Multiple Choice Questions

Which one of the following causes a disease characterized by the catarrhal, paroxysmal, and convalescent stages?
  • Bordetella pertussis
  • Corynebacterium dipheriae
  • Mycoplasma
  • Corynebacterium diphtheriae
Which of the following statements about mycoplasmal pneumonia is true?
  • treatment is tetracyclines
  • epiglottitis - sore throat
  • tuberculosis toxoid
  • respiratory syncytial virus
A patient has a paroxysmal cough and mucus accumulation. What is the etiology of the symptoms?
  • Corynebacterium
  • Bordetella
  • Bordetella pertussis
  • Haemophius
The patient is suffocating because of the accumulation of dead tissue and fibrin in her throat. What is the etiology of the symptoms?
  • Haemophius
  • Corynebacterium
  • Corynebacterium dipheriae
  • Bordetella
The patient has a sore throat. What is the etiology of the symptoms?
  • being near someones with tuberculosis
  • the answer cannot be determined based on the information
  • Bordetella
  • competition with the normal flora of the lungs.
Which of the following is responsible for epidemics of respiratory disease in infants?
  • diphtheria
  • treatment is tetracyclines
  • respiratory syncytial virus
  • mycobacterium - whopping cough
Which of the following diseases is NOT correctly matched to its vaccine?A) tuberculosis — toxoidB) whooping cough — heat-killed bacteriaC) diphtheria — toxoidD) influenza — viruses grown in embryonated eggsE) pneumococcal pneumonia — capsular polysaccharides
  • respiratory syncytial virus
  • Treatment is tetracyclines.
  • tuberculosis - toxoid
  • Pneumocystis
Which one of the following produces the most potent exotoxin?A) Bordetella pertussisB) Corynebacterium diphtheriaeC) Mycobacterium tuberculosisD) Streptococcus pyogenesE) Streptococcus pneumoniae
  • Corynebacterium diphtheriae
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • coccidioidomycosis - air
  • Corynebacterium dipheriae
Which of the following is mismatched?A) Corynebacterium — gram-positive rodB) Mycobacterium — acid-fast rodC) Mycoplasma — gram-positive pleomorphic rodD) Bordetella — gram-negative pleomorphic rodE) Haemophilus — gram-negative rod
  • Mycoplasma
  • mycoplasma - gram-positive pleomorphic rod
  • tuberculosis - toxoid
  • Histoplasma
Which of the following is NOT a typical symptom of influenza?
  • fever
  • chills
  • headache
  • diarrhea
  • muscle aches
The common cold
  • The answer cannot be determined based on the information provided
  • Nearly 1/3 of the world's population shows symptoms of tuberculosis.
  • can result from deposition of a single rhinovirus on the nasal mucosa
  • being near someone with tuberculosis
All of the following are true of the common cold except
  • diarrhea
  • the answer cannot be determined based on the information
  • fluoroquinolones.
  • early treatment will drastically reduce the disease symptoms
A patient has fever, difficulty breathing, chest pains, fluid in alveoli, and a positive tuberculin skin test. Gram-positive cocci are isolated from the sputum. The patient most likely has
  • pneumococcal pneumonia.
  • Pneumococcal pneumonia
  • Haemophius
  • Bordetella
Which of the following is mismatched?A) Burkholderia — melioidosisB) Coxiella — Q feverC) Mycoplasma — walking pneumoniaD) Chlamydophila — psittacosisE) Mycobacterium — whooping cough
  • epiglottitis - sore throat
  • mycoplasma - gram-positive pleomorphic rod
  • diphteria
  • mycobacterium - whopping cough
Which of the following diseases has a cutaneous form, especially in individuals over 30 years of age?A) coccidioidomycosisB) diphtheriaC) legionellosisD) scarlet feverE) psittacosis
  • tuberculosis - toxoid
  • Mycobacterium
  • Q fever - Rickettsia
  • diphteria
Tuberculosis is the name of the ___ caused by the ___ Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • disease; bacterium
  • diphtheria
  • tuberculosis toxoid
  • Treatment is tetracyclines.
The patient is suffocating because of an inflamed epiglottis. What is the etiology of the symptoms?A) CorynebacteriumB) HaemophilusC) BordetellaD) Mycobacterium
  • Haemophius
  • Corynebacterium
  • Bordetella
  • pneumococcal pneumonia.
Which of the following is mismatched?A) epiglottitis — HaemophilusB) Q fever — RickettsiaC) psittacosis — ChlamydiaD) whooping cough — BordetellaE) melioidosis — Burkholderia
  • mycobacterium - whopping cough
  • diphteria
  • Q fever - Rickettsia
  • epiglottitis - sore throat
Which of the following is mismatched?A) pharyngitis — sore throatB) laryngitis — voice lossC) epiglottitis — sore throatD) sinusitis — headache and nasal mucousE) otitis media — earache
  • treatment is tetracyclines
  • mycobacterium - whopping cough
  • epiglottitis - sore throat
  • respiratory syncytial virus
Which one of the following produces small "fried-egg" colonies on medium containing horse serum and yeast extract?
  • Chlamydophila
  • Legionella
  • Mycobacterium
  • Mycoplasma
  • Streptococcus
The lower respiratory tract is protected by all of the following except
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • Corynebacterium diphtheriae
  • competition with the normal flora of the lungs
  • Nearly 1/3 of the world's population shows symptoms of tuberculosis.
Infection by which of the following is often confused with viral pneumonia?
  • diphtheria
  • Mycoplasma
  • Mycobacterium
  • Streptococcus
All of the following can lead to a positive tuberculin skin test except
  • fluoroquinolones.
  • being near someones with tuberculosis
  • early treatment will drastically reduce the disease symptoms
  • All of the answers are correct
Which of the following diseases is NOT correctly matched to its vaccine?
  • Histoplasma
  • tuberculosis toxoid
  • Coccidioides
  • tuberculosis - toxoid
Which statement regarding Influenzavirus is true?
  • Nearly 1/3 of the world's population shows symptoms of tuberculosis.
  • The answer cannot be determined based on the information provided
  • antigenic shift can occur because the genome is in several pieces
  • Coxiella burnetii
An individual presents with a pinkish-red rash and red sore throat. Gram-positive cocci and cultured from a throat swab. The cocci are growing in chains. Which of the following is the most likely conclusion?
  • the patient has scarlet fever
  • Burkholderia pseudomallei.
  • epiglottitis - sore throat
  • treatment is tetracyclines
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