NBDE Part INBDE Part I Exam Questions with correct
Answers
organisms that exhibit dimorphism and grow on Sabouraud's medium (low pH) -
Answers-Fungi
.Type of Agar used for most fungi - Answers-Sabouraud agar
.Organism that causes athletes foot - Answers-Trichophyton
.What produces aflatoxin? - Answers-Aspergillus
.what can be seen as an intracellular organism? - Answers-Histoplasmosis
.Disseminated or systemic fungi? - Answers-Histoplasmosis
.Which pathogen causes granulomatous lesions in the lungs resembling TB, similar
symptoms? - Answers-Histoplasmosis
.what is dimorphism in fungus? - Answers-mycelium (mold) or as yeast
.Difference between staph and strep? - Answers-Catalase enyzme; staph species are
catalase positive to get rid of H2O2
.which toxin produces scarlet fever? - Answers-Erythrotoxin of group a beta heolytic s.
pyogenes
.what enzyme primarily breaks down sucrose? - Answers-glucosyltransferase (dextran
sucrase)
.dextrans form polymers of? - Answers-glucose
.which of the following does not cause pnemonia? - Answers-strep mutans and staph
aureus
.lipid A is a component of what kind of bacteria? - Answers-gram negative bacteria
.Lipopolysaccharides are components of what kind of bacteria? - Answers-gram
negative
.techoic acids are components of what kind of bacteria? - Answers-gram positive
bacteria
.what does rickettsia need to be transmitted to humans? - Answers-an insect vector
, .what are gram positive spore forming bacteria? - Answers-clostridium & bacillus
.what ion is related to spores? - Answers-calcium dipicolinic
.what can be a result of chlamydia trachomatis? - Answers-blindness
.what is the most common cause of non-gonococcal urethritis - Answers-chlamydia
.what produces the toxins: protective antigen, edema factor, and lethal factor? -
Answers-bacillis anthracis
.What bacteria causes syphilis? - Answers-Treponema pallidum
.what happens with a primary exposure to HSV1? - Answers-primary herpetic
gingivostomatitis
.what causes influenza to change year to year? - Answers-antigenic capusule
.what disease causing agents have a polysaccharide capsule ? - Answers-" even some
super killers have pretty nice capsules"
-E. Coli, S. Pneumonia, Salmonella, K. Pneumonia, H. influenza, P. aeruginsosa, N.
Meningitis, C. Neoformans
.What does statin inhibit? - Answers-HMG
.how does the parotid gland resemble pancreatic ductal cells? - Answers-it is a serous
gland & intercalated ducts
.what is phosphorylated in an insulin receptor? - Answers-*TYROSINE*
NOTE: Insulin works by *↑ tyrosine kinase activity* of cytoplasmic portions of
transmembrane receptors.
.what do glucagon & epinephrine have in common? - Answers-glycogenolysis &
gluconeogenesis
.what is the rate limiting enzyme for glycolysis? - Answers-phosphofructokinase
.what is not true regarding hexokinase & glucokinase? - Answers-they have the same
Km (glucokinase has a higher Km)
.what enzymes produce oxaloacetate? - Answers-pyruvate carboxylase (pyruvate--
>oxaloacetate)
.what is vital capacity equal to ? - Answers-VC=IRV+ERC+TV
Answers
organisms that exhibit dimorphism and grow on Sabouraud's medium (low pH) -
Answers-Fungi
.Type of Agar used for most fungi - Answers-Sabouraud agar
.Organism that causes athletes foot - Answers-Trichophyton
.What produces aflatoxin? - Answers-Aspergillus
.what can be seen as an intracellular organism? - Answers-Histoplasmosis
.Disseminated or systemic fungi? - Answers-Histoplasmosis
.Which pathogen causes granulomatous lesions in the lungs resembling TB, similar
symptoms? - Answers-Histoplasmosis
.what is dimorphism in fungus? - Answers-mycelium (mold) or as yeast
.Difference between staph and strep? - Answers-Catalase enyzme; staph species are
catalase positive to get rid of H2O2
.which toxin produces scarlet fever? - Answers-Erythrotoxin of group a beta heolytic s.
pyogenes
.what enzyme primarily breaks down sucrose? - Answers-glucosyltransferase (dextran
sucrase)
.dextrans form polymers of? - Answers-glucose
.which of the following does not cause pnemonia? - Answers-strep mutans and staph
aureus
.lipid A is a component of what kind of bacteria? - Answers-gram negative bacteria
.Lipopolysaccharides are components of what kind of bacteria? - Answers-gram
negative
.techoic acids are components of what kind of bacteria? - Answers-gram positive
bacteria
.what does rickettsia need to be transmitted to humans? - Answers-an insect vector
, .what are gram positive spore forming bacteria? - Answers-clostridium & bacillus
.what ion is related to spores? - Answers-calcium dipicolinic
.what can be a result of chlamydia trachomatis? - Answers-blindness
.what is the most common cause of non-gonococcal urethritis - Answers-chlamydia
.what produces the toxins: protective antigen, edema factor, and lethal factor? -
Answers-bacillis anthracis
.What bacteria causes syphilis? - Answers-Treponema pallidum
.what happens with a primary exposure to HSV1? - Answers-primary herpetic
gingivostomatitis
.what causes influenza to change year to year? - Answers-antigenic capusule
.what disease causing agents have a polysaccharide capsule ? - Answers-" even some
super killers have pretty nice capsules"
-E. Coli, S. Pneumonia, Salmonella, K. Pneumonia, H. influenza, P. aeruginsosa, N.
Meningitis, C. Neoformans
.What does statin inhibit? - Answers-HMG
.how does the parotid gland resemble pancreatic ductal cells? - Answers-it is a serous
gland & intercalated ducts
.what is phosphorylated in an insulin receptor? - Answers-*TYROSINE*
NOTE: Insulin works by *↑ tyrosine kinase activity* of cytoplasmic portions of
transmembrane receptors.
.what do glucagon & epinephrine have in common? - Answers-glycogenolysis &
gluconeogenesis
.what is the rate limiting enzyme for glycolysis? - Answers-phosphofructokinase
.what is not true regarding hexokinase & glucokinase? - Answers-they have the same
Km (glucokinase has a higher Km)
.what enzymes produce oxaloacetate? - Answers-pyruvate carboxylase (pyruvate--
>oxaloacetate)
.what is vital capacity equal to ? - Answers-VC=IRV+ERC+TV
