MICROBIOLOGY FOR EMBALMERS FINAL EXAM 180
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Staphyloccocus aureus is known for causing which of the following: - Correct Answer Both B and C.Abscesses and Food Poisoning Organisms that are ____ must obtain their oxygen from oxygen containing compounds, while ____ need free atmospheric oxygen. - Correct Answer Anaerobes, Aerobes Gonorrhea is often transmitted via infected objects because the organism Neisseria gonorrhea survives well outside the body. True or False? - Correct Answer False - Rarely transmitted via infected objects.The anthrax bacillus can enter the body in which of the following ways: Inhalation, wound contamination, ingestion, only A and B, all of the above? - Correct Answer All of the above.The tetanus toxin is less potent than the botulinum toxin. True or False? - Correct Answer True Must have free oxygen in order to develop. - Correct Answer Obligate Aerobe Can only exist in the absence of free oxygen - uses oxygen containing compounds. - Correct Answer Obligate Anaerobe Prefers an environment with no oxygen, but may live in the presence of oxygen - usually gets oxygen from oxygen-containing compounds, but ma get it from free oxygen. - Correct Answer Facultative Aerobe PRefers an environment with oxygen, but may live without it - usually gets oxygen from free oxygen, but can obtain it from oxygen-containing compounds. - Correct Answer Facultative Anaerobe Coxiella Burnetti ; Etiological agent of Q Fever. Zoonotic agent. - Correct Answer Goats, Cattle, Sheep Psittacosis (Chlamydia Psittaci); Zoonotic infection. Transmitted by: - Correct Answer Parrots and Parakeets 1 / 2
Ornithosis (Chlamdia psittaci); Zoonotic Infection. Transmitted by: - Correct Answer Domestic fowls and birds (chickens, turkeys, pigeons) Epidemic Typhus (Rickettsia prowazekii; or typhus fever) Transmitted by: - Correct Answer Bite of the louse (lice) Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (Rickettsia rickettsii) Transmitted by: - Correct Answer Bite of the Tick; Fever, rash, petecchial hemorrhage Trachoma (Attacks the cells lining the cornea and conjunctiva) Transmitted by: - Correct Answer Flies transmit mechanically; fingers and fomites through the eyes Which of the following dermatropic viruses has lacrimal secretions as a portal of exit? Rubella, Rubeola, Variola, Vaccina. - Correct Answer Rubeola Small pox is not a major concern to funeral directors because the dead are NOT a source of infection.
- Correct Answer False
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There are two types of herpes simplex virus: Type 1 that enters the ____ and type 2 that enters the ____. - Correct Answer Mouth -- Genital Tract HCV is the only hepatitis virus without a vaccine. True or False? - Correct Answer True The Hepatitis A virus is also know as ____ hepatitis, while HBV is also called ____ hepatitis. - Correct Answer Infectious Hepatitis (HAV) -- Serum Hepatitis Which disease is associated with hydrophobia because the sight of water may cause the throat muscles to spasm in infected patients?Hantavirus, Viral encephalitis, Rabies, Cow pox or CMV - Correct Answer Rabies Which zoonotic infection has a vaccine for horses, but not for humans?Rabies, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Cow Pox, Viral Encephalitis or Small Pox? - Correct Answer Viral Encephalitis