NURS 615 Exam 2
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Question 1.
What symptoms indicate a viral infection?
Correct Answer: Clear nasal discharge, sore throat without exudate or fever,
cough < 10 days, body aches.
Question 2.
What symptoms indicate a bacterial infection?
Correct Answer: High fever, purulent discharge with systemic symptoms
lasting > ten days, double worsening, focal findings, positive rapid strep,
positive urinalysis.
Question 3.
What is the mechanism of action for cell wall inhibitors?
Correct Answer: Bind penicillin- binding proteins, disrupt peptidoglycan,
leading to bactericidal effects.
Question 4.
Name the classes of antibiotics that inhibit cell wall synthesis.
Correct Answer: Penicillins, Cephalosporins, Carbapenems, Monobactams,
Vancomycin.
Question 5.
Which antibiotics are classified as beta-lactams?
Correct Answer: Penicillins, Cephalosporins, Carbapenems, Monobactams.
Question 6.
What is the role of clavulanic acid?
Correct Answer: It is a beta-lactamase inhibitor that protects amoxicillin from
degradation.
Question 7.
What is the first-line treatment for patients without a penicillin allergy?
Correct Answer: Amoxicillin or Penicillin VK.
• What should be done if a patient develops a rash after taking penicillin? -
✓✓Examine to ensure it is not an allergic reaction; the rash could be due to a
, viral infection.
Question 8.
What types of infections is oral vancomycin used to treat?
Correct Answer: C. diff infections only.
Question 9.
What types of infections is IV vancomycin used to treat?
Correct Answer: MRSA, serious gram-positive infections, resistant staph.
Question 10.
What are the 30S inhibitors in antibiotics?
Correct Answer: Aminoglycosides and Tetracyclines.
Question 11.
What are the 50S inhibitors in antibiotics?
Correct Answer: Macrolides, Clindamycin, Linezolid, Chloramphenicol.
Question 12.
What are the names of macrolide antibiotics?
Correct Answer: Azithromycin, Clarithromycin, Erythromycin.
Question 13.
What adverse effects are associated with macrolides?
Correct Answer: Cardiac arrhythmias (QT Prolongation), gastrointestinal side
effects.
Question 14.
What are the names of tetracycline antibiotics?
Correct Answer: Tetracycline, Doxycycline, Minocycline.
Question 15.
What is a common use for Doxycycline?
Correct Answer: Treatment of Lyme disease.
• What is an important consideration for patients taking tetracyclines?
-✓✓They should not be taken by pregnant women or young children due to
potential effects on bone and teeth.
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Question 1.
What symptoms indicate a viral infection?
Correct Answer: Clear nasal discharge, sore throat without exudate or fever,
cough < 10 days, body aches.
Question 2.
What symptoms indicate a bacterial infection?
Correct Answer: High fever, purulent discharge with systemic symptoms
lasting > ten days, double worsening, focal findings, positive rapid strep,
positive urinalysis.
Question 3.
What is the mechanism of action for cell wall inhibitors?
Correct Answer: Bind penicillin- binding proteins, disrupt peptidoglycan,
leading to bactericidal effects.
Question 4.
Name the classes of antibiotics that inhibit cell wall synthesis.
Correct Answer: Penicillins, Cephalosporins, Carbapenems, Monobactams,
Vancomycin.
Question 5.
Which antibiotics are classified as beta-lactams?
Correct Answer: Penicillins, Cephalosporins, Carbapenems, Monobactams.
Question 6.
What is the role of clavulanic acid?
Correct Answer: It is a beta-lactamase inhibitor that protects amoxicillin from
degradation.
Question 7.
What is the first-line treatment for patients without a penicillin allergy?
Correct Answer: Amoxicillin or Penicillin VK.
• What should be done if a patient develops a rash after taking penicillin? -
✓✓Examine to ensure it is not an allergic reaction; the rash could be due to a
, viral infection.
Question 8.
What types of infections is oral vancomycin used to treat?
Correct Answer: C. diff infections only.
Question 9.
What types of infections is IV vancomycin used to treat?
Correct Answer: MRSA, serious gram-positive infections, resistant staph.
Question 10.
What are the 30S inhibitors in antibiotics?
Correct Answer: Aminoglycosides and Tetracyclines.
Question 11.
What are the 50S inhibitors in antibiotics?
Correct Answer: Macrolides, Clindamycin, Linezolid, Chloramphenicol.
Question 12.
What are the names of macrolide antibiotics?
Correct Answer: Azithromycin, Clarithromycin, Erythromycin.
Question 13.
What adverse effects are associated with macrolides?
Correct Answer: Cardiac arrhythmias (QT Prolongation), gastrointestinal side
effects.
Question 14.
What are the names of tetracycline antibiotics?
Correct Answer: Tetracycline, Doxycycline, Minocycline.
Question 15.
What is a common use for Doxycycline?
Correct Answer: Treatment of Lyme disease.
• What is an important consideration for patients taking tetracyclines?
-✓✓They should not be taken by pregnant women or young children due to
potential effects on bone and teeth.
