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Antimicrobial Agents

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

It is the transfer of genetic material through the sex pilus.

a)

Transposition

b)

Transformation

c)

Conjugation

d)

Transduction

2.

This organism produces a protein that can be mistaken for the structure of DNA

a)

Penicillium

b)

Bacillus

c)

Mycoplasma

d)

Mycobacterium Tuberculosis

3.

It is a resistance arising from the ability of an organism to resist an antimicrobial drug to which species, as a whole, is naturally susceptible

a)

Acquired Resistance

b)

Intrinsic Resistance

4.

It is the most important among the lincinoids or lincosamines

a)

Clindamycin

b)

Rifamycins

c)

Vancomycins

d)

Macrolides

5.

An Anthelminthic Agent except

a)

Albendazole

b)

Mebendazole

c)

Furazolidone

d)

Fenbendazole

6.

It is a mode of action or mechanism of antimicrobial drugs except:

a)

Semi-synthetic antibiotics

b)

Disruption of cell membrane function

c)

Inhibition of protein synthesis

d)

Action of antimetabolites

7.

Bacteriostatic means that the agent is capable of killing microorganisms

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

8.

One of the factors that contribute to drug resistance is the use of antibiotics in livestock feeds to improve growth of animals

a)

FALSE

b)

TRUE

9.

Inhibition of cell wall synthesis

a)

Trimethoprim

b)

Ampicillin

c)

Metronidazole

d)

Amphotericin B

10.

Alteration of Cell Membrane

a)

Trimethoprim

b)

Ampicillin

c)

Metronidazole

d)

Amphotericin B

11.

Inhibition of protein synthesis

a)

Trimehoprim

b)

Ampicillin

c)

Metronidazole

d)

Amphotericin B

12.

Inhibition of RNA synthesis

a)

Trimethoprim

b)

Rifampicin

c)

Amphotericin B

d)

Ampicillin

13.

Inhibition of folic acid synthesis

a)

Trimethoprim

b)

Ampicillin

c)

Metronidazole

d)

Amphotericin B

14.

Answer in CAPSLOCK

It is a substance produced from microorganisms or synthetically, capable of inhibiting or destroying microorganisms even at low concentrations

(a)  

15.

It occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites change overtime and no longer responds to medicines making infections harder to treat and increasing the risk of disease spread, severe illness, and death.

a)

Antimicrobial Resistance

b)

Acquired Resistance

16.

Resistance may be innate or acquired

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

17.

An ideal antimicrobial agent should be able to grow the microbial agent or inhibit its growth

a)

FALSE

b)

TRUE

18.

A resistance gene that may code for enzymes that can alter its chemical structure leading to inactivation of the antibiotics

a)

Eflux

b)

Drug modification

c)

Target mimicry

d)

Overproduction

19.

It is a stable genetic property that is encoded in the chromosome of the organism and shared by all species

a)

Intrinsic resistance

b)

Acquired resistance

20.

Fluorouinolones is a mechanism of antibiotic resistance by bacteria that can be classified as activation of enzyme

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE