Control (PACOP red & green) correctly
answered to pass
1. The sudden unexpected occurrence of a disease in a given population:
A. Outbreak
B. Zoonotic
C. Endemic
D. Sporadic - correct answer ✔✔A. Outbreak
2. The first drug available for HIV:
A. ZDV (Zidovudine)
B. RMP
C. TMP
D. CMC - correct answer ✔✔A. ZDV
3. A causative agent of peptic ulcer:
A. Escherichia coli
B. Bordetella pertussi
C. Shigella dysenteriae
D. Helicobater pylori - correct answer ✔✔D. Helicobater pylori
4. An immediate hypersensitivity reaction following exposure of a sensitized individual to the
appropriate antigen:
A. Hay fever
B. Anaphylaxis
C. Asthma
,D. Desensitization - correct answer ✔✔B. Anaphylaxis
5. Lesions in the oral cavity caused by measles virus are known as:
A. Koplik spot
B. Peyer's patches
C. Rose spots
D. Rashes - correct answer ✔✔A. Koplik spot
6. Rod-shaped bacteria curved to form commas are known as:
A. Bacillli
B. Cocci
C. Spiral
D. Vibrios - correct answer ✔✔D. Vibrios
7. A thin proteinaceous appendage necessary for bacterial conjugation:
A. Cilium
B. Trichome
C. Flagellum
D. Pilus - correct answer ✔✔D. Pilus
8. Most of the official drugs containing calcium and zinc are assayed by:
A. EDTA method
B. Gravimetry
C. Nonaqueous titrimetry
D. Acidimetry - correct answer ✔✔A. EDTA method
9. Which of the following substances is assayed by residual alkalimetric analysis?
A. Aspirin
B. NaOH
,C. HCl
D. Zn oxide - correct answer ✔✔A. Aspirin
10. The internationally recommended strategy for the control of tuberculosis is DOTS, which stands for:
A. Directly Observed Short-Term Strategy
B. Directly Observed Treatment Short Course
C. Directly Observable Therapy Short Course
D. Directly Observable Standard Treatment
E. Duration of Observed Treatment Short Course - correct answer ✔✔B. Directly Observed Treatment
Short Course
11. Classification of diphtheria toxin
A. Neurotoxin
B. Cytotoxin
C. Enterotoxin
D. Endotoxin
E. Oxytoxin - correct answer ✔✔B. Cytotoxin
12. The five components of DOTS are the following, except:
A. Sustained financial and political commitment
B. Diagnosis by quality-ensured sputum smear microscopy
C. Standardized short course anti-TB drugs given to patients as supervised by treatment partners
D. Regular uninterrupted supply of quality anti-TB drugs
E. Supervision by DOH - correct answer ✔✔E. Supervision by DOH
13. Antibody that is produced first in response to a primary infection
A. IgG
B. IgA
C. IgM
, D. IgD
E. IgE - correct answer ✔✔C. IgM
14. Antibody present in breastmilk
A. IgG
B. IgA
C. IgM
D. IgD
E. IgE - correct answer ✔✔B. IgA
15. A confirmatory test for HIV infection
A. ELISA
B. Southern blot technique
C. Western blot technique
D. Immunophoresis
E. Immunofluorescence - correct answer ✔✔C. Western blot technique
16. Viruses that infect E. coli
A. Lytic
B. Lysogenic
C. DNA phages
D. Coliphages
E. Coliforms - correct answer ✔✔D. Coliphages
17. Acceptable glassware to be used to deliver an exact volume of a certain standard solution to be used
for titration:
A. Beaker
B. Buret
C. Granulated cylinder