Microbiology MCQs Mock Test – Chapter 32

Escherichia coli differs from Klebsiella by?

A woman is noted to have pyelonephritis with shaking chills and fever. Blood cultures are obtained and the Gram-negative is read preliminary as consistent with Proteus species. Which of the following bacteria also may be the etiology?

‘Epitopes’ is the:

Short incubation food poisoning caused by ingestion of preformed enterotoxin, is caused by?

_ protect pneumococci against phagocytosis?

Which of the following statements best describes an advantage of the oral polio vaccine when compared to inactivated polio vaccine?

Which of the following viral families is known to be causally associated with tumor formation?

The total number of viable bacteria present in a sample is better determined by?

A seconds-year MPhil student is researching the role of HPV in causing cancer. Which of the following types of cancer is HPV most commonly associated with?

Acid fastness of tubercle bacilli is attributed to?

Which of the following is mismatched?

The majority of non-immunized patients infected with poliovirus would be expected to experience which of the following symptoms?

The primary pathologic effect of polio viral infection is a result of which of the following?

Routine sugar bacterial culture medium contain?

A nurse experienced a needle stick injury. The patient used illicit intravenous drugs. One month later, nurse develops jaundice. Which of following findings would implicate hepatitis B as the etiology?

Transformation is defined as?

Which of the following is the pathogen responsible for blindness in advanced HIV infection?

A woman has chronic diarrhea. Identification of which of the following stages of the organism would provide evidence for cryptosporidiosis?

Virulence factors of Staphylococcus aureus include all of the following EXCEPT?

Intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies are seen for?

_ is primary factor of S. pneumoniae?

After overnight incubation, the lowest concentration of the drug that restricts the growth of bacterium inoculated is called?

Ames test general requires addition of __ to make bacterial system comparable to mammalian system?

Which of the following is a host in the life cycle of all trematodes that infect humans?

What will be your result interpretation, if MPN results shows 0,1,3 after presumptive test?

Ability to ferment __ is used to detect coliforms?

In which of the following sites is Salmonella typhi most likely to be found during the carrier state?

Antigen becomes more potent because of?

Which of the following can be prevented by filtering water?

Which of the following antibiotic dose not act on cell membrane?

Which of the following crosses placenta?

A man is diagnosed with meningitis. CSF grows out Gram-positive diplococci. This is most likely to be?

A definitive diagnosis of ascariasis can be made by observing which of the following?

In an HIV-1 patient, which of following is the most predictive of the patient’s prognosis?

The commonest infectious viral disease of man is?

A 12-hour-old newborn has a temperature of 103oF. Blood culture grows Gram-positive cocci in chains. This is most likely to be?

The organisms which are devoid of their own metabolic system and obtain energy from the host cell are called?

Number of domains in IgM is?

Polymyxin inhibits the growth of the microbes by carrying out which of the following actions?

The immunoglobulin which can cross placenta is?

Fungus is cultured on?

If 35 colonies were counted on a 10-2 dilution plate inoculated with a loop calibrated to deliver 0.01 ml of urine, what will be the bacteria/ml in the urine?

Which of the following morphological structures is not associated with Candida albicans?

Chemical contaminants in water can lead to teratogenicity, which can be defined as?

A man tests positive for HCV infection. Which of following is the most likely method of transmission?

Cutaneous larva migrant is caused by?

The therapy for genetic disorders which is aimed at mutant gene, to replace it with normal function gene by use of DNA/RNA tumor viruses is known as?

Ascariasis is most effectively treated with which of the following drugs?

An immunocompromised woman is diagnosed as having meningitis. A latex agglutination test on the CSF for capsular polysaccharide antigen is positive. Which of the following is the most likely the cause?

Which of the following paramyxoviruses lacks an envelope viral attachment protein with HA activity?