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Micro SU Test 4

Total questions: 51

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Smallpox has been eradicated in the world but the virus is still stored in two labs. In order to prevent the escape of the virus, would you expect the lab to be kept at lower or higher air pressure than the hallway?

a)

Lower

b)

Higher

c)

The same

2.

Which of the following describes an antiseptic process?

a)

Autoclaving glass pipettes after use

b)

Cleaning a toilet bowl with bleach

c)

Applying antibiotic ointment to a cut

d)

Preparing raw meat separate from vegetables

3.

What is the correct order of most resistant to least resistant to methods of control?

a)

Gram negative bacteria, viruses without envelopes, fungi, naked viruses, protozoa, mycobacteria, endospores

b)

Endospores, mycobacteria, gram negative bacteria, fungi, viruses without envelopes, gram positive bacteria, naked viruses

c)

Naked viruses, gram positive bacteria, viruses without envelopes, fungi, gram negative bacteria, mycobacteria, endospores

d)

Gram positive bacteria, viruses, fungi, mycobacteria, endospores, gram negative bacteria

4.

The a large amount of microbial growth would generally _________ the effectiveness of a method of control.

a)

Inhibit

b)

Enhance

c)

Not change

5.

You want to make your own hand sanitizer. You have some aloe vera gel but must go out to buy the alcohol portion. In the store, there are the following alcohol concentrations available. Which should you use for your homemade hand sanitizer?

a)

95% alcohol solution

b)

50% alcohol solution

c)

15% alcohol solution

d)

70% alcohol solution

6.

Microbes are considered dead when they can no longer reproduce under conditions that would normally support their reproduction.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

What is the D-value of this particular graph?

a)

2 minutes

b)

4 minutes

c)

6 minutes

d)

102.5

e)

100

8.

Most chemical cleaners are more effective at what pH?

a)

<7

b)

neutral pH

c)

>7

9.

Rubbing your hands together while washing with plain water would be a

a)

Chemical method of control

b)

Physical method of control

c)

Both a chemical and physical method of control

10.

Hydrogen peroxide is most effective in its liquid form and on living tissue like a cut or scrape.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Halogens like iodine work by

a)

Binding to enzymes and disrupting their function

b)

Coagulating proteins and enzymes

c)

Disrupting cell membranes

d)

Oxidizing proteins and other cell components

12.

Anionic detergents like hand soap are considered disinfectants because of the way that they surround hydrophobic molecules and make them soluble in water.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Ozone is primarily used as a disinfectant for what?

a)

Water

b)

Lab equipment

c)

Food packaging

d)

Surgical rooms

14.

Adding nitrite to a food preserves it by

a)

Inhibiting metabolism

b)

Damaging the cell membrane

c)

Inhibiting Clostridium botulinum endospore germination

15.

Chlorine bleach can destroy all bacteria and fungi, including endospores.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Phenolics are found in what common household cleaner?

a)

Clorox bleach

b)

Dawn dish soap

c)

Lysol

d)

Drano drain cleaner

17.

Select all chemical methods of control

a)

Heavy metal

b)

Anionic detergents

c)

Ozone

d)

Depth filters

e)

Lyophilization

18.

Autoclaving uses what kind of control method?

a)

Dry heat

b)

Sterilizing gas

c)

UV radiation

d)

Moist heat

e)

Gamma radiation

19.

Freezing kills up to ____ of microbes

a)

25%

b)

90%

c)

50%

d)

10%

20.

In food spoilage, the microbes we are most concerned about are

a)

Acidophiles

b)

Basophiles

c)

Psychrotrophs

d)

Thermophiles

21.

Ionizing radiation is effective against endospores but may or may not kill viruses.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

Some fish have formed interspecies relationships where a larger "client" fish is cleaned of bacteria and parasites by a smaller "cleaner fish." What best describes this relationship?

a)

Mutualism

b)

Cooperation

c)

Amensalism

d)

Commensalism

e)

Parasitism

23.

A patient comes in complaining of abdominal pain and nausea. While the patient is being examined, they vomit.  You run a fecal analysis and find an abnormal amount of E. coli in their stool. You also check their temperature and they have a fever of 100.5 °\degree . Which of these things are signs? 

a)

E. coli in stool

b)

Fever

c)

Pain

d)

Nausea 

e)

Vomitting 

24.

Around 80% of adults have oral herpes, however, most only get cold sores periodically. This disease would be classified as a

a)

Latent infection

b)

Chronic infection

c)

Slow infection

25.

COVID19 is not only a communicable disease but is also a contagious disease.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

A non digestible food item that you ingest for the purpose of stimulating the growth of desirable bacteria in the colon would be classified as

a)

Prebiotic

b)

Probiotic

c)

Antibiotic

d)

Dysbiotic

27.

In this graph, what is the endemic level of this disease?

a)

It isn't endemic

b)

<1

c)

November through December

d)

24

28.

What terms describe the current COVID19 outbreak?

a)

Endemic

b)

Pandemic

c)

Common-source epidemic

d)

Propagated epidemic

e)

Sporadic

29.

COVID19 has a period of up to 2 weeks where someone can be infected without knowing it. This kind of carrier would be a(n)

a)

Incubatory carrier

b)

Active carrier

c)

Convalescent carrier

d)

Healthy carrier

30.

Mosquitoes spread malaria from person to person and can be affected by the parasite themselves. This would make them what kind of vector?

a)

External transmission

b)

Harborage transmission

c)

Biologic transmission

31.

Microorganisms use active and passive escape equally to leave the host.

a)

True

b)

False

32.

Quarantine falls under what control method of epidemics?

a)

Reducing the source or reservoir of infection

b)

Breaking the connection between the source and the susceptible population

c)

Reducing the number of susceptible individuals

33.

Which of these is not a reason for emerging and reemerging infectious diseases?

a)

Genetically modified organisms

b)

Movement of the world's population into cities

c)

Ease of international travel

d)

Natural and man made disasters like hurricanes and war

e)

All of these are a reason

34.

Nosocomial infections are a concern because

a)

Patients in hospitals are generally more immunocompromised

b)

Biofilms can harbor antibiotic resistant bacteria

c)

Doctors and nurses sometimes do not follow proper antisceptic procedure

d)

All of the above

35.

Which of these would not contribute to virulence of a disease?

a)

Airborne transmission

b)

Resistance of the pathogen to extreme temperatures

c)

Ability to live in multiple species of host

d)

Limited host receptors

36.

During what phase of a pathogen's infection could a disease turn into bacteremia?

a)

Transport to host

b)

Attachment

c)

Colonization

d)

Invasion of the pathogen

e)

Growth and multiplication

37.

Endotoxins are only found in gram positive bacteria

a)

True

b)

False

38.

Diphtheria is an example of what type of toxin

a)

Endotoxin

b)

Pore forming exotoxin

c)

AB exotoxin

d)

Phospholipase

e)

Superantigen

39.

Endotoxins cause general systemic effects while exotoxins can often target specific tissues or organs.

a)

True

b)

False

40.

Complement is a part of innate immunity and cannot adapt to new pathogens.

a)

True

b)

False

41.

Which of these is not a possible outcome of the complement system?

a)

Inflamation

b)

Cytolysis

c)

Opsonization

d)

All of the above are possible outcomes

42.

Which of these is not a method of immune response evasion that bacteria can employ?

a)

Capsules

b)

Lengthened O-side chains

c)

Proteins that prevent adherence of phagocytes

d)

Survival inside of phagocytes

e)

Sporulation to "hide out" until the immune system has moved on

43.

Moderna just recently moved into phase III of their COVID19 vaccine trial. The vaccine works by using human cellular machinery to create antigens for the immune system to recognize. What type of vaccine is this?

a)

Whole organism

b)

Attenuated

c)

Acellular or subunit

d)

DNA

e)

Recombinant vector

44.

A vaccine that contains an inactivated exotoxin would be considered a

a)

Whole dead organism vaccine

b)

Attenuated vaccine

c)

Surface antigen vaccine

d)

Toxoid vaccine

45.

Immunity acquired by the administration of an antivenom would be considered (pick 2)

a)

Active

b)

Passive

c)

Natural

d)

Artificial

46.

Who is credited with the discovery of vaccines?

a)

John Snow

b)

Lady Montagu

c)

Edward Jenner

d)

Marius LePual

47.

Penicillin was originally isolated from a ________ species

a)

Bacteria

b)

Protozoa

c)

Fungi

d)

Animal

48.

An antibiotic includes both drugs that interfere with the growth of microbes in a host and substances produced by microbes that inhibit the growth of another species of microbe.

a)

True

b)

False

49.

Which class of antibiotic would be least harmful to eukaryotic cells?

a)

Penicillins inhibiting cell wall synthesis

b)

Streptomycin causing mRNA to be misread on the 30s ribosome subunit

c)

Quinolones inhibiting nucleic acid replication

d)

Polymyxin B disrupting the plasma membrane

50.

Sulfonamides work by inhibiting folic acid synthesis and are thus narrow spectrum drugs.

a)

True

b)

False

51.

What does this antibiotic disc sensitivity test tell you about the use of these two antibiotics at the same time?

a)

They would work well together

b)

They would not work well together

c)

They would have no effect on each other