Multiple Choice Quiz


1	A unique characteristic of many isolates of Pseudomonas useful in identification is
		A)	fecal odor
		B)	fluorescent green pigment
		C)	drug resistance
		D)	motility


2	Human brucellosis is also known as
		A)	Bang's disease
		B)	undulant fever
		C)	rabbit fever
		D)	Malta fever


3	Francisella tularensis has which portal of entry?
		A)	tick bite
		B)	intestinal
		C)	respiratory
		D)	all of these


4	A classic symptom of pertussis is
		A)	labored breathing
		B)	paroxysmal coughing
		C)	convulsions
		D)	headache


5	The severe symptoms of pertussis are due to what effect?
		A)	irritation of the glottis by the microbe
		B)	pneumonia
		C)	the destruction of the respiratory epithelium
		D)	blocked airways


6	Escherichia coli displays which antigens?
		A)	capsular
		B)	somatic
		C)	flagellar
		D)	all of these


7	Which of the following is not an opportunistic enteric bacterium?
		A)	E. coli
		B)	Klebsiella
		C)	Proteus
		D)	Shigella


8	Which of the following represents a major difference between Salmonella and Shigella infections?
		A)	mode of transmission
		B)	likelihood of septicemia
		C)	the portal of entry
		D)	presence/absence of fever and diarrhea


9	Complications of typhoid fever are:
		A)	neurological damage
		B)	intestinal perforation
		C)	liver abscesses
		D)	b and c


10	Shigella is transmitted by
		A)	food
		B)	flies
		C)	feces
		D)	all of these


11	The bubo of bubonic plague is a/an
		A)	ulcer where the flea bite occurred
		B)	granuloma in the skin
		C)	enlarged lymph node
		D)	infected sebaceous gland


12	Haemophilus influenzae requires ______ for growth.
		A)	hemin
		B)	NAD
		C)	blood
		D)	a and b

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