NURS 5334 ANTIMICROBIALS
CERTIFICATION REVIEW 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
●● How do Beta-lactam antibiotics work?
Answer: Weaken the cell wall causing bacteria to take up excessive
amounts of water and rupture
●● Other than penicillins what are the 6 other antibiotics that contain a
Beta lactam ring in their structure?
Answer: Cephalosporins
Carbapenems
Aztreonams
Imipenems
Meropenems
Ertrapenem
Hint: cephalosporin and the -penems
●● Which penicillin is recommended for kids but is often dismissed to
to it's bad taste?
Answer: Penicillin V
,●● Oxacillin/Nafcillin/Dicloxacillin are ____ resistant Penicillins.
Answer: Penicillinase
●● Oxacillin/Nafcillin/Dicloxacillin can be used to fight against which
two gram positive bacteria?
Answer: Staph Aureus and Staph Epidermis
●● What is the result of rapidly administering Penicillin G?
Answer: Hyperkalemia
●● Why type of antibiotic is given if the patient has an allergy to
penicillins, but is avoided if patient has experienced penicillin induced
anaphylaxis?
Answer: Cephalosporins
●● Which three antibiotics are effective and safe alternatives for patients
with a penicillin allergy?
Answer: Vancomycin
Erythromycin
Clindamycin
, ●● What are the two Broad Spectrum Penicillins that has the same
antimicrobial spectrum as Penicillin G plus increased activity against H.
Influenzae, E. Coli, Salmonella, and Shigella species?
Answer: Ampicillin and Amoxicillin
●● What is the two main adverse effects of Ampicillin?
Answer: Rash and Diarrhea
●● What microbes are Piperacillin effective against? (4)
Answer: Pseudomonas aeriginosa
Enterobacter
Bacterides Fragilis
Klebsiella
●● Cephalasporins are Beta-lactamse, True or False?
Answer: True
●● Which generation of cephalosporins have the most narrow spectrum
and typically attack Gran Positive Bacteria?
Answer: First generation
●● Bactericidal drugs are directly lethal to bacteria at achievable
concentrations, True or False?
CERTIFICATION REVIEW 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
●● How do Beta-lactam antibiotics work?
Answer: Weaken the cell wall causing bacteria to take up excessive
amounts of water and rupture
●● Other than penicillins what are the 6 other antibiotics that contain a
Beta lactam ring in their structure?
Answer: Cephalosporins
Carbapenems
Aztreonams
Imipenems
Meropenems
Ertrapenem
Hint: cephalosporin and the -penems
●● Which penicillin is recommended for kids but is often dismissed to
to it's bad taste?
Answer: Penicillin V
,●● Oxacillin/Nafcillin/Dicloxacillin are ____ resistant Penicillins.
Answer: Penicillinase
●● Oxacillin/Nafcillin/Dicloxacillin can be used to fight against which
two gram positive bacteria?
Answer: Staph Aureus and Staph Epidermis
●● What is the result of rapidly administering Penicillin G?
Answer: Hyperkalemia
●● Why type of antibiotic is given if the patient has an allergy to
penicillins, but is avoided if patient has experienced penicillin induced
anaphylaxis?
Answer: Cephalosporins
●● Which three antibiotics are effective and safe alternatives for patients
with a penicillin allergy?
Answer: Vancomycin
Erythromycin
Clindamycin
, ●● What are the two Broad Spectrum Penicillins that has the same
antimicrobial spectrum as Penicillin G plus increased activity against H.
Influenzae, E. Coli, Salmonella, and Shigella species?
Answer: Ampicillin and Amoxicillin
●● What is the two main adverse effects of Ampicillin?
Answer: Rash and Diarrhea
●● What microbes are Piperacillin effective against? (4)
Answer: Pseudomonas aeriginosa
Enterobacter
Bacterides Fragilis
Klebsiella
●● Cephalasporins are Beta-lactamse, True or False?
Answer: True
●● Which generation of cephalosporins have the most narrow spectrum
and typically attack Gran Positive Bacteria?
Answer: First generation
●● Bactericidal drugs are directly lethal to bacteria at achievable
concentrations, True or False?
