Funeral Compend Microbiology
Monilia is used synonymously with
Candida
Oral and vaginal thrush are caused by
Candida albicans
What disease is caused by the Varicella virus?
Chickenpox
Endospore formation is characteristic of the members of the genus
Clostridium
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 case of any infectious disease produces an immunity to that disease.
FALSE
All cases of pneumonia are caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae.
FALSE
An antibody is a substance which when introduced into the body causes the body to produce antigens.
FALSE
Antibacterial serums neutralize exotoxins.
FALSE
Bacteria and their products are the only substances that stimulate the body cells of the host to produce antibodies.
FALSE
Direct contact is the most common mode of transmission for enteric infections.
FALSE
Fungus diseases called dermatomycoses are usually systemic and fatal to the host.
FALSE
Gonorrhea may be transmitted by contaminated fomites.
FALSE
Gonorrhea may be transmitted through the placenta to the unborn child.
FALSE
Opsonins are substances in the blood that dissolve bacteria.
FALSE
The etiological agents for the disease tuberculosis are capable of forming endospores.
FALSE
The organism causing athlete's good is a yeast.
FALSE
Toxoids are used for the treatment of infectious diseases.
FALSE
Variola is another name for chickenpox.
FALSE
Viral nucleic acid is composed of both RNA and DNA.
FALSE
Viruses whose characteristic lesions appear on the skin are known as pneumotropic viruses.
FALSE
Yeasts possess both sexual and asexual means for reproduction.
FALSE
Which of the following is classified as pneumotropic?
Influenza
Which of the following is classified as a venereal disease?
Lymphogranuloma venereum
Which disease is NOT dermatrophic?
Mumps
Those microorganisms that do not normally invade the body of the host to produce disease are
Normal flora
Which of the following is caused by Chlamydia?
Psittacosis
The causative agent of typhus fever is a
Rickettsia
German measles are more commonly known as
Rubella
What organism causes the condition of lobar pneumonia?
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Agglutinins are specific types of antibodies.
TRUE
All members of the genus Clostridium are capable of forming endospores.
TRUE
An immunity resulting from the transmission of antibodies through the placenta is a form of natural immunity.
TRUE
Infectious mononucleosis is a disease caused by a virus.
TRUE
Intermittent chills and fever are apparent in malaria.
TRUE
Naturally acquired active immunity is established by having had a case of the disease.
TRUE
Normal human blood contains agglutinins.
TRUE
Poliomyelitis is caused by a neurotropic virus.
TRUE
Puerperal fever is an infection that occurs only in females.
TRUE
Susceptibility is the reverse of immunity.
TRUE
The disease epidemic meningitis is caused by a member of the same genus as the causative agent for the disease gonorrhea.
TRUE
The important phagocytic cells contained in the blood are leucocytes, particularly the neutrophils.
TRUE
Young infants show a passive immunity to such diseases as measles, chickenpox and diphtheria due to a transfer of immune bodies from the blood of the mother to the unborn child through the placenta.
TRUE
Which of the following is NOT a factor influencing the occurrence of an infection?
The gram stain reaction of the microbe
Which of the following is NOT applicable to viruses?
They are autotrophic organisms
Which of the following is NOT a factor in the action of a chemical disinfectant?
Time of day
A person who harbors a pathogenic microbe but does not exhibit any symptoms of the disease which it is known to cause is
a carrier
A relationship between two organisms in which one is detrimental to the other is
antagonistic
An association of two organisms that is detrimental to one is
antibiosis
Bacteria which prefer inorganic material as their source of nutrition are called
autotrophic
Free-flowing steam is about equal to
boiling
Many bacteria possess a thick colorless gelatinous outer covering called a
capsule
The structure providing a bacterial cell with rigidity and outlining the shape of the cell is the
cell wall
A term that may be used to describe the presence of true pathogens on inanimate objects is
contamination
The organisms responsible for the infection epidemic meningitis exit from the host by means of
droplet spray
A communicable disease which is constantly present to a greater or lesser degree within a community is termed
endemic
A communicable disease that attacks a large number of persons in a community at about the same time is termed
epidemic
A bacteria that grows and reproduces best in the presence of oxygen, but can also grow and reproduce in its absence, is a
facultative anaerobe
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
In the name Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the first name is
genus
The most widely applicable and effective sterilizing agent is
heat
Racial immunity is an example of
innate immunity
Molds are
multicellular
Silver nitrate prophylaxis was once used for the control of
ophthalmia neonatorum.
An inflammation of the middle ear caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae is
ottis media
Diplococci appear
pairs
Inflammation is primarily a
physiological body defense
Congenital disease transmission occurs through the
placenta
The respiratory tract is the primary portal of entry for all of the following virus diseases except
rabies
A communicable disease that occurs in a community only as an occasional case is termed
sporadic
The destruction of all microorganisms and their products is termed
sterilization
The causative agent of a disease modified in such a manner that it will no longer cause the disease but will still promote the production of antibodies is a(an)
vaccine
Vaccination with cowpox virus will produce an immunity to
variola
A bacterium which has a high degree of pathogenicity is said to be very
virulent
Those eucaryotic, true fungi that reproduce by budding are called
yeasts
Which organisms are known as the "true fungi"?
yeasts
