MICROBIOLOGY & PUBLIC HEALTH (GREEN
PACOP)
1.The sudden unexpected occurrence of a disease in a given population:
A) Outbreak
B) Zoonotic
C) Endemic
D) Sporadic: A) Outbreak
2.A causative agent of peptic ulcer:
A) Escherichia coli
B) Bordetella pertussi
C) Shigella dysenteriae
D) Helicobacter pylori: D) Helicobacter pylori
3.The "four o'clock habit" promoted by the Department of Health is
designed to prevent the spread of:
A) Dengue fever
B) Tuberculosis
C) Malnutrition
D) Malaria: A) Dengue fever
4.The first drug available for HIV:
A) ZDU
B) RMP
C) TMP
D) CMC: A) ZDU
5.An immediate hypersensitivity reaction following exposure of a
sensitized individual to the appropriate antigen:
A) Hay fever
B) Anaphylaxis
C) Asthma
D) Desensitization: B) Anaphylaxis
6.A thin proteinaceous appendage necessary for bacterial conjugation:
A) Cilium
B) Trichome
C) Flagellum
D) Pilus: D) Pilus
7.The use of nitrite as preservative for food is discouraged because:
A) It can discolor the meat
B) It can react with amines to form carcinogenic nitrosamines
C) It decomposed to nitric acid which can react with heme pigments D) It is
not readily available: B) It can react with amines to form carcinogenic
nitrosamines
8.The disinfectant of choice for municipal water supplies:
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A) Lysol
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B) Chlorine
C) Ozone
D) Reverse osmosis: B) Chlorine
9.An object that is able to harbor and transmit microorganisms: A) Mite
B) Fomite
C) Arthropod
D) Vector: B) Fomite
10.Administration of a toxoid confers:
A) Naturally acquired active immunity
B) Naturally acquired passive immunity
C) Artificially acquired active immunity
D) Artificially acquired passive immunity: C) Artificially acquired active
immunity
11.An index that measures the number of individuals who have become ill
because of a specific disease within a susceptible population during a
specific period:
A) Morbidity rate
B) Prevalence rate
C) Mortality rate
D) All of the above: A) Morbidity rate
12.The effectiveness of a disinfectant is influenced by:
A) Population size C) Concentration of the disinfectant
B) Duration of exposure D) All of the above: D) All of the above
13.Lesions in the oral cavity caused by measles virus are known as: A)
Koplik spot
B) Peyer's pathches
C) Rose spots
D) Rashes: A) Koplik spot
14.Anaerobic bacteria that derive energy by converting formates,
acetates and other compounds to methane:
A) Microaerophilic
B) Metanochromic
C) Methanogenic
D) Cyanobactreria: C) Methanogenic
15.Artificially acquired passive immunity is developed after vaccination with
A) Attenuated microorganism C) Toxoids
B) Immunoglobulin preparations D) Cyanobacteria: B) Immunoglobulin
prepara- tions
16.Nosocomial infections are:
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A) Infections developed while the patient is in the hospital
PACOP)
1.The sudden unexpected occurrence of a disease in a given population:
A) Outbreak
B) Zoonotic
C) Endemic
D) Sporadic: A) Outbreak
2.A causative agent of peptic ulcer:
A) Escherichia coli
B) Bordetella pertussi
C) Shigella dysenteriae
D) Helicobacter pylori: D) Helicobacter pylori
3.The "four o'clock habit" promoted by the Department of Health is
designed to prevent the spread of:
A) Dengue fever
B) Tuberculosis
C) Malnutrition
D) Malaria: A) Dengue fever
4.The first drug available for HIV:
A) ZDU
B) RMP
C) TMP
D) CMC: A) ZDU
5.An immediate hypersensitivity reaction following exposure of a
sensitized individual to the appropriate antigen:
A) Hay fever
B) Anaphylaxis
C) Asthma
D) Desensitization: B) Anaphylaxis
6.A thin proteinaceous appendage necessary for bacterial conjugation:
A) Cilium
B) Trichome
C) Flagellum
D) Pilus: D) Pilus
7.The use of nitrite as preservative for food is discouraged because:
A) It can discolor the meat
B) It can react with amines to form carcinogenic nitrosamines
C) It decomposed to nitric acid which can react with heme pigments D) It is
not readily available: B) It can react with amines to form carcinogenic
nitrosamines
8.The disinfectant of choice for municipal water supplies:
, MICROBIOLOGY & PUBLIC HEALTH (GREEN
PACOP)
A) Lysol
, MICROBIOLOGY & PUBLIC HEALTH (GREEN
PACOP)
B) Chlorine
C) Ozone
D) Reverse osmosis: B) Chlorine
9.An object that is able to harbor and transmit microorganisms: A) Mite
B) Fomite
C) Arthropod
D) Vector: B) Fomite
10.Administration of a toxoid confers:
A) Naturally acquired active immunity
B) Naturally acquired passive immunity
C) Artificially acquired active immunity
D) Artificially acquired passive immunity: C) Artificially acquired active
immunity
11.An index that measures the number of individuals who have become ill
because of a specific disease within a susceptible population during a
specific period:
A) Morbidity rate
B) Prevalence rate
C) Mortality rate
D) All of the above: A) Morbidity rate
12.The effectiveness of a disinfectant is influenced by:
A) Population size C) Concentration of the disinfectant
B) Duration of exposure D) All of the above: D) All of the above
13.Lesions in the oral cavity caused by measles virus are known as: A)
Koplik spot
B) Peyer's pathches
C) Rose spots
D) Rashes: A) Koplik spot
14.Anaerobic bacteria that derive energy by converting formates,
acetates and other compounds to methane:
A) Microaerophilic
B) Metanochromic
C) Methanogenic
D) Cyanobactreria: C) Methanogenic
15.Artificially acquired passive immunity is developed after vaccination with
A) Attenuated microorganism C) Toxoids
B) Immunoglobulin preparations D) Cyanobacteria: B) Immunoglobulin
prepara- tions
16.Nosocomial infections are:
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PACOP)
A) Infections developed while the patient is in the hospital
