Questions Marked Perception

Question 1

Antibiotic treating Purine Synthesis

Answer 1

Trimethoprim

Question 2

Used in HIV therapy

Answer 2

Saquinavir

Question 3

Concerning diagnostic methods: A single elevated IgM is generally acceptable as serological proof of infection

Answer 3

true

Question 4

Bacterial toxins can sometimes be chemically modified to provide antigens for immunisation

Answer 4

true

Question 5

E.Coli is an example of Gram-positive

Answer 5

true

Question 6

Neisseria gonorrheoae

Answer 6

gram negative

Question 7

Concerning diagnostic methods: the detecting of antigen in CSF by agglutination may be useful in the diagnosis of meningitis

Answer 7

true

Question 8

Topical antifungal preparations can be used to treat fungal infections

Answer 8

true

Question 9

Treatment of UTI

Answer 9

Nitrofluratoin

Question 10

Serious infections of MRSA are treated with

Answer 10

Vancomycin

Question 11

Serious infection with a gram negative organism such as e.coli should be treated with intravenous

Answer 11

Gentamicin

Question 12

Serious systemic fungal infections require treatment with IV

Answer 12

Amphotericin B

Question 13

The pathogenesis of systemic type III hypersensitivity requires

Answer 13

IgE production

Question 14

Neutrophil polymorphs

Answer 14

are a major component of the inflammatory response

Question 15

Fibroblasts

Answer 15

produce collagens

Question 16

Histamine

Answer 16

Relaxes vascular smooth muscle in acute inflammation

Question 17

Hypoxia

Answer 17

impedes tissue healing

Question 18

Glyceryl Trinitrate is administered by the sublingual route to avoid…

Answer 18

first pass metabolism

Question 19

A drug trail in which neither patient or doctor is aware of the treatment is a

Answer 19

double blind trial

Question 20

a drug trail in which data is collected from case records after treatment is given is called a

Answer 20

retrospective trial

Question 21

A drug trail in which patients take both treatments being tested one after the other is called

Answer 21

cross-over trial

Question 22

A drug trail in which patients are allotted to treatment in groups using random number generation is called a

Answer 22

randomised trial

Question 23

Mitosis

Answer 23

produced diploid cells from diploid cells

Question 24

Meiosis

Answer 24

produced haploid cells from diploid cells

Question 25

Fertilisation

Answer 25

produces diploid cells from haploid cells

Question 26

The x chromosome

Answer 26

is transmitted by fathers to daughters but not sons

Question 27

The y chromosome

Answer 27

is transmitted only by fathers

Question 28

Retinoblastoma

Answer 28

caused by loss of a tumour suppressor gene

Question 29

Leukaemia

Answer 29

Malignant tumour of WBC

Question 30

Liposarcoma

Answer 30

Malignant tumour of fatty tissue

Question 31

Adenocarcinoma

Answer 31

malignant tumour of glandular epithelium

Question 32

astrocytoma

Answer 32

CNS tumour

Question 33

seminoma

Answer 33

germ cell tumour (malignant)

Question 34

Omentum is a common site for metastasis in....

Answer 34

ovarian cancer

Question 35

Most common type of cancer in men in the UK

Answer 35

prostate

Question 36

Examining the lymph nodes

Answer 36

both student A and B wash hands with plain soap and water

Question 37

The lungs are a common site for metastasis

Answer 37

true

Question 38

First cousins share...

Answer 38

12.5% of their alleles

Question 39

around 30,000 genes in the genome

Answer 39

true

Question 40

BRCA1 and BRCA2 are examples of

Answer 40

tumour suppressor genes

Question 41

epithelioid cells belong to the...

Answer 41

mononuclear-macrophage system

Question 42

Familial polyposis coli is associated with congenital hypertrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium

Answer 42

true

Question 43

Histone proteins are positively charged

Answer 43

true

Question 44

exons are CODING and introns are NON CODING DNA

Answer 44

true

Question 45

endothelial cells are involved in the acute inflammatory process

Answer 45

true

Question 46

Aspirin is absorbed from the stomach because it is un-ionised at acid pH

Answer 46

true

Question 47

During the formation of gametes - the cells that form sperm go through more division than those that form eggs

Answer 47

true

Question 48

Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium states that allele frequencies remain constant generation to generation

Answer 48

true

Question 49

B lymphocytes are the precursor of plasma cells which produce immunoglobulin's

Answer 49

true

Question 50

Central Dogma of Molecular biology

Answer 50

DNA makes RNA makes protein