An Introduction to Human Disease, Seventh Edition

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Please read each question and select your answer from the choices provided. You must complete all of the questions in order to view your results. At the end of each exam, you have the option to e-mail your results to your instructor.

1: Which is NOT a major shape classification of bacteria
	A: coccus
	B: bacillus
	C: globus
	D: spiral

2: Biochemical and cultural characteristics of pathogenic bacterium include
	A: aerobic or anaerobic metabolism
	B: spore formation
	C: biochemical profile
	D: all of the above

3: These type of bacterium are the cause of scarlet fever.
	A: staphylococci
	B: gamma streptococci
	C: beta streptococci
	D: alpha streptococci
	E: pneumococci

4: Lyme disease is caused by a bacterium of what shape?
	A: coccus
	B: bacillus
	C: spiral
	D: none of the above

5: Which is an example of an acid-fast organism?
	A: alpha streptococci
	B: rickettsiae
	C: syphilis
	D: tuberculosis
	E: staphylococci

6: Antibiotics work through the process of:
	A: inhibiting cell-wall synthesis
	B: inhibiting cell-membrane function
	C: inhibiting metabolic functions of bacteria
	D: All of the above

7: The disk method of testing for antibiotic sensitivity measures the highest dilution of the antibiotic that will inhibit growth in a test tube.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

8: Penicillinase is an enzyme that antibiotic-resistant bacteria produce to inactivate penicillin.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

9: Possible adverse effects of antibiotics include:
	A: toxicity
	B: hypersensitivity
	C: alteration of normal bacterial flora
	D: development of resistant strains
	E: All of the Above

10: Hypersensitivity to antibiotics can produce a fatal reaction in some patients.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

11: Chlamydiae can live outside the host tissue.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

12: Rickettsiae and Ehrlichiae are transferred to humans through:
	A: insects
	B: cats
	C: hogs
	D: vermin

13: Primary atypical pneumonia is caused by a:
	A: virus
	B: mycoplasma
	C: fungus
	D: none of the above

14: A virus is capable of carrying out its own metabolic functions.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

15: Most fungal infections occur after a disruption of the natural bacterial flora of the body.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

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