta
What infection occurs in an individual who has no other active infection?
Primary
Bacteria are considered to be:
Procaryotic
Which of the following is caused by a rickettsia? Rabies Tuberculosis Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Poliomyelitis
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Which of the following diseases is not protected against by the MMR vaccine? German measles measles Rocky Mountain Spotted fever Epidemic parotitis
Rocky Mountain Spotted fever
What is an infection of the blood with actual growth and multiplication of pathogens in the blood?
Septicema
A communicable disease that occurs in a community only as an occasional case is termed:
Sporadic
Those spore forming bacteria that currently contain spores are called:
Sporulating
The destruction of all microorganisms and their products is termed:
Sterilization
Which of the following organisms is capable of forming capsules when living as parasites? Neisseria gonorrhea Strepotococcus pneumoniae Mycobacterium tuberculosis Staphylococcus aureus
Strepotococcus pneumoniae
What organism causes the condition of lobar pneumonia?
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Lack of resistance to a specific disease is called:
Susceptibility
The relationship between two organisms in which neither can survive independent of the other is:
Symbiotic
Which of the following is most likely to enter the body through the genitourinary tract? Syphilis Tularemia Bubonic plague Pneumonic plague
Syphilis
What infection occurs as a late complication of another disease and is itself the actual cause of death?
Terminal
Spores are most likely to form when:
The conditions for reproduction are not favorable
Which of these statements is descriptive of spirochetes? They are spiral-shaped microbes which move around a variable axis They are rod-shaped microbes which have no motility They are spiral-shaped microbes which move around a fixed axis They are spherical-shaped microbes which have pseudopodia for mobility
They are spiral-shaped microbes which move around a variable axis
Syphilis is an infection caused by:
Treponema pallidum
Which of these bacteria is the cause of the disease whose first sign of infection is a soft chancre? Neisseria gonorrhoeae Francisella tularensis Treponema pallidum Mycobactreium tuberculosis
Treponema pallidum
Rabbit fever is the common name for the disease:
Tularemia
Mosquitos have been implicated in the transmission of which of the following types of Hepatitis?
Types A and C
A bacterium which has a high degree of pathogenicity is said to be very:
Virulent
The disease known as "Ebola" is caused by which of the following types of organisms?
Virus
Pertussis is a disease that is commonly called:
Whooping cough
Where are spores formed?
Within the cell cytoplasm
Which organism is known as the "true fungi"?
Yeasts
The type of lesion most closely associated with tuberculosis is:
A Tubercle
Ringworm arises from:
A fungal infection
What body cell is known to perform the process of phagocytosis?
A leukocyte
The size of bacteria is measured in a special unit called:
A micrometer
Spore formation in bacteria is characterized as:
A protective device
