GMS 6540 TEST PAPER 2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔what is the main reason that treatment for mycoplasma infection involves many
drugs taken simultaneously? - ✔✔to prevent resistance
✔✔which bacterial cell function is most directly inhibited by rifampin? - ✔✔transcription
✔✔would isoniazid increase or decrease the activity of drug metabolizing enzymes
toward other drugs? - ✔✔decrease
✔✔in general, do we have more drug options for treating aerobic or anaerobic bacterial
infections? - ✔✔aerobic
✔✔what part of the bacterial life cycle is most strongly inhibited by ciprofloxacin? -
✔✔replication
✔✔how does chloramphenicol cause gray baby syndrome? - ✔✔is clears slower in
babies than adults
✔✔if a pt w/ an s. aureus infection is allergic to PCNs, what is an alternative? -
✔✔Clindamycin
✔✔which antibiotic may exert its effects inside of human cells? - ✔✔doxycycline
✔✔which macrolide would be expected to have better patient compliance when taken
orally? - ✔✔azithromycin
✔✔which drug is active against gram (+) bacteria and mycoplasma? - ✔✔tetracycline
✔✔hearing loss as a side effects is most common w/ which drug? - ✔✔gentamycin
✔✔w/ which drug would an aminoglycoside be synergistic? - ✔✔PCN
✔✔which of the following is an aminoglycoside? - ✔✔gentamycin
✔✔does amphoteric B increase or decrease the amount of diffusion that happens
across a fungal cell membrane? - ✔✔increase
✔✔what type of biological molecule does caspofungin bond to? - ✔✔protein
✔✔which of the following antifungals is available OTC to treat athlete's foot? -
✔✔terbinafine
, ✔✔which drug is only used to thrush? - ✔✔nystatin
✔✔what tyoe of molecule is the ultimate target of flagyl? - ✔✔DNA
✔✔what type of molecule is the ultimate target of chloroquine? - ✔✔protein
✔✔which drug is a natural product that can be isolated from the bark of a tree? -
✔✔quinine
✔✔which drug can be used to treat both bacterial infections and malaria? -
✔✔doxycycline
✔✔which drug is useful in treating the latent form of plasmodium ovale infections? -
✔✔primaquine
✔✔what drug attacks the nervous system of ascaris? - ✔✔pyrantel
✔✔does mebendazole increase or decrease the number of microtubules in the cells of
a parasite - ✔✔decrease
✔✔aquatic snails are hosts for what human parasite? - ✔✔schistosomes
✔✔would tamiflu be expected to increase or decrease the number of competent viral
particles present in infected cells? - ✔✔increase
✔✔would acyclovir increase or decrease number of viral particles present in infected
cells? - ✔✔decrease
✔✔which drug is likely yo be prescribed for chicken pox? - ✔✔acyclovir
✔✔zidovudine is chemically most similar to which physiological nucleoside? - ✔✔T
✔✔What type of inhibitor is nevirapine towards reverse transcriptase? - ✔✔allosteric
✔✔which drug is most likely to cause changes in adipose distribution in pts? -
✔✔atazanavir
✔✔a pt undergoing HIV treatment will likely receive a min. of how many drugs? - ✔✔3
✔✔which type of immune cell is responsible for long-term immunity? - ✔✔memory cells
✔✔which is the only vaccine that can cause an infection? - ✔✔live attenuated
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔what is the main reason that treatment for mycoplasma infection involves many
drugs taken simultaneously? - ✔✔to prevent resistance
✔✔which bacterial cell function is most directly inhibited by rifampin? - ✔✔transcription
✔✔would isoniazid increase or decrease the activity of drug metabolizing enzymes
toward other drugs? - ✔✔decrease
✔✔in general, do we have more drug options for treating aerobic or anaerobic bacterial
infections? - ✔✔aerobic
✔✔what part of the bacterial life cycle is most strongly inhibited by ciprofloxacin? -
✔✔replication
✔✔how does chloramphenicol cause gray baby syndrome? - ✔✔is clears slower in
babies than adults
✔✔if a pt w/ an s. aureus infection is allergic to PCNs, what is an alternative? -
✔✔Clindamycin
✔✔which antibiotic may exert its effects inside of human cells? - ✔✔doxycycline
✔✔which macrolide would be expected to have better patient compliance when taken
orally? - ✔✔azithromycin
✔✔which drug is active against gram (+) bacteria and mycoplasma? - ✔✔tetracycline
✔✔hearing loss as a side effects is most common w/ which drug? - ✔✔gentamycin
✔✔w/ which drug would an aminoglycoside be synergistic? - ✔✔PCN
✔✔which of the following is an aminoglycoside? - ✔✔gentamycin
✔✔does amphoteric B increase or decrease the amount of diffusion that happens
across a fungal cell membrane? - ✔✔increase
✔✔what type of biological molecule does caspofungin bond to? - ✔✔protein
✔✔which of the following antifungals is available OTC to treat athlete's foot? -
✔✔terbinafine
, ✔✔which drug is only used to thrush? - ✔✔nystatin
✔✔what tyoe of molecule is the ultimate target of flagyl? - ✔✔DNA
✔✔what type of molecule is the ultimate target of chloroquine? - ✔✔protein
✔✔which drug is a natural product that can be isolated from the bark of a tree? -
✔✔quinine
✔✔which drug can be used to treat both bacterial infections and malaria? -
✔✔doxycycline
✔✔which drug is useful in treating the latent form of plasmodium ovale infections? -
✔✔primaquine
✔✔what drug attacks the nervous system of ascaris? - ✔✔pyrantel
✔✔does mebendazole increase or decrease the number of microtubules in the cells of
a parasite - ✔✔decrease
✔✔aquatic snails are hosts for what human parasite? - ✔✔schistosomes
✔✔would tamiflu be expected to increase or decrease the number of competent viral
particles present in infected cells? - ✔✔increase
✔✔would acyclovir increase or decrease number of viral particles present in infected
cells? - ✔✔decrease
✔✔which drug is likely yo be prescribed for chicken pox? - ✔✔acyclovir
✔✔zidovudine is chemically most similar to which physiological nucleoside? - ✔✔T
✔✔What type of inhibitor is nevirapine towards reverse transcriptase? - ✔✔allosteric
✔✔which drug is most likely to cause changes in adipose distribution in pts? -
✔✔atazanavir
✔✔a pt undergoing HIV treatment will likely receive a min. of how many drugs? - ✔✔3
✔✔which type of immune cell is responsible for long-term immunity? - ✔✔memory cells
✔✔which is the only vaccine that can cause an infection? - ✔✔live attenuated
