2015 FB2 Flashcards
What is the cell wall component that aids in the pathogenesis of Staphylococcus aureus? A) Capsule B) Protein A C) Clumping factor D) Theionic acid
B) Protein A
What is a characteristic of Vibrio Cholera?
A) Produces yellow colonies on TCBS
B) Produces green colonies on TCBS
A) Produces yellow colonies on TCBS
Which organism can spread by tattooing and sexually? A) Hepatitis C virus B) Influenza virus C) Treponema pallidum D) Neisseria gonorrhea
C) Treponema pallidum
What is a source Clostridium botulinum toxin?
A) Canned food
B) fresh vegetables
A) Canned food
What is responsible for the bladder damage in urinary Schistosomiasis?
A) Ova
B) larvae
A) Ova
Which of the following does Bordetella pertussis use as a colonizing factor?
A) Hemagglutinin
B) Outer membrane protein
C) Fimbriae
A) Hemagglutinin
Which cell is Leishmania most likely to invade?
Macrophages
Which of these characterizes Hepatitis B?
A) It is transmitted perinatally
B) The presence of HbsAb indicates chronic infection
A) It is transmitted perinatally
which of the following organisms cause ecthyma gangrenosum?
A) Pseudomonas aeruginosa
B) Chlamydia trachomatis
C) Neisseria gonorrhea
A) Pseudomonas aeruginosa
what is the mechanism of action of botulinum toxin?
A) Block acetylcholine transmission
B) Deplete acetylcholine reserves
A) Block acetylcholine transmission
What is the cause of shingles?
A) Molluscum contagisum
B) Varicella zoster
C) Cytomegalovirus
B) Varicella zoster
What is the method by which giardia lamblia affect humans?
A) Attach to intestinal mucosa and interfere with pancreatic lipase
B) Invade into the blood and elicit an immune response
C) Result in flask-shaped ulcers
A) Attach to intestinal mucosa and interfere with pancreatic lipase
Which of the following is identified by Zeil-nilhsen stain?
A) Streptococcus pneumophillus
B) Staphylococcus aureus
C) Mycobacterium leprae
C) Mycobacterium leprae
Which E. coli species causes stool to have blood, mucus, pus?
A) Enteroinvasive E. coli
B) Enteroaggregative E. coli
C) Enteropathogenic E. coli
A) Enteroinvasive E. coli
What does Human T cell leukemia virus type 2 cause?
A) Adult T cell leukemia
B) Tropical spastic paraparesis
C) Atypical hairy cell leukemia
C) Atypical hairy cell leukemia
a patient was diagnosed with epiglottitis. What organism could be the cause of his issue?
A) Hemophilus influenza
B) Legionella pneumophila
C) Staphylococcus aureus
A) Hemophilus influenza
Upon diagnosing a patient with oropharyngeal lesion, a spirochete was observed under the microscope. What could the patient be diagnosed with?
A) Bejel
B) Yaws
C) Pinta
A) Bejel
which of the following organisms is transmitted through sexual contact?
A) Treponema pallidum
B) Borrelia burgdorferi
A) Treponema pallidum
which of the following is capsulated?
A) Strept pneumo
B) strept viridans
A) Strept pneumo
What is the unit that measures ozone? C) William unit D) Ultra unit E) Johns unit F) Dobson unit
F) Dobson unit
Since when physical activity started to decline in Kuwait?
A) 1960s
B) 1950s
A) 1960s
Family, communities, and health care services are identified as what?
Institutional structures
What is the recommended amount of PE of Kuwaiti school? A) Two 60 min periods in a week
B) Three 60 min periods in week
C) Four 60 min periods in a week
C) Four 60 min periods in a week
While operating on a 43-year old man, the surgeon accidentally injured his small intestine resulting in intestinal rupture. Under which category would you put this event? A) Acquired B) Genetic C) Nutritional D) Iatrogenic
D) Iatrogenic
What increases appetite and hunger?
A) Leptin
B) Ghrelin
B) Ghrelin
A 16-year-old boy presented with chest pain and was diagnosed with acute myocardial infraction. He gave a history of two brothers who died before they were 20. Total cholesterol measurement was 18 mg/dL. (Desired < 5.2 mg/dL) Which of the following is the cause of his complain?
A) High activity of lipoprotein lipase
B) Increased high-density lipoprotein cholesterol
C) Abnormal low-density lipoprotein cholesterol receptor
D) Low triglycerides
C) Abnormal low-density lipoprotein cholesterol receptor
Which of the following systemic factors delay fracture/wound healing? A) Diabetes mellitus B) Poor blood supply C) Excessive movement of the bone D) Misalignment
A) Diabetes mellitus
Which of the following shows the grade of a tumor?
A) Degree of differentiation
B) Size
A) Degree of differentiation
Which part of a thrombus is represented by the pale region in the Lines of Zahn?
A) Platelets and fibrin
B) Fibrin and macrophages
C) Endothelial and necrosis
A) Platelets and fibrin
A patient was diagnosed with AL amyloidosis. How do you figure out the type of amyloidosis?
A) Physical exam
B) Electron microscopy
C) Immunohistochemical staining of specific precursor protein
D) Protein electrophoresis to detect kappa/lambda light chain
D) Protein electrophoresis to detect kappa/lambda light chain
how can hypercalcemia occur in metastatic calcification?
A) Hyperparathyroidism
B) Hypoparathyroidism
A) Hyperparathyroidism
PH = 7.2 (7.38-7.42) HCO3 = 5 (22-26) PCO2 = 15 (38-42) What is the acid base status? A) Metabolic acidosis B) Metabolic alkalosis C) Respiratory acidosis D) Respiratory alkalosis
A) Metabolic acidosis
Which of the following can be mostly observed in tissue with acute inflammation?
A) Neutrophils
B) Basophils
C) Macrophages
A) Neutrophils
Ahmad experienced a myocardial infarction. The issue resolved, but what could be found in Ahmad’s heart tissue sample after 3 weeks?
A) Normal tissue
B) Fibrous scar
C) Acute inflammation
B) Fibrous scar
which of the following relationships is true?
A) EBV leads to primary hepatocellular carcinoma
B) EBV leads to lymphoma
C) EBV leads to Kaposi sarcoma
B) EBV leads to lymphoma
what type of necrosis occurs in the brain tissue?
A) Liquefactive
B) Casseous
C) Coagulative
A) Liquefactive
What carries bilirubin?
Albumin
Which of the following result in edema?
A) Increased hydrostatic pressure
B) Decreased hydrostatic pressure
A) Increased hydrostatic pressure
What is A in ABC model?
A) Assumptions
B) Activating event or agent
C) Active listening
B) Activating event or agent
Note that assumptions = beliefs so it’s the B in the ABC model
Which stage includes putting the information in storage? A) Encoding
B) Storage
C) Retrieval
A) Encoding
“Attempt to gain detachment from stressful event by dealing with it in abstract” is termed as? A) Intellectualization B) Repression C) Projection D) Reaction formation
A) Intellectualization
Which increases compliance?
A) Good rapport between patient and physician
B) Low level of subjective distress
A) Good rapport between patient and physician
What does Dot of rouge experience measure?
a) Self-awareness in children
b) Hypothetical thinking in children
c) Creativity in children
a) Self-awareness in children
What is a restriction or inability to perform an activity in the manner or within the range considered normal for a human being defined as?
A) Handicap
B) Disability
C) Impairment
B) Disability
In what way does the social-learning theory differ from strict behaviorism?
Cognitive processes
Which of the following are criteria of abnormal personality?
A) Deviation from cultural norms, deviation from statistical norms, maladaptive behavior, and causes distress
B) Deviation from cultural norms, following statistical norms, maladaptive behavior, and causes distress
C) Deviation from cultural norms, deviation from statistical norms, adaptive behavior, and causes distress
D) Deviation from cultural norms, deviation from statistical norms, maladaptive behavior, and doesn’t cause stress
A) Deviation from cultural norms, deviation from statistical norms, maladaptive behavior, and causes distress
What is the meaning of temporal contiguity?
A) Presenting UCS & US at the same place
B) Presenting UCS & US at the same time
C) Presenting UCS & US of the same kind
B) Presenting UCS & US at the same time
Binocular disparity is used to see?
a) near objects
b) far objects
c) seeing an object with one eye
a) near objects
On the night before the exam, Kelly felt unprepared so her SNS was activated and she stayed up all night to study. According to GAS theory, which stage is she in?
A) Resistance
B) Activation
B) Activation
Ahmed is planning on going to college to study physics. To do so, he must pass the entrance exam. He incorrectly registers for the Calculus exam and fails. He is offered a second chance but fails again and is denied enrollment to the college. How do you characterize this exam?
a) Reliable and valid
b) Not reliable and not valid
c) Reliable but not valid
d) Valid but not reliable
c) Reliable but not valid
Although Sarah studied really hard for her Calculus exam, she failed the class. She felt like she failed because she was unintelligent and that she was a failure at everything. Sara also believed that no matter how hard she works, she will never succeed. Which best describes her mindset? A) stable, global, internal B) stable, global, external C) unstable, specific, internal D) stable, global, external
A) stable, global, internal
Sami likes to ride his motorbike at high speeds thinking that nothing bad will ever occur. Which part of adolescence egocentrism is represented in this situation? A) Imaginary audience
B) Personal Fable
C) Invincibility fable
C) Invincibility fable
A pregnant mother gives birth to a child with cataracts. The doctor decides that within seven years of the child’s birth, with the proper treatment, this child could be cured. What could be said about the first seven years of this child’s life?
A) critical period
B) sensitive period
B) sensitive period
According to the study done by Bouchard about obesity in identical twins, which of the following was the result?
A) Genes are more important in determining obesity than the amount of food eaten
B) The amount of food eaten is more important than genes
C) Genes have no effect on obesity, it is all about the environment
A) Genes are more important in determining obesity than the amount of food eaten
What is true about the R.E.M. stage of sleep?
A) the brain is highly active, but muscle tone greatly decreases
B) brain activity decreases, muscle tone increases
A) the brain is highly active, but muscle tone greatly decreases
What is true about the Difference Threshold, or the Just Noticeable Difference?
A) For a stimulus with a large initial intensity, the JND is also large
B) The JND is inversely proportional to the original stimulus value
A) For a stimulus with a large initial intensity, the JND is also large
What is a nonsynonymous polymorphism?
A) Base pair substitution in the coding region
B) Base pair substitution in the promoter region
C) Base pair deletion in the coding region
D) Base pair insertion in the coding region
A) Base pair substitution in the coding region
What is a consequence of inducing the metabolism of a drug?
A) The concentration of the drug in the plasma will increase
B) The degradation of the cytochrome 450 will increase
C) Increase the dose of the affected drug
D) Increase the duration of the drug
C) Increase the dose of the affected drug
What causes a progressive loss in the response to a drug following a prolonged period of treatment? A) Idiosyncrasy B) Physiologic agonist C) Synergism D) Tolerance
D) Tolerance
Activation of which adrenergic receptors may cause lipolysis? A) Alpha 1 B) Alpha 2 C) Beta 2 D) Beta 3
D) Beta 3
Which drug blocks acetylcholine release?
A) Botulinum toxin
B) Atropine
C) Latrotoxin
A) Botulinum toxin
Which one is a type B adverse drug reaction?
A) Hemolytic anemia with penicillin
B) insulin injection causing hypoglycemia
A) Hemolytic anemia with penicillin
What is the effect of the muscarinic antagonist? A) Bronchoconstriction B) Increased salivary secretion C) Increased GI motility D) Pupil dilation (mydriasis)
D) Pupil dilation (mydriasis)
Which factor determines the number of drug-receptor complexes formed? A) Affinity of the drug to the receptor B) Efficacy of the drug C) Intrinsic activity of the drug D) Location of the receptor
A) Affinity of the drug to the receptor
Which of the following is considered the main cause for the development kernicterus in neonates?
A) Increased amount of bilirubin
B) Decreased amount of bilirubin
A) Increased amount of bilirubin
In what way does muscle paralysis produced by rocuronium differ from that produced by suxamethonium?
A) Rocuronium produces paralysis more rapidly than suxamethonium
B) Muscle paralysis produced by rocuronium, but not suxamethonium, occurs in two phases
C) Muscle paralysis produced by rocuronium, but not suxamethonium, can be reversed by neostigmine
D) Muscle paralysis produced by rocuronium is preceded with muscle stimulation, unlike suxamethonium
C) Muscle paralysis produced by rocuronium, but not suxamethonium, can be reversed by neostigmine
Which drug is used to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia? A) Alpha agonist
B) Alpha antagonist
C) Beta-blockers
D) Beta 1 agonist
B) Alpha antagonist
If the half-life of elimination is 12 hours, how long will it take to reach 75% of steady-state concentration?
A) 24 hours
B) 36 hours
C) 48 hours
A) 24 hours
What is the mechanism behind curing ethanol poisoning with methanol?
A) Methanol induces the metabolism of ethanol
B) Methanol competes for ethanol binding site
B) Methanol competes for ethanol binding site
how does Vinca alkaloid treat cancer?
A) Inhibit the polymerization of microtubules
B) Inhibit the depolymerization of microtubules
A) Inhibit the polymerization of microtubules
what would happen to the halftime of a drug if its concentration was increased?
A) Halftime would increase in diabetic patients
B) Halftime would decrease in nondiabetic patients
C) Half time would stay the same in all patients
D) Halftime would increase in all patients
C) Half time would stay the same in all patients
What’s the relationship between neostigmine and neuromuscular blockers?
When both drugs are present at the same time, they antagonize each other.
What characterizes coconut oil?
High saturated fatty acid content
Which of the following has a high glycemic index? A) White bread B) Lentil C) Cool potatoes D) Unripe banana
A) White bread
which of the following causes sensory loss of taste and smell deficient?
A) Zinc
B) copper
A) Zinc
which hormone increase appetite?
A) Ghrelin
B) Leptin
A) Ghrelin
