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MCB 2004
GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY
TEST #3 - SAMPLE 2
R. H. REEVES
IN THIS SECTION THERE ARE FORTY-FIVE QUESTIONS WORTH TWO POINTS EACH.
THERE IS ONLY ONE CORRECT ANSWER FOR EACH QUESTION.
PLEASE CIRCLE
THE CORRECT LETTER OR PLACE THE CORRECT LETTER JUST TO THE LEFT OF
THE QUESTION NUMBER.
THEN TRANSFER ALL YOUR ANSWERS TO THE ANSWER
SHEET.
KEY FOR QUESTIONS 1-5. EACH QUESTION HAS ONLY ONE ANSWER, BUT EACH
ANSWER MAY BE USED MORE THAN ONCE (OR NOT AT ALL).
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
CHLORAMPHENICOL
PENICILLIN, BENZATHINE
AMANTADINE
TWO DRUGS, ONE OF WHICH IS ISONIAZID (INH)
ACYCLOVIR
_____1.
IT INHIBITS PROTEIN SYNTHESIS
_____2.
THE PRESCRIPTION FOR TUBERCULOSIS
_____3.
ONE INJECTION FOR SYPHILIS
_____4.
ACTIVATED BY A HERPES VIRUS ENZYME
_____5.
THIS DRUG IS USEFUL ONLY AGAINST INFLUENZA A
6.
THIS
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
BACTERIUM MIMICS INFECTIONS BY NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE
NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS
CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS
CHLAMYDIA PSITTACI
TREPONEMA PALLIDUM
HEMOPHILUS DUCREYI
7.
THE LIVER DISEASE LONG ASSOCIATED WITH NEEDLE STICKS IN HEALTH
CARE WORKERS
A.
IS NOW PREVENTABLE BY A VACCINE
B.
IS CAUSED BY HEPATITIS A VIRUS
C.
BOTH OF THE ABOVE
D.
NEITHER OF THE ABOVE
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8.
A TOXIN PRODUCED BY STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS CAUSES
A.
FOOD POISONING
B.
TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME
C.
BOTH OF THE ABOVE
D.
NEITHER OF THE ABOVE
9.
PRIMARY ATYPICAL PNEUMONIA IS CAUSED BY
A.
STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE
B.
STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS
C.
PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA
D.
MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE
E.
RHINOVIRUS
KEY FOR QUESTIONS 10-14. EACH QUESTION HAS ONLY ONE ANSWER, BUT EACH
ANSWER MAY BE USED MORE THAN ONCE (OR NOT AT ALL).
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
TREPONEMA PALLIDUM
STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES
CHLAMYDIA PSITTACI
STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS
BORDETELLA PURTUSSIS
_____10.
CAUSES IMPETIGO
_____11.
CARDIOLIPIN IS USED AS THE ANTIGEN IN SERUM TESTS FOR
ANTIBODY TO THIS AGENT
_____12.
STAGES OF DISEASE ARE CATARRHAL-PAROXYSMAL-CONVALESCENT
_____13.
PRODUCES A TOXIN THAT CAUSES SCARLET FEVER
_____14.
FORMS A SLIME LAYER (GLUCAN) WHEN GROWN ON SUCROSE
15.
THIS
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
VIRUS IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE
HERPES SIMPLEX-2
HEPATITIS B VIRUS
HIV-1
HUMAN CORONAVIRUS
HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS
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KEY FOR QUESTIONS 19-24. THERE IS ONLY ONE CORRECT ANSWER, BUT EACH
ANSWER MAY BE USED MORE THAN ONCE (OR NOT AT ALL).
A.
DIPHTHERIA
B.
PRIMARY TYPICAL PNEUMONIA
C.
GLOMERULONEPHRITIS
D.
GONORRHEA
E.
LYME DISEASE
_____19.
SYMPTOMS INCLUDE A "BULL'S EYE" RASH
_____20.
CHARACTERIZED BY PRODUCTION OF A "PSEUDOMEMBRANE"
_____21.
ASSOCIATED WITH PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE
_____22.
SYMPTOMS OF THIS DISEASE ARE PREVENTED BY A TOXOID
_____23.
CAUSED BY AN ENCAPSULATED GRAM POSITIVE DIPLOCOCCUS
_____24.
THE AGENT OF THIS DISEASE IS A SPIROCHETE
ANSWER ONE OF THE FOLLOWING
THREE QUESTIONS (10 POINTS)
25.
COMPARE THE MODE OF ACTION OF PENICILLIN WITH THAT OF
TETRACYCLINE.
WHICH OF THESE ANTIBIOTICS IS USED FOR ATYPICAL PNEUMONIA?
WHY?
26.
DESCRIBE THE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BEWTEEN TYPICAL AND
ATYPICAL PNEUMONIA. GIVE THE NAMES OF TWO BACTERIA THAT CAUSE
EACH.
27.
FILL IN THE FOLLOWING TABLE AS INDICATED:
DISEASE
PRIMARY ATYPICAL
PNEUMONIA
BACTERIAL
AGENT
TOXIN CAUSES
SYMPTOMS
YES
SCARLET FEVER
POLIOMYELITIS
DIPHTHERIA
YES
YELLOW FEVER
INFLUENZA
NO
PEDIATRIC VACCINE
AVAILABLE