AAMI MICROBIOLOGY FINAL PAPER
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ The portal of entry of the agent that causes diphtheria is?
Answer: Mouth and nose
◉ Mycobacteria that are classified as acid-fast
Answer: have a high lipid content in their cell walls
◉ The portal of exit of Clostridum botulinum is feces.
Answer: False
◉ The toxin is colorless and tasteless, it is swallowed and
eventually causes asphyxia. What is the disease process called?
Answer: Botulism
◉ The etiological agent of gas gangrene is?
Answer: Clostridium perfringes
◉ A granulommatous infection that infects the lungs, intestines
and kidneys is?
Answer: Tuberculosis
, ◉ Which of the following organisms is a coccus controlled by the
Crede's method?
Answer: Neisseria gonorrheae
◉ The anthrax bacillus is rod-shaped
Answer: True
◉ The portal of exit of Tuberculosis is often feces and urine
Answer: True
◉ Which organism's pathogenicity is greater because of the high
lipid content of their cell wall?
Answer: Mycobacterium
◉ Staphylococcus aureus is known for causing which of the
following
Answer: Puerperal sepsis, abscesses
◉ Organisms that are ______ must obtain their oxygen from oxygen
containing compounds, while ________ need free atmospheric
oxygen.
Answer: Anaerobes, aerobes
◉ Gonorrhea is often transmitted via infected objects, because the
organism Neisseria gonorrhea survives well outside the body.
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ The portal of entry of the agent that causes diphtheria is?
Answer: Mouth and nose
◉ Mycobacteria that are classified as acid-fast
Answer: have a high lipid content in their cell walls
◉ The portal of exit of Clostridum botulinum is feces.
Answer: False
◉ The toxin is colorless and tasteless, it is swallowed and
eventually causes asphyxia. What is the disease process called?
Answer: Botulism
◉ The etiological agent of gas gangrene is?
Answer: Clostridium perfringes
◉ A granulommatous infection that infects the lungs, intestines
and kidneys is?
Answer: Tuberculosis
, ◉ Which of the following organisms is a coccus controlled by the
Crede's method?
Answer: Neisseria gonorrheae
◉ The anthrax bacillus is rod-shaped
Answer: True
◉ The portal of exit of Tuberculosis is often feces and urine
Answer: True
◉ Which organism's pathogenicity is greater because of the high
lipid content of their cell wall?
Answer: Mycobacterium
◉ Staphylococcus aureus is known for causing which of the
following
Answer: Puerperal sepsis, abscesses
◉ Organisms that are ______ must obtain their oxygen from oxygen
containing compounds, while ________ need free atmospheric
oxygen.
Answer: Anaerobes, aerobes
◉ Gonorrhea is often transmitted via infected objects, because the
organism Neisseria gonorrhea survives well outside the body.
