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_______ is the appropriate laboratory practices for conducting
research with exotic microbes that are highly infectious and pose
significant risk to laboratory personnel, but for which there are
available treatments.
A. BSL1
B. BSL2
C. BSL3
D. BSL4
E. BSL5 Correct Answers BSL3
A particular sterilization process takes 60 minutes to kill all
organisms in a sample with 106 microbes. How long does it take
to eliminate 99% (2 D-values) of the organisms using this
process?
A. 10 minutes
B. 20 minutes
C. 30 minutes
D. 40 minutes
E. 50 minutes Correct Answers 20 minutes
A person who has been exposed to rabies receives both HRIG
(human rabies immunoglobulin) injected near the bite site and
the rabies vaccine. What does this strategy provide?
A. active immunization
B. passive immunotherapy
C. viral hemagglutination inhibition
D. passive immunotherapy and viral hemagglutination inhibition
E. active immunization and viral hemagglutination inhibition
,F. active immunization and passive immunotherapy Correct
Answers active immunization and passive immunotherapy
A vaccine against which of the following pathogens is made
using eggs?
A.Bordetella pertussis (Whooping cough)
B.Rhabdovirus (Rabies)
C.Yersinia pestis (Plague)
D.Salmonella typhi (Salmonella)
E.Influenza A Virus (flu) Correct Answers Influenza A Virus
(flu)
A vaccine that protects against respiratory diseases should
promote a strong _________ humoral response response?
A.IgG
B.IgA
C.IgM
D.IgD
E.IgE Correct Answers IgA
**IgA-->mucosal
IgG--> bloodstream
IgM--> tissue
Although vaccines used in national immunization programs are
considered safe and effective, vaccines are not risk-free and
adverse events will occasionally occur following vaccination.
Public trust in vaccine safety is key to the success of vaccination
programs. An adverse event following immunization is any
untoward medical occurrence after immunization, which does
not necessarily have a causal relationship with the usage of the
, vaccine. Which of the following is a correct statement with
regard to an adverse event following immunization?
A. An adverse event following immunization can be due to any
adverse vaccine reaction caused or precipitated by a vaccine-
related event when the vaccine administered correctly.
B. An adverse event following immunization can be due to an
adverse vaccine reaction caused by errors in the administration
of the vaccine.
C. An adverse event following immunization can be due to an
adver Correct Answers An adverse event following
immunization can be due to an adverse vaccine reaction due to
the causes mentioned in A, B and C
An autoclave is able to achieve temperatures higher than that of
boiling water ____________
A. by decreasing the volume of liquid.
B. by increasing the temperature higher than boiling water.
C. by increasing the time of exposure to boiling water.
D.Actually, autoclaves cannot reach temperatures higher than
boiling water.
E. by increasing the pressure. Correct Answers by increasing
the pressure
An increase or non-increase of the post-vaccination rate of
adverse events may give a clue on whether the event is actually
caused by the vaccine. In addition, observing the rate of an
adverse event in the vaccinated population and comparing it
with the rate of that event among the unvaccinated population
can help distinguish genuine vaccine reactions.