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Major Antimicrobial Drug Groups

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Approximately 280 different antimicrobial drugs are classified into how many drug families?

a)

50

b)

20

c)

24

d)

10

2.

Which of the following drugs act on the cell wall?

a)

Aminoglycoside and penicillin drugs

b)

Penicillins and Cephalosporins

c)

Tetracyclines

d)

Polymixins

3.

Careful monitoring of the use of these drugs are done to prevent ciprofloxacin-resistant bacteria

a)

Fluoroquinolones

b)

Chloramphenicols

c)

Macrolides

d)

Cephalosporins

4.

The range of activity of a drug is called

a)

selection

b)

spectrum

c)

target

d)

field

5.

How many major components are useful drug targets in an actively dividing cell?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

5

d)

10

6.

These types of drugs cause cell wall damage and lysis.

a)

Cephalosporins

b)

Aminoglycosides

c)

Fluoroquinolones

d)

Sulfa drugs

7.

Any chemical used in the treatment, relief, or prophylaxis of a disease.

a)

antimicrobials

b)

chemotherapeutic drud

c)

synthetic drugs

d)

antibiotics

8.

Substances produced by the natural metabolic processes of some organisms that can inhibit or destroy other microorganisms.

a)

antibiotics

b)

narrow spectrum

c)

broad spectrum

d)

prophylaxis

9.

This type of drug inhibit folic acid metabolism.

a)

Bacitracin

b)

Tetracycline

c)

Erythromycin

d)

sulfa drugs

10.

The drug Amphotericin B creates loss of membrane permeability in

a)

viruses

b)

helminthes

c)

protozoa

d)

fungi

11.

The drug Cyclovirs stops replication in

a)

Helminthes

b)

Viruses

c)

Protozoa

d)

Fungi

12.

These drugs are effective on a small range of microbes.

a)

medium- spectrum

b)

broad-spectrum

c)

narrow-spectrum

13.

Intermediate or medium spectrum drugs work on Rickettsias.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Narrow group drugs type 1 work on gram-positive bacteria.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

These drugs are chemically modified in the laboratory after being isolated from natural sources.

a)

synthetic drugs

b)

semi-synthetic drugs

c)

narrow spectrum

d)

broad spectrum

16.

Drugs that are effective against a wide variety of microbial types.

a)

narrow spectrum

b)

broad spectrum

c)

chemotherapeutic

d)

synthetic

17.

A drug formed from filamentous bacteria is

a)

Polymyxin B

b)

Cephalosporins

c)

Streptomycin

d)

Gentamicin

18.

A drug that targets lipopolysaccharides in a gram- negative cell would be considered

a)

Broad spectrum

b)

Narrow spectrum

c)

Selectively Toxic

d)

Broad spectrum and Selectively toxic

19.

Drugs that block protein synthesis would mostly like effect

a)

cell wall

b)

ribosomes

c)

DNA

d)

capsule

20.

Drug that competes with normal substrate for enzyme's active site is

a)

competitive inhibition

b)

synergistic effect

c)

selectively toxic

21.

The effects of a combination of antibiotics are greater than the sum of the effects of the individual antibiotics is

a)

competitive inhibition

b)

synergistic effect

c)

selectively toxic

d)

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