Question 1

Select the best response to the question. What is a risk factor for contracting tapeworm or hookworm?

Accepted Answer

A)   young age
B)   poor sanitation
C)   living in a nursing home
D)   living or traveling in the Middle East B

Question 2

Select the best response to the question. Why are prions a concern for health care providers?

Accepted Answer

A)   Prion-related diseases cause severe cardiopulmonary (heart) -related signs and symptoms.
B)   Prion-related diseases require multiple medications for successful treatment.
C)   Prions are resistant to a number of routine sterilization techniques.
D)   Large numbers of new prion-related diseases are diagnosed each year. C

Question 3

Match between columns
                        Premises: A major cause of respiratory illness in children.
Almost all infected patients are initially asymptomatic, but progress to a chronic infection.
A common viral respiratory infection.
Immature form.
Eggs.
Motile, multiplying form.
Dormant form.
Usually treated with three drugs that work together to suppress the virus.

Accepted Answer

The Answer of larvae and cyst and trophozoite and human is...

Question 4

Select the best response to the question. A person infected with Giardia should be treated with which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)   antibiotics after the culture and sensitivity report is obtained
B)   oxygen and inhaled medications
C)   no treatment is currently available
D)   fluids, electrolytes, and antimicrobials such as metronidazole

Question 5

Fill in the blanks to complete the following statements. 
A disease that is not active and remains dormant until conditions are favorable for it to reproduce again is going through a period of ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Fill in the blanks to complete the...

Question 6

Identify all answer choices that best complete the question. Which of the following characteristics describe viruses?

Accepted Answer

A)   They have a protective protein coat called a capsid.
B)   They can only replicate in a living host cell.
C)   They have organelles and a nucleus.
D)   Certain viruses can be treated with antibiotics.

Question 7

Select the best response to the question. What is a consequence of untreated tapeworm?

Accepted Answer

A)   anemia
B)   seizures
C)   anal itching
D)   abscesses

Question 8

Select the best response to the question. A patient who receives an IM injection containing antibodies from individuals that have already had exposure to a disease is receiving which type of immunity?

Accepted Answer

A)   the patient does not develop any immunity
B)   artificial passive immunity
C)   artificial active immunity
D)   natural active immunity

Question 9

Identify all answer choices that best complete the question. What characteristics do dimorphic fungi share?

Accepted Answer

A)   They cause infections when spores are inhaled.
B)   There are no known treatments for the infections they cause.
C)   They appear either as yeasts or molds forming hyphae and spores.
D)   They are found worldwide in decaying material and soil.

Question 10

Match between columns
                        Premises: Red scaly lesions with loss of hair.
Thickened, discolored, brittle nails.
Ring-shaped skin lesion with red raised border.
Cracking and peeling skin between the toes.

Accepted Answer

The Answer of Tinea unguium and Tinea pedis and Tinea is...

Question 11

Identify all answer choices that best complete the question. How do viruses cause disease?

Accepted Answer

A)   by infecting the nervous system in humans
B)   by shutting down or destroying a cell (lysis) 
C)   by living on or in another organism
D)   by reproducing within the cell and then breaking open to infect other cells

Question 12

Select the best response to the question. Candida infection should be suspected in which of the following situations?

Accepted Answer

A)   an AIDS patient diagnosed with esophagitis
B)   a patient with cracking and peeling skin between the toes
C)   a patient with ring-shaped skin lesions
D)   a patient with a lung infection from inhaling soil spores where bats and birds are roosting

Question 13

Fill in the blanks to complete the following statements. 
The amount of virus circulating in the blood stream can be quantified and is referred to as the ______________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Fill in the blanks to complete the...

Question 14

Select the best response to the question. How do antifungal agents work?

Accepted Answer

A)   by creating memory cells to help the body's immune system
B)   by inhibiting essential nucleic acid formation in viral particles
C)   by interfering with viral DNA and inhibit replication
D)   by preventing the making of ergosterol

Question 15

Aspergillus is a mold that causes an allergic reaction when its spores are inhaled.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Identify all answer choices that best complete the question. How are protozoan infections contracted?

Accepted Answer

A)   directly through the skin
B)   from insect bites
C)   sexual activity
D)   ingestion of contaminated water

Question 17

Fill in the blanks to complete the following statements. 
___________________ are the most common infectious agents in humans.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Fill in the blanks to complete the...

Question 18

The higher the viral load the more likely the patient will display signs and symptoms of the viral illness.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Select the best response to the question. A patient who contracts a strain of the flu has immunity in the future against that same strain of the flu. This is an example of which type of immunity?

Accepted Answer

A)   the patient does not develop any immunity
B)   artificial passive immunity
C)   artificial active immunity
D)   natural active immunity

Question 20

Identify all answer choices that best complete the question. Which of the following are characteristics of mold?

Accepted Answer

A)   live on other organisms at the hosts' expense
B)   have chlorophyll that which gives it a dark color
C)   are multicellular colonies of intertwined hyphae
D)   require food, air, warmth, moisture, and darkness to grow

Exam 3: More Medical Microbiology Specialties

Select the best response to the question. What is a risk factor for contracting tapeworm or hookworm?

Select the best response to the question. Why are prions a concern for health care providers?

Match the stage of parasitic development with their description.

Select the best response to the question. A person infected with Giardia should be treated with which of the following?

Fill in the blanks to complete the following statements. A disease that is not active and remains dormant until conditions are favorable for it to reproduce again is going through a period of ________.

Identify all answer choices that best complete the question. Which of the following characteristics describe viruses?

Select the best response to the question. What is a consequence of untreated tapeworm?

Select the best response to the question. A patient who receives an IM injection containing antibodies from individuals that have already had exposure to a disease is receiving which type of immunity?

Identify all answer choices that best complete the question. What characteristics do dimorphic fungi share?

Match the dermatophyte with their clinical presentation.

Identify all answer choices that best complete the question. How do viruses cause disease?

Select the best response to the question. Candida infection should be suspected in which of the following situations?

Fill in the blanks to complete the following statements. The amount of virus circulating in the blood stream can be quantified and is referred to as the ______________.

Select the best response to the question. How do antifungal agents work?

Aspergillus is a mold that causes an allergic reaction when its spores are inhaled.

Identify all answer choices that best complete the question. How are protozoan infections contracted?

Fill in the blanks to complete the following statements. ___________________ are the most common infectious agents in humans.

The higher the viral load the more likely the patient will display signs and symptoms of the viral illness.

Select the best response to the question. A patient who contracts a strain of the flu has immunity in the future against that same strain of the flu. This is an example of which type of immunity?

Identify all answer choices that best complete the question. Which of the following are characteristics of mold?