Microbiology Mcqs - Set 14

1)   False +ve for VDRL is seen in______________?

a. Yaws
b. Lepromatous Leprosy
c. Malaria
d. All of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: All of the above

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


2)   The diagnostic investigation for syphilis is__________________?

a. TPI test
b. VDRL test
c. TPHA test
d. FTAB test
e. Both C & D
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Both C & D

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


3)   Which organism causes prosthetic valve endocarditis within 60 days of surgery________________?

a. Streptococcus Viridans
b. Staphylococcus epidermis
c. Staphylococcus aureus
d. Fungus
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Staphylococcus epidermis

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


4)   What is the transport medium for cholera___________________?

a. Tellurite Medium
b. Cary Blair Medium
c. Venkatraman – Ramakrishnan Medium
d. B & C
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: B & C

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


5)   Which of the following are non-spore forming anaerobic bacteria that asume major significance in disease processes________________?

a. Bacteroides fragilis
b. Fusobacterium nucleatum
c. Peptostreptococcus anaerobius
d. Actinomyces Israeli
e. All of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: All of the above

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


6)   The diagnosis of gonorrhea is established by_____________?

a. Compliment fixation tests
b. Pili agglutination tests
c. Haemagglutination tests
d. All of the above tests
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: All of the above tests

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


7)   Subacute bacterial endocarditis is caused by_____________?

a. Streptococcus viridans
b. Haemolytic streptococci
c. Staphylococcus aureus
d. Nisseria
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Streptococcus viridans

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


8)   Growth factor needed for Salmonella_________________?

a. Tryptophan
b. Niacin
c. B-12
d. Citrate
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Tryptophan

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


9)   Organism most frequently associated with urinary tract infections is_________________?

a. Neisseria gonorrhea
b. Escherichia coli
c. T-strain mycoplasma
d. Streptococcus fecalis
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Escherichia coli

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


10)   Neurotoxin of tetanus acts on______________?

a. Synapse
b. Muscle
c. Brain
d. Spinal card
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Spinal card

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


11)   Encapsulation in bacteria helps in__________________?

a. Spore formation
b. Decreased virulence
c. Prevent their phagocytosis
d. Oxygen effect
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Prevent their phagocytosis

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


12)   Which of the following structures, found external to the bacterial cell wall, are involved in bacterial attachment to cell surfaces?

a. Capsule
b. Flagella
c. Pili
d. Mesosomes
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Pili

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


13)   Loss of capsule in bacteria is generally associated with______________?

a. Decease in virulence
b. Loss of infectivity
c. Inability to spread through tissue
d. increase in invasiveness
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Decease in virulence

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


14)   Nagglers reaction is used in the diagnosis of______________?

a. Malaria
b. Whooping cough
c. Gas gangrene
d. Wool sorters disease
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Gas gangrene

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


15)   The commonly used fluorescent dye in the detection of tubercie bacilli________________?

a. Acridine orange
b. Thioglavin
c. Congo red
d. Auramine and Rhodamine
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Auramine and Rhodamine

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


16)   Actinomycosis is caused by______________?

a. Fungus
b. Acid fast, non-motile bacillus
c. Anaerobic, gram positive, non-acid fast bacteria.
d. Retrovirus
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Anaerobic, gram positive, non-acid fast bacteria.

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


17)   The facultative anaerobic bacteria are those who are_______________?

a. Unable to grow in the presence of oxygen
b. Unable to grow in the absence of oxygen
c. Able to grow in the presence of carbon dioxide
d. Able to grow in the presence of absence of oxygen
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Able to grow in the presence of absence of oxygen

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


18)   One of the following is a zoonotic disease_____________?

a. Anthrax
b. Typhoid
c. Bacillary dysentery
d. Cholera
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Anthrax

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


19)   Common inhabitant of throat and tonsils is______________?

a. Alpha hymolytic streptococci (S. viridans)
b. Staphylococci
c. Beta hemolytic streptococci
d. Pneumococci
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Alpha hymolytic streptococci (S. viridans)

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


20)   Resistance of Staphylococcus aureus is due to ________________________?

a. Pleomorphism
b. Elaboration of an enzyme that destroy penicillin
c. Penicillin analogue production
d. Lack of nucleic acid in the cell wall
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Elaboration of an enzyme that destroy penicillin

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


21)   Malignant pustule is referred to_________________?

a. Facio-cervical actinomycosis
b. Cutaneous anthrax
c. Infected squamous cell carcinoma
d. None of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Cutaneous anthrax

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


22)   The major intestinal pathogens which are non-lactose fermenters are_________________?

a. Salmonella
b. Klebsiella
c. Escherichia
d. Paracolons
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Salmonella

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


23)   Inactivated microorganisms are used in the manufacture of which of the following________________?

a. Salk vaccine
b. Tetanus toxoid
c. Sabin’s oral vaccine
d. All of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Salk vaccine

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


24)   which of the following is anaerobic_______________?

a. E.coli
b. Bacteroides
c. Pseudomonas
d. Klebsiella
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Bacteroides

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


25)   Grape bunch shaped colonies are seen in______________?

a. Streptococcus
b. Staphylococcus
c. E.coli
d. Gonococci
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Staphylococcus

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


26)   Which of the following enzyme is required to induce the formation of a plasma clot pathogenic staphylococci_____________?

a. Lysozyme
b. Fibrinolysin
c. Coagulase
d. S protein
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Coagulase

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


27)   Bacteria acquire characteristics by all of the following except___________________?

a. Though plasmids
b. Incorporating part of host DNA
c. Through bacteriophages
d. through conjugation
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Incorporating part of host DNA

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


28)   Bacteria with potent exotoxin is_______________?

a. Clostridium tetani
b. Pseudomonas
c. Shigella
d. Klebsiella
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Clostridium tetani

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


29)   Wasserman test test is diagnostic of__________________?

a. Syphilis
b. Gonorrhea
c. TB
d. Tyhoid
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Syphilis

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


30)   Phage conversion is required for________________?

a. Tularemia
b. Diptheria
c. Gonorrhoea
d. All o f the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Diptheria

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!