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MCB 2004
MICROBIOLOGY
SAMPLE 2 FOR TEST #4
R. H. REEVES
THERE ARE SEVENTY-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 AT THE
END OF THE TEST PACKET.
1.
THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS
A.
STAPHYLOCOCCI & STREPTOCOCCI
B.
STAPHYLOCOCCI & ESCHERICHIA
C.
NEISSERIA & PSEUDOMONAS
D.
ESCHERICHIA & NEISSERIA
E.
STREPTOCOCCI & NEISSERIA
2.
SURVEILLANCE OF NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL IS
CARRIED OUT BY
A.
THE CDC
B.
THE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
C.
BOTH OF THE ABOVE
D.
NEITHER OF THE ABOVE
3.
THE BACTERIA THAT COMMONLY CONTAMINATE FLORIDA SHELLFISH
A.
CAUSE INFECTIOUS MENINGITIS
B.
CAUSE GASTROINTERITIS AND SEPTICEMIA
C.
BOTH OF THE ABOVE
D.
NEITHER OF THE ABOVE
4.
THIS
A.
B.
C.
D.
5.
THE POL GENE REGION OF THE RETROVIRUSES CODES FOR THREE ENZYMES,
TWO OF WHICH ARE
A.
REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE AND SUCRASE
B.
PROTEASE AND LIPASE
C.
THYMIDINE KINASE AND PROTEASE
D.
INTEGRASE AND REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE
HIV-1 ENZYME IS AFFECTED BY ANTI-RETROVIRAL DRUGS
REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE
RIBONUCLEASE-H
BOTH OF THE ABOVE
NEITHER OF THE ABOVE
E.
PROTEASE AND LIPASE
6.
PRION ANIMAL DISEASES INCLUDE
A.
CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE
B.
MAD COW DISEASE
C.
SCRAPIE
D.
MINK ENCEPHALOPATHY
E.
ALL OF THE ABOVE
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FINAL EXAM
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7.
THIS
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
HUMAN DISEASE IS NOT A PRION DISEASE
GERSTMANN STRAUSSLER SCHEINKER SYNDROME
KURU
vCJD
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
FATAL FAMILIAL INSOMNIA
8.
THE AIDS VIRUS, HIV-1, IS IN THE RETROVIRUS GENUS
A.
ONCORNAVIRUS
B.
SPUMAVIRUS
C.
RNA TUMOR VIRUS
D.
LENTIVIRUS
E.
AVIAN SARCOMA VIRUS
KEY FOR QUESTIONS 9-12. THERE IS ONLY ONE CORRECT ANSWER BUT EACH
KEY WORD MAY BE USED MORE THAN ONCE (OR NOT AT ALL).
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
VIBRIO SPECIES
STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS
PSEUDOMONAS SPECIES
SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM
ESCHERICHIA COLI
_____9.
OFTEN CONTAMINATES EGGS AND CAUSES GASTROENTERITIS
_____10.
CAUSES SPOILAGE OF A VARIETY OF FRESH FOODS (FRUITS,
VEGETABLES, MEATS, FISH & EGGS)
_____11.
CERTAIN STRAINS COMMONLY CAUSE TRAVELERS’ DIARRHEA
_____12.
MAY CAUSE SEPTICEMIA FROM EATING RAW OYSTERS
13.
THE ORGANISM MOST LIKELY TO SPOIL HOME-CANNED VEGETABLES
A.
ESCHERICHIA COLI
B.
CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS
C.
PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA
D.
STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS
E.
CANDIDA ALBICANS
14.
STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS IS A COMMON CONTAMINANT OF
A.
MILK PRODUCTS
B.
MEATS
C.
BOTH OF THE ABOVE
D.
NEITHER OF THE ABOVE