Module 6 Flashcards
- The internationally recommended strategy for the control of tuberculosis is DOTS, which stands for:
a. Directly Observed Short-Term Strategy
b. Directly Observed Treatment Short Course
c. Directly Observable Therapy Short Course
d. Directly Observable Standard Treatment
e. Duration of Observed Treatment Short Course
Duration of Observed Treatment Short Course
The following are characteristics of inflammation:
a. Pain at the injured site
b. Redness
c. Increased in temperature
d. Swelling
e. All of the above
All of the above
Which of the ff. statements about Pnuemocystis carinii is true?
a. Antibodies are found only in infected immunocompromised hosts
b. It is a ricketssia
c. It can cause pulmonary tuberculosis
d. Pathogenic for patients with AIDS with CD4 counts of > 800 cells/mL
e. Diagnosis is through sputum smear microscopy
Pathogenic for patients with AIDS with CD4 counts of > 800 cells/mL
Aspergillosis is caused by:
a. Aspergillus flavus
b. Aspergillo madicuts
c. Filobasidiella sp
d. Respiratory syncytial virus
e. Adenovirus
Aspergillus flavus
Antibody that is produced first in
response to a anaphylactic shock.
a. IgG
b. IgA
c. IgM
d. IgD
e. IgE
IgE
Antibody present in breastmilk:
a. IgG
b. IgA
c. IgM
d. IgD
e. IgE
IgA
Type of immunity resulting from vaccination.
a. Naturally acquired passive immunity
b. Naturally acquired active immunity
c. Artificially acquired passive immunity
d. Adaptive immunity
e. Artificial acquired active
immunity
Artificial acquired active
immunity
A preliminary test for HIV infection
a. ELISA
b. Southern blot technique
c. Western blot technique
d. Immunophoresis
e. Immunofluorescence
ELISA
Effective sterilization in a biosafety cabinet, requires which of the following conditions:
a. Open flame
b. 100 C for 10 mins. c. 70% alcohol solution
d. 121C, 15psi, for 15 mins
e. 3% H2O2 solution
70% alcohol solution
Ionizing radiation inactivates vegetative bacteria by:
a. Driving away electrons & splitting the molecules into atoms or groups
b. Inducing thymine dimmers
c. Denaturing nucleoproteins
d. Cross-linking sugar groups
e. Inducing double-stranded breaks in DNA
Driving away electrons & splitting the molecules into atoms or groups
Algicide used in swimming pools
a. Crystal violet
b. Gentian violet
c. Cupric sulfate
d. Methylene blue
e. Ferric oxide
Cupric sulfate
Which antitubercular drug that acts on the 30S ribosomal subunits of bacteria and interferes with the binding of tRNA to ribosomes?
a. Chloramphenicol
b. Streptomycin
c. Clindamycin
d. Erythromycin
e. Lincosamide
Streptomycin
The first chemotherapeutic agent effective against syphilis
a. Penicillin
b. Streptomycin
c. Chloramphenicol
d. Sulfonamide
e. Salvarsan
Salvarsan
The original source of penicillin discovered by Fleming was a mold known as:
a. Saccharomyces cerevisiae
b. Penicillium notatum
c. Penicillium chrysogenum
d. Penicillium flavus
e. Aspergillus flavus
Penicillium notatum
A technique where small samples of DNA can be quickly amplified for analysis
a. Hybridoma
b. Recombinant DNA
c. Polymerase Chain Reaction
d. Cloning
e. Fluorescence
Polymerase Chain Reaction
The following is the first macrolide antibiotic:
Azithromycin
Streptomycin
Kanamycin
Erythromycin
Neomycin
Erythromycin
Cause of Hansens Disease:
Mycoplasma tuberculosis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Pseudomonas tuberculosis
Mycobacterium leprae
Mycoplasma pneumonia
Mycobacterium leprae
Fixed macrophages that protect & reside in the liver:
Osteoclasts
Alveolar macrophages
Kupffer cells
Histocytes
Sinusoids
Kupffer cells
Term for programmed cell death
Perforin
Apoptosis
Cytolysis
Inflammation
Antigen presentation
Apoptosis
Coined the term “chemotherapy” and
was among the first scientists who
searched for the “magic bullet” * Paul Ehrlich
Alexander Fleming
Selman Waksman
George Domagk
Heide Schulz
Referred to as inactivated toxins that act as vaccines:
Axotoxins
Endotoxins
Toxoids
Subunit vaccines
Inactivated vaccines
Toxoids
