India PRCC Burchell Microbiology Final Exam 2024/2025
India PRCC Burchell Microbiology Final Exam 2024/2025
India PRCC Burchell Microbiology Final Exam 2024/2025
India PRCC Burchell Microbiology Final
Exam
The most common portal of entry for human pathogens is the skin.
True
False - ANS False
Adhesins are anything that a microbe may use to "stick" to host cells or surfaces, such as, capsules,
fimbrae or pili.
True
False - ANS True
One way that pathogens may cause damage to a host is through competition for nutrients.
True
False - ANS True
Which of the following is a type of exotoxin?
Superantigen
all of these
Membrane Disrupting toxin
AB toxin - ANS all of these
Which of the following is not a virulence factor?
number of microbes
antigenic variation
cell wall/membrane components
bacterial enzymes - ANS number of microbes
,The portal of exit is almost never the same as the portal of entry for a pathogen.
True
False - ANS False
A pathogen that is able to establish an infection in an otherwise healthy host is referred to as a:
primary pathogen
opportunistic pathogen
transient pathogen
secondary pathogen - ANS primary pathogen
A disease that can be transmitted from host to host by direct contact is a ____ disease.
communicable
contagious
nasty
noncommunicable - ANS communicable
An abnormal increase in the number of cases of a disease in a population is referred to as a/an:
endemic
pandemic
sporadic
epidemic - ANS epidemic
A disease in which there are periods of pathogen inactivity or dormancy is a __ disease.
chronic
, subacute
latent
acute - ANS latent
An infection that involves multiple sites and/or organs and tissues is classified as:
subclinical
localized
systemic
focal - ANS systemic
The stage of disease development with mild sign and symptoms is:
convalescence
incubation
illness
prodromal - ANS prodromal
The 3 categories of vehicle transmission include all of the following except:
water borne
food borne
new borne
air borne - ANS new borne
A biological vector is one that harbors the pathogen within it's tissues.
True
False - ANS True
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