Week 10 Webinar Quiz: SCI 251 /
SCI251 (Latest )
Microbiology | Questions & Answers
100% Correct - Nightingale
Question:
A patient cleans an old barn with bird droppings and inhales fungal spores
but does not become ill.
Which criterion for respiratory infection was not met?
a) Ability to remain viable while airborne
b) Ability to enter by inhalation
c) Inhalation of an infectious dose
d) Presence of susceptible respiratory tissue
Answer:
Inhalation of an infectious dose
, Question:
A patient develops a secondary bacterial respiratory infection after a viral
cold damages the mucosal lining.
Which explanation accounts for this change?
a) Viral damage changes bacteria into fungi
b) Viral damage enables opportunistic infection
c) Viral damage prevents bacterial attachment
d) Viral damage removes airway microorganisms
Answer:
Viral damage enables opportunistic infection
Question:
A patient develops fever, cough, difficulty breathing, and chest pain after
exposure to a hot, dry environment with dusty soil. Microscopy confirms
Coccidioides species.
Which treatment approach is appropriate?
a) Antiviral drug therapy
b) Corticosteroid drug therapy
c) Antifungal drug therapy
d) Broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy
Answer:
Antifungal drug therapy
SCI251 (Latest )
Microbiology | Questions & Answers
100% Correct - Nightingale
Question:
A patient cleans an old barn with bird droppings and inhales fungal spores
but does not become ill.
Which criterion for respiratory infection was not met?
a) Ability to remain viable while airborne
b) Ability to enter by inhalation
c) Inhalation of an infectious dose
d) Presence of susceptible respiratory tissue
Answer:
Inhalation of an infectious dose
, Question:
A patient develops a secondary bacterial respiratory infection after a viral
cold damages the mucosal lining.
Which explanation accounts for this change?
a) Viral damage changes bacteria into fungi
b) Viral damage enables opportunistic infection
c) Viral damage prevents bacterial attachment
d) Viral damage removes airway microorganisms
Answer:
Viral damage enables opportunistic infection
Question:
A patient develops fever, cough, difficulty breathing, and chest pain after
exposure to a hot, dry environment with dusty soil. Microscopy confirms
Coccidioides species.
Which treatment approach is appropriate?
a) Antiviral drug therapy
b) Corticosteroid drug therapy
c) Antifungal drug therapy
d) Broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy
Answer:
Antifungal drug therapy
