MIC 205 CHAPTER 10 VOCABULARY EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2026
Allyamines - Answers Class of antifungal drugs that disrupt cytoplasmic membranes.
Aminoglycosides - Answers Antimicrobial agent that inhibits protein synthesis by
changing the shape of the 30S ribosomal subunit.
Antimicrobial Agents (antimicrobials) - Answers Chemotherapeutic agent used to
treat microbial infection.
Antisense Nucleic Acids - Answers RNA or single-stranded DNA with a nucleotide
sequence complementary to a molecule of mRNA; used to control translation of
polypeptide.
Azoles - Answers Class of antifungal drugs that disrupt cytoplasmic membranes.
Bacitracin - Answers Antimicrobial that blocks NAG and NAM secretion from the
cytoplasm, promoting cell lysis.
beta (B) lactamases - Answers Bacterial enzyme that breaks the beta-lactam rings of
penicillin and similar molecules, rendering them inactive.
Broad-Spectrum Drugs - Answers Antimicrobial that works against may different
kinds of pathogens.
Broth Dilution Test - Answers Test for determining the minimum inhibitory
concentration in which a standardized amount of bacteria is added to serial dilutions
of antimicrobial agents in tubes or wells containing broth.
Chloramphenicol - Answers Antimicrobial drug that blocks the enzymatic site of the
50S ribosomal subunit, inhibiting polypeptide synthesis.
Cross Resistance - Answers Phenomenon in which resistance to one antimicrobial
drug confers resistance to similar drugs.
Diffusion Susceptibility Tests - Answers (Kirby-Bauer test) Simple, inexpensive test
widely used to reveal which drug is most effective against a particular pathogen.
Procedure involves inoculating a Petri plate uniformly with a standardized amount of
the pathogen in question and arranging on the plate disks soaked in the drugs to be
tested.
Echinocandins - Answers Antifungal drug that inhibits cell wall synthesis.
Efflux Pumps - Answers Transmembrane pump that removes antimicrobial drugs
from a cell or from the periplasm.
VERIFIED ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2026
Allyamines - Answers Class of antifungal drugs that disrupt cytoplasmic membranes.
Aminoglycosides - Answers Antimicrobial agent that inhibits protein synthesis by
changing the shape of the 30S ribosomal subunit.
Antimicrobial Agents (antimicrobials) - Answers Chemotherapeutic agent used to
treat microbial infection.
Antisense Nucleic Acids - Answers RNA or single-stranded DNA with a nucleotide
sequence complementary to a molecule of mRNA; used to control translation of
polypeptide.
Azoles - Answers Class of antifungal drugs that disrupt cytoplasmic membranes.
Bacitracin - Answers Antimicrobial that blocks NAG and NAM secretion from the
cytoplasm, promoting cell lysis.
beta (B) lactamases - Answers Bacterial enzyme that breaks the beta-lactam rings of
penicillin and similar molecules, rendering them inactive.
Broad-Spectrum Drugs - Answers Antimicrobial that works against may different
kinds of pathogens.
Broth Dilution Test - Answers Test for determining the minimum inhibitory
concentration in which a standardized amount of bacteria is added to serial dilutions
of antimicrobial agents in tubes or wells containing broth.
Chloramphenicol - Answers Antimicrobial drug that blocks the enzymatic site of the
50S ribosomal subunit, inhibiting polypeptide synthesis.
Cross Resistance - Answers Phenomenon in which resistance to one antimicrobial
drug confers resistance to similar drugs.
Diffusion Susceptibility Tests - Answers (Kirby-Bauer test) Simple, inexpensive test
widely used to reveal which drug is most effective against a particular pathogen.
Procedure involves inoculating a Petri plate uniformly with a standardized amount of
the pathogen in question and arranging on the plate disks soaked in the drugs to be
tested.
Echinocandins - Answers Antifungal drug that inhibits cell wall synthesis.
Efflux Pumps - Answers Transmembrane pump that removes antimicrobial drugs
from a cell or from the periplasm.
