Microbiology Exam 3 Practice
Questions With Complete Solutions
The most common sexually transmitted disease in the US is:
A. Herpes
B. Syphilis
C. Condyloma
D. Chlamydiae infections
E. Gonorrhoea infections - ANSWER D
An enzyme of Staphylococcus aureus that convents fibrinogen into insoluble fibirn is:
A. Lipase
B. Coagulase
C. Staphylokinase
D. Hemolycin
E. Hyaluronidase - ANSWER B
Extra-intestinal disease, especially the production of a serious fever, may follow intestinal
infection with:
A. Vibrio cholerae
,B. Salmonella typhi
C. Shigella dysenteriae
D. Clostridium botulinum
E. Staphylococcus aureus - ANSWER B
On blood agar, Streptococcus pyogenes causes which type of hemolysis?
A. Delta hemolysis
B. Alpha hemolysis
C. Gamma hemolysis
D.Beta hemolysis
E. No hemolysis - ANSWER D
S. pyogenes has:
A. capsule
B. M protein
C. Teichoic acid
D. All of these - ANSWER D
,Food poisoning due to which organism is most likely to cause a flaccid muscle paralysis:
A. Staphylococcus aureus
B. Clostridium perfringens
C. Clostridium botulinum
D. Bacillus anthracis
E. Bacillus cereus - ANSWER C
(think Botox!)
Pneumococcal pneumonia is often treated successfully by using penicillin. Penicillin inhibits the
growth of the pneumococcus by preventing the synthesis of:
A. Capsule
B. Common pili
C. Cell wall
D. Cell membrane
E. Flagella - ANSWER C
, Which of the following may be complications associated with infections of Neisseria
gonorrhoeae?
A. Pelvic inflammatory disease
B. Infections of the skin
C. Infections of the joints that may lead to arthritis
D. Disseminated gonococcal infection
E. All of these - ANSWER E
Chlamydia can cause eye disease
True
False - ANSWER True
Which of the following diseases is (are) caused by Enterobacteriaceae?
A. urinary tract infection
B. enteric fever
C. septicemia
Questions With Complete Solutions
The most common sexually transmitted disease in the US is:
A. Herpes
B. Syphilis
C. Condyloma
D. Chlamydiae infections
E. Gonorrhoea infections - ANSWER D
An enzyme of Staphylococcus aureus that convents fibrinogen into insoluble fibirn is:
A. Lipase
B. Coagulase
C. Staphylokinase
D. Hemolycin
E. Hyaluronidase - ANSWER B
Extra-intestinal disease, especially the production of a serious fever, may follow intestinal
infection with:
A. Vibrio cholerae
,B. Salmonella typhi
C. Shigella dysenteriae
D. Clostridium botulinum
E. Staphylococcus aureus - ANSWER B
On blood agar, Streptococcus pyogenes causes which type of hemolysis?
A. Delta hemolysis
B. Alpha hemolysis
C. Gamma hemolysis
D.Beta hemolysis
E. No hemolysis - ANSWER D
S. pyogenes has:
A. capsule
B. M protein
C. Teichoic acid
D. All of these - ANSWER D
,Food poisoning due to which organism is most likely to cause a flaccid muscle paralysis:
A. Staphylococcus aureus
B. Clostridium perfringens
C. Clostridium botulinum
D. Bacillus anthracis
E. Bacillus cereus - ANSWER C
(think Botox!)
Pneumococcal pneumonia is often treated successfully by using penicillin. Penicillin inhibits the
growth of the pneumococcus by preventing the synthesis of:
A. Capsule
B. Common pili
C. Cell wall
D. Cell membrane
E. Flagella - ANSWER C
, Which of the following may be complications associated with infections of Neisseria
gonorrhoeae?
A. Pelvic inflammatory disease
B. Infections of the skin
C. Infections of the joints that may lead to arthritis
D. Disseminated gonococcal infection
E. All of these - ANSWER E
Chlamydia can cause eye disease
True
False - ANSWER True
Which of the following diseases is (are) caused by Enterobacteriaceae?
A. urinary tract infection
B. enteric fever
C. septicemia
