Microbiology Mcqs - Set 17

1)   The temperature required for cultivating mycobacterium________________?

a. 2 degree
b. 0 degree
c. 27 degrees
d. 37 degrees
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 37 degrees

Explanation:
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2)   Silver impregnation method of staining is useful to demonstrate_____________?

a. Bacterial flagella
b. Spirochetes
c. Both of the above
d. None of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Both of the above

Explanation:
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3)   Gram -ve bacteria stain during gram staining____________?

a. Blue color
b. Red color
c. Green
d. Colorless
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Red color

Explanation:
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4)   The most common site where organisms are present in a typhoid carrier is______________?

a. Spleen
b. Gall Bladder
c. Liver
d. Salivary gland
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Gall Bladder

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


5)   Diphtheria is pathogenic only when infected with______________?

a. Beta phage
b. Alfa phage
c. Lambda K12
d. Delta Phage
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Beta phage

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


6)   Which of the following is an acid-fast bacillus_____________?

a. Mycobacterium bacilli
b. Treponema pallidum
c. Neisseria gonorrhea
d. All of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Mycobacterium bacilli

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


7)   Group A B-hemolytic streptococcal infection of the pharynx may be followed in some by_____________?

a. Diphtheria
b. Typhoid fever
c. Rheumatic fever
d. Syphilis
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Rheumatic fever

Explanation:
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8)   Causative agents of Vincent’s angina_____________?

a. Borrelia vincenti and fusobacterium fusiformis
b. Borrelia recurrents and bateroides
c. Borrelia burgoloferi and lactobacillus
d. Leptospira and Treponema pallidum
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Borrelia vincenti and fusobacterium fusiformis

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


9)   A protoplast is best characterized as a bacterial cell______________?

a. with a cell wall but free of a capsule
b. containing a cell wall and a capsule
c. Free of a cell wall and a capsule
d. Uniquely sensitive to penicillin
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Free of a cell wall and a capsule

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


10)   Which regards to temperature requirement, most pathogenic bacteria are_____________?

a. Psychrophiles
b. Mesophiles
c. Cryophiles
d. Thermophiles
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Mesophiles

Explanation:
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11)   One of the following is an agglutination test in the diagnosis of typhoid___________?

a. Widal test
b. Eleks test
c. Mantoux test
d. Wasserman test
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Widal test

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


12)   Staphylococci typically occur in_________________?

a. Pairs
b. Chains
c. Tetrads
d. Irregular clusters
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Irregular clusters

Explanation:
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13)   In a patient with typhoid, diagnosis after 15 days of onset of fever is best done by_____________?

a. Blood culture
b. Widal test
c. Stool culture
d. Urine culture
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Widal test

Explanation:
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14)   The virulence factors of Neisseria gonorrhea include all of the following except____________?

a. Outer membrane proteins
b. IgA Protease
c. M-Proteins
d. Pili
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: M-Proteins

Explanation:
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15)   The genetic ability of a bacterium to grow in the presence of several antibiotics is passed in vivo from one bacterium to another by_____________?

a. Conjugation
b. Rarefaction
c. Transduction
d. Transformation
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Conjugation

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


16)   One of the following is a treponemal test for diagnosis of syphilis_____________?

a. FTAB
b. Widal test
c. Wasserman test
d. Kahn test
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: FTAB

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


17)   For uniform staining reaction, morphology and biochemical activity it is advisable to study bacterial cultures during the_____________?

a. Lag phase
b. Death phase
c. Stationary phase
d. Logarithmic phase
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Logarithmic phase

Explanation:
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18)   Organ of locomotion in bacteria is________________?

a. Fimbria
b. Flagella
c. Capsule
d. Cell wall
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Flagella

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


19)   Endotoxin have all but one of the properties given below_______________?

a. Produced by gram negative bacteria
b. Produced by gram positive bacteria
c. Not secreted outside the cell
d. Cannot be toxoided
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Produced by gram positive bacteria

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


20)   Toxic shock syndrome is due to the following virulence factor_____________?

a. M protein
b. Pyrogenic exotoxin
c. Streptolysin 0
d. Carbohydrate cell wall
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Pyrogenic exotoxin

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


21)   The commonest method of detection of diptheria carriers is_______________?

a. Schick test
b. Dick test
c. Casoni’s test
d. Charles’ test
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Schick test

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


22)   The difference between gram positive and negative bacteria lies in their_______________?

a. cell wall
b. cell membrane
c. Nuclear material
d. Mesosomes
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: cell wall

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


23)   The specific test for Treponema pallidum is___________?

a. VDRL
b. Kahn’s test
c. TPHA
d. Widal test
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: TPHA

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


24)   All of the following are true of streptococcus except_____________?

a. It’s group of lactic acid production bacteria
b. Shows adherence to dental enamel
c. Most common in humans
d. Most common is animals
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: It’s group of lactic acid production bacteria

Explanation:
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25)   Bacteria reproduce mainly by______________?

a. Budding
b. Binary fission
c. Sporing
d. Bacterial components produced by host cells
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Binary fission

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


26)   An oxidase-positive, gram-negative rod which produces a bluish-green pigment has been grown in culture from a swab obtained from an infected burn wound. This organism is susceptible to gentamicin, ticarcillin and tobramicin, but resistant to all the other antibiotics which of the following organisms is it likely to be ?

a. Escherichia coli
b. Klebsiella pnemoniae
c. Proteus miribilis
d. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


27)   The causative organism of syphilis is___________?

a. Borrelia burgolorferi
b. Chalamydia trachomatis
c. Leptospira interrogans
d. Treponema pallidum
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Treponema pallidum

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!