Exam 6: Specimen Collection and Processing
Exam 1: Bacterial Cell Structure, Physiology, Metabolism, and Genetics47 Questions
Exam 2: Hostparasite Interaction39 Questions
Exam 3: The Laboratory Role in Infection Control29 Questions
Exam 4: Control of Microorganisms56 Questions
Exam 5: Performance Improvement in the Microbiology Laboratory38 Questions
Exam 6: Specimen Collection and Processing57 Questions
Exam 7: Microscopic Examination of Materials From Infected Sites24 Questions
Exam 8: Use of Colony Morphology for the Presumptive Identification of Microorganisms30 Questions
Exam 9: Biochemical Identification of Gram-Negative Bacteria50 Questions
Exam 10: Immunodiagnosis of Infectious Diseases44 Questions
Exam 11: Applications of Molecular Diagnostics49 Questions
Exam 12: Antimicrobial Agent Mechanisms of Action and Resistance Mechanisms43 Questions
Exam 13: Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing83 Questions
Exam 14: Staphylococci35 Questions
Exam 15: Streptococcus, Enterococcus, and Other Catalase-Negative, Gram-Positive Cocci40 Questions
Exam 16: Aerobic Gram-Positive Bacilli44 Questions
Exam 17: Neisseria Species and Moraxella Catarrhalis31 Questions
Exam 18: Haemophilus, Hacek, Legionella, and Other Fastidious Gram-Negative Bacilli33 Questions
Exam 19: Enterobacteriaceae33 Questions
Exam 20: Vibrio, Aeromonas, and Campylobacter Species27 Questions
Exam 21: Nonfermenting and Miscellaneous Gram-Negative Bacilli28 Questions
Exam 22: Anaerobes of Clinical Importance37 Questions
Exam 23: The Spirochetes26 Questions
Exam 24: Chlamydia, Rickettsia, and Similar Organisms24 Questions
Exam 25: Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma20 Questions
Exam 26: Mycobacterium Tuberculosis and Nontuberculous Mycobacteria34 Questions
Exam 27: Medically Significant Fungi26 Questions
Exam 28: Diagnostic Parasitology21 Questions
Exam 29: Clinical Virology48 Questions
Exam 30: Agents of Bioterror and Forensic Microbiology27 Questions
Exam 31: Biofilms: Architects of Disease27 Questions
Exam 32: Upper and Lower Respiratory Tract Infections32 Questions
Exam 33: Skin and Soft Tissue Infections30 Questions
Exam 34: Gastrointestinal Infections and Food Poisoning34 Questions
Exam 35: Infections of the Central Nervous System26 Questions
Exam 36: Bacteremia and Sepsis32 Questions
Exam 37: Urinary Tract Infections30 Questions
Exam 38: Genital Infections and Sexually Transmitted Infections26 Questions
Exam 39: Infections in Special Populations20 Questions
Exam 40: Zoonotic Diseases22 Questions
Exam 41: Ocular Infections23 Questions
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If transport of the specimen is delayed, the specimen can be maintained by all of the following, except
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What method is used to concentrate specimens to increase recovery of pathogens in the microbiology laboratory?
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When plating a nonroutine culture on primary culture media, the technician should ask all the following questions, except:
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The direct microscopic examination is a useful tool for all the following reasons, except
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Two types of specimens can use preservatives to maintain them until they can be delivered to the laboratory. They are
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To perform a quality laboratory analysis, the laboratory needs specific information regarding the patient and the specimen. What can be a critical weak link in the specimen management process?
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The technician in the laboratory has received a specimen that is rejected. The technician calls the physician and tells the physician the specimen is unacceptable and the reason why. The physician insists that the culture needs to be performed on this unacceptable culture. What should the technician do?
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All of the following are questions that the microbiology technologist will ask while reading and interpreting the growth of cultures, except:
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If a 0.001 mL quantitative loop is used to inoculate plate media for a urine culture, each colony of growth represents how many organisms per milliliter in the original sample?
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A safe method of transporting aspirated wound material would be in
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In certain instances, it is desirable for specimens to be inoculated directly onto culture media. Specimens for this pathogen can be placed onto a commercial transport system called a James E. Martin Biological Environmental Chamber (JEMBEC) system. What pathogen is this?
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Swabs are appropriate for specimens collected from all the following sites, except
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