OpenStax Microbiology Test Bank-Chapter 15: Microbial Mechanisms of Pathogenicity
BIOLOGY 206
* = Correct answer Multiple Choice
1. Which of the following would be considered a symptom?
A. blood pressure reading of 150/90 mm Hg
B. body ache and chills*
C. fever of 39 C
D. heart rate of 12...
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OpenStax Microbiology Test Bank-Chapter 15: Microbial Mechanisms of Pathogenicity
BIOLOGY 206
* = Correct answer
Multiple Choice
1. Which of the following would be considered a symptom?
A. blood pressure reading of 150/90 mm Hg
B. body ache and chills*
C. fever of 39 C
D. heart rate of 120 bpm
Difficulty: Easy ASM
Standard: N/A
2. Which of the following would be considered a sign?
A. blurry vision
B. body ache and chills
C. burning sensation during urination
D. gross hematuria (visible presence of blood in urine)*
Difficulty: Easy ASM
Standard: N/A
3. Which of the following is an example of a nosocomial disease?
A. acquiring Giardia while drinking from a stream during a camping trip
B. acquiring Listeria after eating at a public restaurant
C. acquiring MRSA after touching a locker door handle after an already infected
individualdid so
D. obtaining a Pseudomonas respiratory infection during a recent visit to the hospital*
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: 23
4. Sickle cell anemia can be classified as which type of disease?
A. idiopathic
B. infectious, communicable
C. infectious, noncommunicable
D. noninfectious*
Difficulty: Easy ASM
Standard: N/A
5. Which of the following is not a zoonotic disease?
A. rabies
B. Rocky Mountain spotted fever
, C. typhoid*
D. yellow fever
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: 23
6. What period of disease describes when the patient begins to feel general signs
andsymptoms?
A. incubation period
B. period of convalescence
C. period of illness
D. prodromal period*
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: 23
7. During which period of disease is a patient most susceptible to developing a
secondaryinfection?
A. incubation period
B. period of convalescence
C. period of decline*
D. prodromal period
Difficulty: Moderate
ASM Standard: 23
Examine the graph shown below and then answer questions 8 and 9.
8. Examine the graph and determine the approximate ID50 of the virus.
A. 10 particles
B. 5000 particles
C. 13,000 particles*
D. cannot be determined from the data collected
, 9. Examine the graph and determine the LD50 of the virus.
A. 10 particles
B. 5000 particles
C. 13,000 particles
D. cannot be determined from the data collected*
10. Identify which pathogen is the least virulent on the basis of ID50.
A. pathogen A with an ID50 of 1000 cells*
B. pathogen B with an ID50 of 50 cells
C. pathogen C with an ID50 of 1 cell
D. pathogenicity cannot be determined from ID50 values
Difficulty: Moderate
ASM Standard: 23
11. Which of the following is the definition of pathogenicity?
A. the ability of a microbial agent to cause disease*
B. the ability of a microbial agent to cause infection
C. the ability of a microbial agent to prevent disease
D. the ability of a microbial agent to produce an antimicrobial compound
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: 23
12. Which pathogen cannot pass the blood–placenta barrier and infect a fetus?
A. Herpes simplex virus 1
B. Listeria monocytogenes
C. Salmonella typhi*
D. Toxoplasma gondii
Difficulty: Moderate
ASM Standard: 23
13. Which of the following is a common secondary fungal disease?
A. giardiasis
B. histoplasmosis
C. oral thrush*
D. syphilis
Difficulty: Moderate
ASM Standard: 23
14. Which statement properly describes how Salmonella typhi enters host cells?
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