Microbiology Final Exam Review

What is the causative agent of the flu?

Which type of botulism poisoning is a direct result of ingesting the toxin?

The function of bacterial endospores is:

A superinfection results from:

A Dr. must choose between 2 drugs with a therapeutic index of 25, the other 2.5. Which is best?

When diagnosing patients, it is important to follow sampling protocols because:

The molecular fragment of an antigen that an immune cell recognizes is called:

Which type of botulism poisoning is a direct result of ingesting the toxin?

What is the theory of spontaneous generation?

Mammalian viruses capable of starting tumors are also known as:

When diagnosing patients, it is important to follow sampling protocols because:

What effect does a booster have on acquired immunity?

Breast feedig results in which type of immunity?

Gram negative organisms:

What is themost common bacterial cause of acute diarrhea in developing nations?

Incineration is a _____ method.

How did Pastuer prove that spontaneous generation was false?

Pandemic flu is most likely to be caused by:

Mucinase breaks down mucus to give bacteria access to tissue bleow. This is an example of:

A nurse cleaning the skin prior to surgery is considered:

Gram positive organisms:

Which type of botulism poisoning is a direct result of ingesting the toxin?

Prokaryotes are distinguished from eukaryotes by:

The most common cause of the common cold is:

____ is given to any foreign substance that stimulates the 3rd line of immune defenses.

Which type of botulism poisoning is a direct result of ingesting the toxin?

Documented transmission of HIV involves:

Vaccination results in which type of immunity?

_____ toxin is a protein toxin that causes cell lysis.

Each of the following are benefits of a mild fever EXCEPT:

Thick cell walls help prevent bacteria from lysing in ______ conditions.

Which type of botulism is a direct result of germinating endospores in the intestine?

Bacteria living in a freshwater stream that are moved to salty seawater would:

What is themost common bacterial cause of acute diarrhea in the USA?

An opportunistic pathogen is one that:

Why did polio suddenly display as the more serious infantile paralysis of the 1900s?

The number of new cases of a disease in a population over a period of time is the:

Septicemia can lead to the life-threatening condition of:

The primary effect of HIV infection results in:

Components of the first line of defense include all of the following EXCEPT:

The miminum # of microbes necessary to cause infection to proceed is known as:

A microbe can acquire resistance through:

What is the goal of vaccination?

Which term describes the buidling of macromolecules in the cell?

Which of the following is not a microbe?

Which of the following is NOT a common cause of food poisoning?

Which term describes an organism that gets carbon from an organic source and energy from light?

___ occurs when microbes are actively replicating in the blood.

A disease with a steady frequency over time in a particular geographic region is:

Which of the following causes the most sever disease?

It is difficult to design antiviral drugs because:

Which of the following is NOT a technique used to diagnose infections?

A properly functioning immune system is responsible for:

In what phase of the growth curve are bacteria most susceptible to antimicrobial killing?

_______ obtain nutrients from dead plants and animals.

Koch's postulates were developed to:

Which of the following is NOT a eukaryotic organism?