Quiz questions

Question 1

What is streptococci classed by?

Answer 1

Haemolysis

Question 2

What is the common cause of pharyngitis and tonsilitis?

Answer 2

Strep. Pyogenes

Question 3

What type of antimicrobial is neisseria meningitides?

Answer 3

Gram negative coccus

Question 4

What is TB diagnosis aided by?

Answer 4

ZN stain of sputum

Question 5

What is salmonella?

Answer 5

Gram negative bacillus

Question 6

What is helicobacter pylori associated with?

Answer 6

Duodenal ulcers

Question 7

What is malaria caused by?

Answer 7

Plasmodium falciparum

Question 8

What are dermatophytes a common cause of?

Answer 8

Ringworms

Question 9

What can serious fungal infection be treated with?

Answer 9

Intravenous amphotericin

Question 10

What do penicillins and cephalosporins act on?

Answer 10

Cell wall synthesis

Question 11

What is the B-lactams resistance in MRSA due to?

Answer 11

Altered penicllin binding proteins

Question 12

What is viral infection associated with?

Answer 12

Lymphocytes and cytotoxic T cell response

Question 13

What is phagocytosis?

Answer 13

Ingestion of antigen by macrophages and polymers

Question 14

What are conjugate vaccines?

Answer 14

Vaccines that combine carbohydrates with proteins to improve the immune response

Question 15

Name live attenuated vaccine

Answer 15

MMR

Question 16

What should an infection be treated with?

Answer 16

An antibiotic with a high MBC

Question 17

What is gentamicin associated with?

Answer 17

Otoxicity

Question 18

What is an antiseptic?

Answer 18

A disinfectant that is safe enough to use on human skin

Question 19

What is streptococcus pneumoniae an example of?

Answer 19

Gram-positive coccus

Question 20

Bacterial DNA can be found where?

Answer 20

The chromosome and the plasmids

Question 21

How is diagnosis of malaria made?

Answer 21

Visualisation of parasites in a peripheral blood film

Question 22

What can the genetic component of viruses consist of?

Answer 22

DNA or RNA

Question 23

What do cytokines and chemokines attract?

Answer 23

Inflammatory cells

Question 24

What does nuclear pleopmorphism suggest?

Answer 24

Malignancy in a tumour

Question 25

Y-linked conditions occur only in which gender?

Answer 25

Males

Question 26

What can the sickle cell trait provide resistance to?

Answer 26

Malaria

Question 27

Where are the telomeres situated in the chromosome?

Answer 27

At the ends

Question 28

What are the darkly stained regions of chromosomes called?

Answer 28

Heterochromatin

Question 29

Inflammation usually leads to an elevated count of what?

Answer 29

Neutrophilia E white cell count

Question 30

Radionuclide imaging utilises what kinds of rays?

Answer 30

Gamma rays

Question 31

What does the absence of a capsule suggest about a tumour?

Answer 31

It is malignant

Question 32

Is bone a common site for metastatic carcinoma?

Answer 32

Yes

Question 33

What charge do histone proteins have?

Answer 33

Positive

Question 34

What is the state of having two identical alleles called?

Answer 34

Homozygous

Question 35

The synthesis of a protein on a messenger RNA is referred to as what?

Answer 35

Translation