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Lecture Final

1. Washing dishes in the dishwasher with detergent and hot water is a ________ process.
A) antiseptic
B) disinfecting
C) sterilizing
D) sanitizing
E) degerming

2. Which of the following statements is TRUE of disinfectants?
A) They are effective in destroying endospores.
B) They are used on living tissue.
C) They are used for sterilization.
D) They are used on inanimate surfaces.
E) They are only effective for short periods of time (seconds to minutes).

3. You notice a sign in a public restroom that states, "Sanitized for your safety." This means ?
A) sterilizing chemicals have been used in cleaning.
B) antiseptics have been used to clean the area.
C) degerming methods only have been used to clean the restroom.
D) methods of disinfection that meet minimum standards of microbial removal have been used.
E) only "organic" chemicals were used in the cleaning process to reduce microbial numbers.

4. Which of the following is an example of pasteurization?
A) A public toilet is treated with disinfectants.
B) A surgeon washes her hands before surgery.
C) Heat is used to kill potential pathogens in apple juice.
D) An autoclave is used to prepare nutrient agar.
E) A nurse prepares an injection site with an alcohol swab.

5 Aseptic means
A) sterile.
B) free of all microbes.
C) clean.
D) sanitized.
E) free of pathogens.

6. The process of incineration is used for
A) sterilization.
B) degerming.
C) disinfection.
D) sanitization.

, E) both disinfection and sanitization.

7. A Beta-lactam antibiotic, such as penicillin, affects which of the following cell types?
A) animal cells
B) bacterial cells
C) fungal cells
D) virus-infected cells
E) both animal and fungal cells

8. The following are the targets of antimicrobial agents except:

9. Which of the following is a primary advantage of semisynthetic drugs?
A) They are less stable and consequently have fewer side effects.
B) They work faster.
C) They are more effective than the unmodified natural antibiotics.
D) They must be administered intravenously.
E) They are not readily absorbed.

10. The cooperative activity of drugs such as beta-lactam antibiotics and clavulanic acid, a β-
lactamase inhibitor, is known as……
A) cross resistance.
B) antimetabolism.
C) synergism.
D) selective toxicity.
E) chemotherapy.

12. Antifungals like Amphotericin-B form channels through cytoplasmic membranes and damage
their integrity by attaching to?

13. The antibiotic Mupirocin selectively binds to isoleucyl-tRNA synthetase, and

14. The drug sulfonamide targets the?

15.Quinolones and Fluoroquinolones target.

16. The antiviral action of Plecoranil, blocks.

17. An ideal antimicrobial agent is.

18. The Epsilon test (E-test) allows the determination of the Minimal Inhibitory Concentration of a
drug against a microbe.

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