Microbiology Final Question Bank
1. Which below is not a form of Anthrax Disease?
A) Cutaneous Anthrax
B) Folliculitis Anthrax
C) Gastrointestinal Anthrax
D) Pulmonary Anthrax: B
2. The time between pathogen entry and development of signs and symptoms
is known as ...
A) prodromal stage
B) illness period
C) incubation period
D) none of the above: C
3. Viruses that attack bacteria are called ....
A) viroids
B) phages (bacteriophages)
C) prions
D) satellites: B
4. Which of the following methods are used by viruses for entry into the
host?
A) Fusion with the host cell's plasma membrane
B) Endocytosis
C) Release/insertion of nucleic acid
D) All of the above: D
5. What type of pathogen can only grow inside host cells?
A) Facultative intracellular pathogens
B) Extracellular pathogens
C) Obligate intracellular pathogens
D) Opportunistic pathogens: C
6. What bacteria is the most common pathogen to cause community-aquired
pneumonia (CAP)?
A. E. coli
B. Streptococcus pneumonia
C. Streptococcus pyogenes
D. Salmonella: B
7. Simplest viruses are composed of...
, A. Nucleic acid and protein coat
B. Protein coat
C. Bacteriophages
D. Nucleic acids: A
8. What type of transmission occurs when an unborn child gets a pathogen
from the infected mother?
A) horizontal
B) vertical
C) vaginal: B
9. Where is streptococcus pneumoniae most commonly found?
A) salivary glands
B) tongue
C) oropharynx
D) nasopharynx: D
10. Many viruses are bound by an outer, flexible, membranous layer called
an:
A. Envelope
B. Outer cell wall
C. Lipid layer
D. Shell: A
11. Which is not an association of Leukocidins?
A.pneumococci
B.Staphylocci
C.streptococcus
D. Pore-forming exotoxins that kill leukocytes; cause granulation of
lysosomes within leukocytes, which decreases host resistance.: C
12. Which of these steps is NOT part of the synthesis of viral
genomes?
A) dsDNA viruses can replicate their genome using host DdDp
B) dsDNA viruses can replicate their genome using host DdRp
C) dsDNA viruses can transcribe mRNA using host DdRp
D) dsDNA viruses can translate mRNA using host ribosomes, tRNAs, IFs,
Efs, and Rfs: B
1. Which below is not a form of Anthrax Disease?
A) Cutaneous Anthrax
B) Folliculitis Anthrax
C) Gastrointestinal Anthrax
D) Pulmonary Anthrax: B
2. The time between pathogen entry and development of signs and symptoms
is known as ...
A) prodromal stage
B) illness period
C) incubation period
D) none of the above: C
3. Viruses that attack bacteria are called ....
A) viroids
B) phages (bacteriophages)
C) prions
D) satellites: B
4. Which of the following methods are used by viruses for entry into the
host?
A) Fusion with the host cell's plasma membrane
B) Endocytosis
C) Release/insertion of nucleic acid
D) All of the above: D
5. What type of pathogen can only grow inside host cells?
A) Facultative intracellular pathogens
B) Extracellular pathogens
C) Obligate intracellular pathogens
D) Opportunistic pathogens: C
6. What bacteria is the most common pathogen to cause community-aquired
pneumonia (CAP)?
A. E. coli
B. Streptococcus pneumonia
C. Streptococcus pyogenes
D. Salmonella: B
7. Simplest viruses are composed of...
, A. Nucleic acid and protein coat
B. Protein coat
C. Bacteriophages
D. Nucleic acids: A
8. What type of transmission occurs when an unborn child gets a pathogen
from the infected mother?
A) horizontal
B) vertical
C) vaginal: B
9. Where is streptococcus pneumoniae most commonly found?
A) salivary glands
B) tongue
C) oropharynx
D) nasopharynx: D
10. Many viruses are bound by an outer, flexible, membranous layer called
an:
A. Envelope
B. Outer cell wall
C. Lipid layer
D. Shell: A
11. Which is not an association of Leukocidins?
A.pneumococci
B.Staphylocci
C.streptococcus
D. Pore-forming exotoxins that kill leukocytes; cause granulation of
lysosomes within leukocytes, which decreases host resistance.: C
12. Which of these steps is NOT part of the synthesis of viral
genomes?
A) dsDNA viruses can replicate their genome using host DdDp
B) dsDNA viruses can replicate their genome using host DdRp
C) dsDNA viruses can transcribe mRNA using host DdRp
D) dsDNA viruses can translate mRNA using host ribosomes, tRNAs, IFs,
Efs, and Rfs: B
