Question 1

Which one of the following is mismatched?

Accepted Answer

A)  epiglottitis - Haemophilus
B)  Q fever - Rickettsia
C)  psittacosis - Chlamydia
D)  whooping cough - Bordetella
E)  melioidosis - Burkholderia

Question 2

A patient has pneumonia.Gram-negative rods are cultured on nutrient agar from a sputum sample.The etiology is

Accepted Answer

A)  Burkholderia pseudomallei.
B)  Chlamydophila psittaci.
C)  Haemophilus influenzae.
D)  Legionella pneumophila.
E)  Staphylococcus aureus.

Question 3

Using diphtheria and whooping cough as examples,discuss why it is necessary to continue to vaccinate against diseases that are relatively rare in the U.S.today.

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Question 4

The symptoms of diphtheria are due to an exotoxin that blocks proteins synthesis in host cells.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Inhalation of arthroconidia is responsible for infection by which one of the following organisms?

Accepted Answer

A)  Blastomyces
B)  Coccidioides
C)  Mycoplasma
D)  Streptococcus
E)  Chlamydophila

Question 6

Which one of the following pairings is mismatched?

Accepted Answer

A)  Burkholderia - melioidosis
B)  Coxiella - Q fever
C)  Mycoplasma - walking pneumonia
D)  Chlamydophila - psittacosis
E)  Mycobacterium - whooping cough

Question 7

Which one of the following is an opportunistic pathogen?

Accepted Answer

A)  Pneumocystis
B)  Legionella
C)  Histoplasma
D)  Mycoplasma
E)  rhinovirus

Question 8

Compare and contrast antigenic shift and antigenic drift in influenza virus.How do antigenic shifts and drifts contribute to the need for annual vaccinations to prevent influenza?

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Question 9

Which one of the following produces small "fried-egg" colonies on medium containing horse serum and yeast extract?

Accepted Answer

A)  Chlamydophila
B)  Legionella
C)  Mycobacterium
D)  Mycoplasma
E)  Streptococcus

Question 10

Which one of the following etiologic agents results in the formation of abscesses?

Accepted Answer

A)  Staphylococcus
B)  Mycoplasma
C)  Streptococcus
D)  Blastomyces
E)  Coccidioides

Question 11

Vaccination with the influenza vaccine confers lifelong immunity to influenza virus.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Which one of the following causes a disease characterized by a red rash?

Accepted Answer

A)  Blastomyces
B)  Coccidioides
C)  Mycoplasma
D)  Streptococcus
E)  RSV

Question 13

Which one of the following causes opportunistic infections in AIDS patients?

Accepted Answer

A)  Pneumocystis
B)  Aspergillus
C)  Rhizopus
D)  Mucor
E)  All of the answers are correct.

Question 14

Characterize the disease melioidosis,then draft a control plan to prevent the spread of the infection if it should reach the United States.

Accepted Answer

Melioidosis is a potentially fatal infec...

Question 15

Members of the group A streptococci (GAS) cause all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  strep throat.
B)  scarlet fever.
C)  rheumatic fever.
D)  pharyngitis.
E)  epiglottitis.

Question 16

The lower respiratory tract is protected by all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  competition with the normal flora of the lungs.
B)  IgA antibodies.
C)  mucous secretions.
D)  the ciliary escalator.
E)  alveolar macrophages.

Question 17

The most effective means of preventing influenza is

Accepted Answer

A)  annual vaccination.
B)  isolation of carriers.
C)  vector control.
D)  pasteurization of milk.
E)  administration of amantadine.

Question 18

The patient is suffocating because of the accumulation of dead tissue and fibrin in her throat.What is the etiology of the symptoms?

Accepted Answer

A)  Corynebacterium
B)  Haemophilus
C)  Bordetella
D)  Mycobacterium
E)  The answer cannot be determined based on the information provided.

Question 19

Which one of the following causes a disease characterized by the catarrhal,paroxysmal,and convalescent stages?

Accepted Answer

A)  Bordetella pertussis
B)  Corynebacterium diphtheriae
C)  Mycobacterium tuberculosis
D)  Streptococcus pyogenes
E)  respiratory syncytial virus

Question 20

The patient is suffocating because of an inflamed epiglottis.What is the etiology of the symptoms?

Accepted Answer

A)  Corynebacterium
B)  Haemophilus
C)  Bordetella
D)  Mycobacterium
E)  RSV

Exam 24: Microbial Diseases of the Respiratory System

Which one of the following pairings is mismatched?

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Vaccination with the influenza vaccine confers lifelong immunity to influenza virus.

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Which one of the following etiologic agents results in the formation of abscesses?

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Which one of the following causes a disease characterized by the catarrhal,paroxysmal,and convalescent stages?

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Which one of the following is mismatched?

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The symptoms of diphtheria are due to an exotoxin that blocks proteins synthesis in host cells.

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The lower respiratory tract is protected by all of the following EXCEPT

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The patient is suffocating because of an inflamed epiglottis.What is the etiology of the symptoms?

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Which one of the following produces small "fried-egg" colonies on medium containing horse serum and yeast extract?

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Characterize the disease melioidosis,then draft a control plan to prevent the spread of the infection if it should reach the United States.

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Which one of the following is an opportunistic pathogen?

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Members of the group A streptococci (GAS) cause all of the following EXCEPT

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Which one of the following causes opportunistic infections in AIDS patients?

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Using diphtheria and whooping cough as examples,discuss why it is necessary to continue to vaccinate against diseases that are relatively rare in the U.S.today.

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Which one of the following causes a disease characterized by a red rash?

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The most effective means of preventing influenza is

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Inhalation of arthroconidia is responsible for infection by which one of the following organisms?

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Compare and contrast antigenic shift and antigenic drift in influenza virus.How do antigenic shifts and drifts contribute to the need for annual vaccinations to prevent influenza?

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