FSE 217 Microbiology

Which of the following is true of a carrier?

All of these (May have never had the disease that is being carried, may have had the disease and recovered, or exhibits no symptoms of the disease)

What substances are produced by the body in response to the entry of a foreign substance into the body?

Antibodies

What type of condition is produced by the application of an antiseptic?

Bacteriostatic

Which organism causes the disease known as thrush?

Candida

What infection is one which has a relatively slow onset and long duration?

Chronic

Gas gangrene and tissue gas is caused by

Clostridium perfringens

Which of the following organisms is an exotoxin producer?

Clostridum perfringens

Which of these is primarily bacteriostatic in its action

Cold

Which of the following is at least effective in the destruction of microbes?

Cold temperatures

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

Which of these is a causative agent of dysentery?

Entamoeba histolytica

Dermatomycosis is caused by

Epidermophyton

Those organisms that reproduce by budding are

Fungi

What infection is one in which microorganisms or their products are spread by the blood or lymph throughout the entire body?

General

With what disease is rubella identified?

German measles

Which of the following is classified as pneumotropic?

Influenza

Which of the following substances produced by bacteria will destroy white blood cells?

Leucocidins

Which of the following is classified as a veneral disease?

Lymphogranuloma venereum

Which of these describes the movement of bacteria through a medium?

Motility

Which organism is acid fast positive?

Mycobacterium

Which of the following organisms has a high lipid content of the cell wall?

Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

What type of immunity is based solely on the genus and species of the host?

Natural immunity

Ophthalmia neonatorum is an infection caused by a species of bacteria which is a member of the genus

Neisseria

Which structure contains the material of inheritance?

Nucleic acid

Which of the following is caused by Chlamydia?

Psittacosis

Which of the following does NOT play a part in the transmission of salmonellosis?

Respiratory discharges

Q fever is caused by

Rickettsia

Rocky Mountain spotted fever is caused by

Rickettsia rickettsii.

A bacillus is

Rod shaped bacteria

Which of these microbes is known to produce an endotoxin?

Salmonella typhi

What is the most common mode of transmission for gonorrhea?

Sexual contact

Acne, boils, and pus formation on the skin is most commonly caused by

Staphylococcus aureus

Which of the following organisms is capable of forming capsules when living as parasites?

Streptococcus pneumoniae

The causative agent of the infection called septic sore throat is

Streptococcus pyogenes.

What infection occurs as a late complication of another disease and is itself the actual cause of death?

Terminal

Which part of the body is affected by encephalitis?

The brain

Spores are most likely to form when

The conditions for reproduction are not favorable

Which of these is a characteristic of rickettsia organisms?

They are arthropod-borne

Which of these statements is descriptive of spirochetes?

They are spiral-shaped microbes which move with a twisting axis

Which of the following organisms is the causative agent for a venereal disease?

Treponema pallidum

What term is defined as the degree of the ability of a microoragnism to cause disease?

Virulence

Which of the following organisms requires living cells for growth and reproduction?

Viruses

Where are spores formed?

Within the cell cytoplasm

The first infection that a person has at any given time is

a primary infection

An infection that occurs after another infection us already present is

a secondary infection

A poisonous substance produced by a microorganism is

a toxin

The inhibition of bacterial growth and reproduction without necessarily destroying the organisms is the result of

an antiseptic

A bacterium that produces infection only when specific condition arise is

an opportunistic pathogen

The humoral theory of immunity involves

antibodies

The type of acquired immunity that results from the inoculation of immune serum is called

artificially acquired passive

A bacterium which has had its virulence reduced is said to be

attenuated

An organism that can utilize inorganic matter as food is called

autotrophic

Those bacteria that may be capable of forming spores are called

bacilli

The presence of bacteria in the blood with no noticeable growth or reproduction is

bacteremia

Cocci, bacilli, and spirilla are shapes of

bacteria

Least likely to be a viral disease is

bubonic plague

The structure providing a bacterial cell with rigidity and outlining the shape of the cell is the

cell wall

Puerperal sepsis is commonly referred to as

childbed fever

A term that may be used to describe the presence of true pathogens on inanimate objects is

contamination

An infection which is caused by organisms already present in the body is best described as

endogenous

Which of these is an enzyme that dissolves fibrin?

fibrinolysin

The process of passing a liquid through a material with pores so small that bacteria cannot pass through is

filtration

Which agent destroys yeasts and molds?

fungicide

Ringworm is caused by a

fungus

An abscess located in the deeper layers of the skin is called a(n):

furuncle

A highly developed state of resistance to a specific disease is called

immunity

Diplococci appear

in pairs

The invasion, multiplication and spreading of microorganisms causing harm to the host is

infection

The type of immunity that is inherited is called

innate

Racial immunity is an example of

innate immunity

The bacterial spore is called an endospore because

it is formed within the cell

An infection which remains confined to a particular part of the body is termed

local

The lowest temperature at which growth for a species will take place is the

minimum temperature

An infection that is caused by two or more different organisms is a

mixed infection.

The portal of entry of Salmonella typhi is

mouth

What disease is also known as epidemic parotitis?

mumps

Those microorganisms that do not normally invade the body of the host to produce disease are

normal flora

The material of inheritance is contained within the

nuclear body

Rickettsia grow only as

parasites

Chlamydia psittaci causes

parrot fever

Inflammation is primarily a

physiological body defense

Congenital disease transmission occurs through the

placenta

Yersinia pestis causes

plague

The usual portal of entry for pneumotropic viral diseases is the

respiratory tract

Streptococcus pyogenes is responsible for the infectious disease

rheumatic fever

The term which refers to the multiplication of bacteria in blood is:

septicemia

With what disease is Varicella Zoster identified?

shingles

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 complete removal or destruction of living organisms:

sterilization

Rod-shaped bacteria that form chain-like arrangements are

streptobacilli.

A virus is a

strict parasite

The relationship between two organisms in which neither can survive independent of the other is

symbiotic

Protozoa may be classified as

unicellular

A bacterium which has a high degree of pathogenicity is said to be very

virulent

Those eukaryotic, true fungi that reproduce by budding are called

yeasts

Which organisms are known as the "true fungi"?

yeasts

Which of the following is true of a carrier

(All of these) May have never had the disease that is being carried, May have had the disease and recovered, and exhibits no symptoms of the disease.