OpenStax Microbiology Test Bank
Chapter 22: Respiratory System Infections
Chapter 22: Respiratory System Infections
* = Correct answer
Multiple Choice
1. Which passageway connects the nasopharynx to the middle ear?
A. eustachian tube*
B. nasal cavity
C. oropharynx
D. sinus cavity
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: N/A
2. Which described the palatine tonsils?
A. connective and muscular tissue within the nasopharynx
B. connective and muscular tissue within the oropharynx
C. lymphoid tissue within the nasopharynx
D. lymphoid tissue within the oropharynx*
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: N/A
3. Within the respiratory tract, where are oxygen and carbon dioxide exchanged?
A. alveoli*
B. bronchi
C. bronchioles
D. trachea
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: N/A
4. Rhinitis is an inflammation of which component of the respiratory system?
A. nasal passages*
B. oropharynx
C. sinuses
D. tonsils
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: N/A
5. Symptoms of the common cold do not include which one of the following?
A. coughing
B. headache
C. high fever*
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D. runny nose
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: 23
6. Antigenic shift caused a severe influenza pandemic, the “Spanish flu,” during which years?
A. 1908–1909
B. 1918–1919*
C. 1955–1956
D. 2006–2007
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: 23
7. Which is the most effective way to reduce the risk of influenza transmission?
A. amantadine
B. annual vaccination*
C. oseltamivir
D. tetracycline
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: 14, 23
8. FluMist is which of the following?
A. inactivated flu treatment
B. inactivated flu vaccine
C. live attenuated flu treatment
D. live attenuated flu vaccine*
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: N/A
9. Which of the following groups of viruses is not known to be a frequent cause of the common
cold?
A. adenoviruses
B. coronaviruses
C. parainfluenza viruses*
D. rhinoviruses
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: 23
10. The mucociliary escalator effect helps to do which of the following?
A. localize microbes in specific parts of the respiratory tract, enhancing the immune response
against them and reducing the risk that they will be exhaled
B. move air through the respiratory tract
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C. move pathogens deeper into the respiratory tract, where macrophages can engulf them
D. remove pathogens from the respiratory tract, eliminating microbes from the lower
respiratory tract, and inhibiting pathogen attachment*
Difficulty: Moderate
ASM Standard: N/A
11. Which of the following is not part of the immune defense of the upper respiratory system?
A. alveolar macrophages*
B. defensins
C. lysozyme
D. secreted IgA antibodies in mucus
Difficulty: Moderate
ASM Standard: 14
12. When the alveoli become fluid filled in pneumonia, the affected areas are called which of the
following?
A. a pneumonitis
B. a pneumothorax
C. consolidations*
D. inflammations
Difficulty: Moderate
ASM Standard: 23
13. Which microbe causes streptococcal pharyngitis (strep throat)?
A. S. aureus
B. S. epidermidis
C. S. pyogenes*
D. S. typhimurium
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: 23
14. Streptokinase is a protein that is responsible for which of the following?
A. dissolving blood clots*
B. forming blood clots
C. forming erythrogenic toxin
D. inhibiting the spread of streptococcal bacteria
Difficulty: Moderate
ASM Standard: 23
15. Which of the following is an example of one of the sequelae of strep throat?
A. acute glomerulonephritis*
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Chapter 22: Respiratory System Infections
Chapter 22: Respiratory System Infections
* = Correct answer
Multiple Choice
1. Which passageway connects the nasopharynx to the middle ear?
A. eustachian tube*
B. nasal cavity
C. oropharynx
D. sinus cavity
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: N/A
2. Which described the palatine tonsils?
A. connective and muscular tissue within the nasopharynx
B. connective and muscular tissue within the oropharynx
C. lymphoid tissue within the nasopharynx
D. lymphoid tissue within the oropharynx*
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: N/A
3. Within the respiratory tract, where are oxygen and carbon dioxide exchanged?
A. alveoli*
B. bronchi
C. bronchioles
D. trachea
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: N/A
4. Rhinitis is an inflammation of which component of the respiratory system?
A. nasal passages*
B. oropharynx
C. sinuses
D. tonsils
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: N/A
5. Symptoms of the common cold do not include which one of the following?
A. coughing
B. headache
C. high fever*
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D. runny nose
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: 23
6. Antigenic shift caused a severe influenza pandemic, the “Spanish flu,” during which years?
A. 1908–1909
B. 1918–1919*
C. 1955–1956
D. 2006–2007
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: 23
7. Which is the most effective way to reduce the risk of influenza transmission?
A. amantadine
B. annual vaccination*
C. oseltamivir
D. tetracycline
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: 14, 23
8. FluMist is which of the following?
A. inactivated flu treatment
B. inactivated flu vaccine
C. live attenuated flu treatment
D. live attenuated flu vaccine*
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: N/A
9. Which of the following groups of viruses is not known to be a frequent cause of the common
cold?
A. adenoviruses
B. coronaviruses
C. parainfluenza viruses*
D. rhinoviruses
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: 23
10. The mucociliary escalator effect helps to do which of the following?
A. localize microbes in specific parts of the respiratory tract, enhancing the immune response
against them and reducing the risk that they will be exhaled
B. move air through the respiratory tract
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C. move pathogens deeper into the respiratory tract, where macrophages can engulf them
D. remove pathogens from the respiratory tract, eliminating microbes from the lower
respiratory tract, and inhibiting pathogen attachment*
Difficulty: Moderate
ASM Standard: N/A
11. Which of the following is not part of the immune defense of the upper respiratory system?
A. alveolar macrophages*
B. defensins
C. lysozyme
D. secreted IgA antibodies in mucus
Difficulty: Moderate
ASM Standard: 14
12. When the alveoli become fluid filled in pneumonia, the affected areas are called which of the
following?
A. a pneumonitis
B. a pneumothorax
C. consolidations*
D. inflammations
Difficulty: Moderate
ASM Standard: 23
13. Which microbe causes streptococcal pharyngitis (strep throat)?
A. S. aureus
B. S. epidermidis
C. S. pyogenes*
D. S. typhimurium
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: 23
14. Streptokinase is a protein that is responsible for which of the following?
A. dissolving blood clots*
B. forming blood clots
C. forming erythrogenic toxin
D. inhibiting the spread of streptococcal bacteria
Difficulty: Moderate
ASM Standard: 23
15. Which of the following is an example of one of the sequelae of strep throat?
A. acute glomerulonephritis*
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