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MCQs in Microbiology 1
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MCQs in Microbiology 1
Question 1 - Single Best Answer
Annie is obviously in need of psychological counseling which you understand that both she and her mother
are getting. The MOST worrisome physical problem(s) she could be suffering from is/are Bugs Database
A) malnutrition
B) cancers of the female genitalia
C) infectious diseases, including AIDS
D) pregnancy
E) both C and D
Question 2 - Single Best Answer
What are three of the four major groups of pathogens that can cause infectious diseases? Bugs Database
A) E. coli, Salmonella, and AIDS
B) prokaryotes, metakaryotes, and eukaryotes
C) viruses, bacteria, and fungi
D) protozoa, worms, and bacteria
E) symbionts, commensals, and parasites
Question 3 - Single Best Answer
Pathogens can be either prokaryotes or eukaryotes. Which are viruses? Bugs Database
A) prokaryotes
B) eukaryotes
C) neither
Question 4 - Single Best Answer
Which of the following are prokaryotes? Bugs Database
A) plasmodia
B) herpes
C) people
D) Neisseria
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E) more than one of the above
Question 5 - Best 2 Answers
Why is it important to know which microbes are prokaryotes and which are eukaryotes? Bugs Database
A) most antibiotics are directed against the prokaryotes
B) eukaryotes cause much more serious disease
C) there are no vaccines for diseases caused by prokaryotes
D) viruses that are human pathogens only replicate in eukaryotic cells
E) it is not important to know
Question 6 - Single Best Answer
What is the major difference between prokaryotes and eukaryotes? Bugs Database
A) only eukaryotes have peptidoglycan
B) viruses only replicate in prokaryotes
C) only prokaryotes have mitochondria
D) only eukaryotes have a cell membrane
E) only eukaryotes have a nuclear membrane
Getting back to Annie, you note that she looks much older than her age, is somewhat tired and drawn, but
looks in reasonably good health. A pelvic exam reveals erythema of the vulvar area and a discharge with the
consistency of cottage cheese. She tells you it is also somewhat uncomfortable to urinate. When you ask her
about her menstrual periods, she says she has not had a period in about three months .
Question 7 - Single Best Answer
Which of the four major groups of pathogens could be causing Annie's presenting problem (vaginal discharge
with itching and pain when urinating)? Bugs Database
A) bacteria
B) virus
C) parasite
D) fungus
E) any or all of the above
Question 8 - Single Best Answer
Which of the following specific agents is the most likely to produce the very thick discharge you have seen?
Bugs Database
A) Trichomonas vaginalis
B) Gardnerella vaginalis
C) Candida albicans
D) Neisseria gonorrhoea
E) Chlamydia trachomatis
Question 9 - Single Best Answer
What implements would you need to diagnose her problem? Bugs Database
A) microscope
B) x-ray machine
C) CAT scanner
D) agar plates and an incubator
E) none -- you can tell just by looking
Treatment of a sample of the discharge with KOH (potassium hydroxide) reveals no unusual odor. Microscopic
exam of the KOH treated preparation reveals yeast and pseudomycelia. A wet mount does not reveal any
motile organisms. A Gram stain shows PMN's but no intracellular Gram negative diplococci .
Question 10 - Single Best Answer
What in the world are Gram negative diplococci? Bugs Database
A) a part of the endoplasmic reticulum
B) a kind of bacterium with a double layered cell wall
C) what mitochondria in PMN's are sometimes called
D) a rod-shaped bacterium
E) a protozoan parasite that stays in mating pairs, microbial love-bugs
Question 11 - Single Best Answer
The exam of Annie's discharge with the microscope confirms a diagnosis of____ Bugs Database
A) Trichomonas vaginalis
B) Gardnerella vaginalis
C) Candida albicans
D) Neisseria gonorrhoea
E) Chlamydia trachomatis
Question 12 - Single Best Answer
What are some things that can increase the likelihood of a disease-producing Candida infection? Bugs
Database
A) AIDS
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B) antibiotic treatment
C) sex with a partner who is infected
D) two of the above
E) all of the above
Question 13 - Single Best Answer
Her Candida is an endogenous infection. But pathogens can be passed from person to person (horizontal
transmission) in a variety of ways. Besides the most popular way (sexual) what are some other routes of
horizontal transmission? Bugs Database
A) transplacental transmission
B) respiratory
C) ingestion
D) through a break in the skin
E) more than one of the above
Question 14 - Single Best Answer
What are some other tests that you would order for Annie? Bugs Database
A) VDRL
B) HIV
C) fluorescent antibody assay for chlamydia
D) A and C above
E) all of the above
Question 15 - Single Best Answer
You think that an HIV test is very important because vaginal candidiasis is one of the signs of AIDS unique to
women. What is another? Bugs Database
A) increased outbreaks of Herpes lesions
B) invasive cervical cancer
C) tuberculosis
D) cryptosporidiosis
E) gonorrhea
Question 16 - Single Best Answer
Would you recommend a pregnancy test? Bugs Database
A) definitely
B) only if her mother says its o.k .
C) only if Annie wants one
Annie took the pregnancy test. It was positive. She refused the HIV test .
Question 17 - Single Best Answer
How does one screen for the presence of HIV? Bugs Database
A) count CD4 cells
B) look for antibody to the virus with the Elisa test
C) look for the lesions of Kaposi's sarcoma
D) look for antibody with a Western blot
E) all of the above
Question 18 - Single Best Answer
Does the fact that Annie is pregnant change your concern that she have an HIV test? Bugs Database
A) yes
B) no
Question 19 - Single Best Answer
If the HIV test is positive, could you discuss the possibility of an abortion? Bugs Database
A) yes
B) no
Question 20 - Single Best Answer
If the HIV test is positive and she wanted to have the baby, how would you treat her? Bugs Database
A) acyclovir
B) AZT
C) thymidine kinase
D) methotrexate
E) rifampicin
Question 21 - Single Best Answer
What is the causative agent of AIDS? Bugs Database
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A) a double-stranded DNA virus
B) a virus that contains two strands of RNA
C) a virus with circular RNA
D) a helical virus
E) it is not caused by a microbe, its just a response to a life style
Question 1 - Single Best Answer
What does the fact that the donor had a fever MOST LIKELY indicate
He had an infection .
He had a viral infection .
He was going to die
He had a pulmonary embolism
All of the above
Question 2 - Single Best Answer
What region of the body is responsible for temperature regulation
kidney
liver
hypothalamus
blood brain barrier
Question 3 - Single Best Answer
What are three of the four major groups of pathogens that usually cause infectious diseases? Bugs Database
symbionts, commensals, parasites
measles, mumps, and Herpes
prokaryotes, metakaryotes, and eukaryotes
viruses, bacteria, and fungi
protozoa, worms, and bacteria
Staphylococcus, influenza, and AIDS, and malaria
In spite of all these leading questions about infections and fever, it was determined that Mr. X's fever did not
indicate an underlying cause for his death and donor eligibility screening and testing did not reveal any
contraindications to transplantation. The patient's family agreed to organ donation. Lungs, kidneys, and liver
were therefore recovered. The liver and kidneys were transplanted into three recipients on May 4 at a
transplant center in Texas. The liver recipient was a man with end-stage liver disease. He did well immediately
after transplantation and was discharged home on postoperative day 5. Twenty-one days after transplant, the
patient was readmitted with tremors, lethargy, and anorexia. The patient's neurologic status deteriorated
rapidly during the next 24 hours and he became febrile; he required intubation and critical care support. A
lumbar puncture indicated a mild lymphocytic pleocytosis (25 white blood cells/mm3) and a mildly elevated
protein .
Question 4 - Single Best Answer
In general, what can one tell about an infection from a change in numbers of white cells
Whether there is one or not
Whether the cause is viral or bacterial
Both of the above are true
This man's spinal fluid profile indicates a possible viral infection. (Had he had a bacterial meningitis there
would have been PMN's in his spinal fluid.) His neurologic status continued to deteriorate. Six days after
admission, an MRI indicated diffuse encephalitis. The patient subsequently died .
Question 5 - Single Best Answer
Was the man's death a likely failure of his liver transplant
Yes
No
Question 6 - Single Best Answer
Was his death likely due to infection of the wound
Yes
No
Question 7 - Single Best Answer
Could he have become infected with a virus directly from the transplanted organ
Yes
No
We know so far that all three patients that received organs from Mr. X died of a probable virus infection (see
response to correct answer of previous question). Now we would like to know the exact cause .
Question 8 - Single Best Answer
Why is it important to diagnose a disease
Prognosis
Treatment
Epidemiology
all of the above
Now, before talking about exact causes we need to think a little bit about how viruses are classified .
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Question 9 - Single Best Answer
What are two major STRUCTURAL groups of viruses
viruses with no protein coat, just plain nucleic acid, and viruses with coats
viruses with lipid coats and viruses with protein coats
protein viruses and nucleic acid viruses
naked viruses and enveloped viruses
Question 10 - Single Best Answer
What are the two major GENETIC distinctions of viruses
cellular or acellular
DNA or RNA
mRNA or tRNA
ribosomes or no ribosomes
Question 11 - Single Best Answer
How many groups of viruses, BASED ON THEIR REPLICATION SCHEMES, are there