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A gram-positive cocci that occurs in chains?

A.Strepococci
B.Staphylococcus
C.Rickettsia
D.Streptobacilli

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Strepococci

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A microbe that can only live in the presence of oxygen?

A.Strict (obligate) anaerobe
B.Strict (obligate) aerobe
C.Strict (obligate) parasite
D. Strict (obligate) saprophyte

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B. Strict (obligate) aerobe

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The prevention of sepsis by preventing or inhibiting the growth of causative microorganism?

A. Immunoglobulin
B. Disinfection
C. Antisepsis
D. Sterilization

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C. Antisepsis

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A large group of non-motile, gram-negative intracellular parasites?

A. Fungi
B. Protozoa
C. Chlamydia
D. Virus

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C. Chlamydia

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A substance that destroys microorganisms?

A. Viricide
B. Fungicide
C. Bactericide
D. Germicide

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D. Germicide

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A genus found in humans. These have new cell wall. They are the smallest free living organisms presently known?

A. Mycoplasmas
B. Fungi
C. Protozoa
D. Virus

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A. Mycoplasmas

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A genus of gram-negative, pathogenic, intracellular parasitic bacteria?

A. Mycoplasmas
B. Rickettsia
C. Chlamydia
D. Microaerophillic

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B. Rickettsia

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A microbe that can only survive in an area without oxygen present?

A. Strict (obligate) aerobe
B. Strict (obligate) anaerobe
C. Strict (obligate) parasite
D. Strict (obligate) saprophyte

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B. Strict (obligate) anaerobe

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Dilution or weakening of virulence of a microorganism, reducing or abolishing pathogenicity?

A. Sterilization
B. Disinfection
C. Antisepsis
D. Attenuation

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D. Attenuation

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An organism that requires complex organic food from a carbon source in order to grow and develop?

A. Autotrophic bacteria
B. Facultative bacteria
C. Heterotrophs bacteria
D. Indigenous flora

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C. Heterotrophs bacteria

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Self-nourishing bacteria that are capable of growing in the absence of organic compounds. Organisms that obtain carbon from carbon dioxide?

A. Heterotrophs bacteria
B. Autotrophic bacteria
C. Facultative bacteria
D. Strict saprophytes

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B. Autotrophic bacteria

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A genus of bacteria containing gram-negative rods which form a chain like colony?

A. Streptabacilli
B. Streptococcus
C. Diplobacilli
D. Staphylococcus

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A. Streptobacilli

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A group of diverse and widespread unicellular and multicellular organism, lacking chlorophyll, usually bearing spores and is often filamentous?

A. Chlamydia
B. Protozoa
C. Rickettsia
D. Fungi

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D. Fungi

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The causative agent of toxic shock syndrome?

A. Neisseria gonorrhea
B. Staphylococcus aureas
C. Salmonella typhi
D. Treponema pallidum

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B. Staphylococcus aureas

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The causative agent of rheumatic fever?

A. Neisseria meningitidis
B. Staphylococcus aureus
C. Streptococcus pyogenes
D. Francis Ella tularensis

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C. Streptococcus pyogenes

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Moving a body part forward?

A. Abduction
B. Abduction
C. Protraction
D. Retraction

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C. Protraction

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Endocrine glands secrete hormones into which system?

A. Lymph
B. Circulatory
C. Reproductive
D. Digestive

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A. Circulatory

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The gland responsible producing perspiration?

A. Sebaceous
B. Ceruminous
C. Suboriferous
D. Adrenal

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C. Sudoirferous

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What sweat gland help maintain body temperature?

A. Apocrine
B. Ceruminous
C. Eccrine
D. Sebaceous

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C. Eccrine

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The connective tissue structure which attaches muscle to muscle, or muscle bone is?

A. Ligament
B. Condole
C. Tendon
D. Synarthrosis

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C. Tendon

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The phrenic muscle may also be termed the?

A. Recuts abdominal
B. Diaphragm
C. Epicranius

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B. Diaphragm

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How many pairs of nerves are there?

A. 13
B. 23
C. 31
D. 46

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C. 31

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What microbe can only be seen with a light microscope?

A. Bacteria
B. Virus
C. Prion
D. Mycoplasma

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B. Virus

24
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Prokaryotes include?

A. Fungi
B. Algae
C. Bacteria
D. Protozoa

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C. Bacteria

25
Q

What is the term for bacteria that are attached in grape-like clusters?

A. Staphylococcus
B. Streptococcus
C. Diplodoccus
D. Streptobacilli

A

A. Staphylococcus

26
Q

Which bacteria from spores?

A. Bacillus and clostridium
B. Coccus and bacillus
C. Rickettsia and coccus
D. Protozoa and fungi

A

A. Bacillus and clostridium

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Q

What are the whip-like projections that provide motility for bacteria?

A. Fimbriae
B. Pili
C. Nucleoid
D. Flagella

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D. Flagella

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Q

What organism do not manufacture their own food but depend on other organisms or on dead organic matter for food?

A. Autotrophic
B. Heterotrophic
C. Non- symbiotic
D. Symbiotic

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B. Heterotrphic

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Q

What organism do not normally require oxygen for survival but can adapt when it is in an environment with oxygen?

A. Strict (obligate) aerobe
B. Strict (obligate) anaerobe
C. Facultative aerobes
D. Facultative anaerobes

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C. Facultative aerobes

30
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What does the pH measure?

A. Concentration of hydrogen ions
B. Concentration of hydroxyl ions
C. The correct temperature of microbes
D. Osmotic pressure

A

A. Concentration of hydrogen ions

31
Q

Which of the following terms is correct for molds and yeast?

A. Acidophiles
B. Neutrophils
C. Alkalophils
D. Hyrophiles

A

A. Acidophiles

32
Q

Which of the following terms is correct for most microbial species?

A. Acidophiles
B. Neutrophils
C. Alkalophiles
D. Hydrophils

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B. Neutrophils

33
Q

What is the relationship between two organisms of different species where one is benefited, and the other is neither benefited nor harmed?

A. Parasitism
B. Commensalism
C. Mutualism
D. Antagonism

A

B. Commensalism

34
Q

What is the term for a relationship where tow or more species benefit from living and working together but each are capable of surviving without the relationship?

A. Non-symbiotic
B. Commensalism
C. Synergism
D. Parasitism

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C. Synergism

35
Q

What is the term for microbes working against other microbes?

A. Non- symbiotic
B. Commensalism
C. Antagonism
D. Parasitism

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C. Antagonism

36
Q

What is the term involves implementing measures to eliminate microbial, biological or chemical hazards?

A. Sterilization
B. Asepsis
C. Sanitation
D. Disinfection

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C. Sanitation

37
Q

What is the process eliminates or kills all forms of microbes including endospres?

A. Sterilization
B. Asepsis
C. Sanitation
D. Disinfection

A

A. Sterilization

38
Q

What is the process used to destroy, inactivate or remove microbes that may cause infection?

A. Sterilization
B. Asepsis
C. Sanitation
D. Disinfection

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D. Disinfection

39
Q

What is the term for preventing infection by inhibiting the growth and multinational of microbes that cause disease?

A. Sterilization
B. Asepsis
C. Sanitation
D. Disinfection

A

B. Asepsis

40
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Which process is required to kill spores?

A. Bactericide
B. Antisepsis
C. Disinfection
D. Sterilization

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D. Sterilization

41
Q

Clorox bleach is what type of disinfectant?

A. Halogen
B. Iodophore
C. Phenol
D. Aldehyde

A

A. Halogen

42
Q

What is the term which indicates that the solution contains alcohol?

A. Tincture
B. Iodophore
C. Halogen
D. BCME

A

A. Tincture

43
Q

What chemical is added to formaldehyde as a stabilizing agent to prevent precipitation?

A. Methanol
B. Halogen
C. Phenol
D. Glutaraldehyde

A

A. Methanol

44
Q

What is another name for phenol?

A. Methanol
B. Methanol
C. Formic acid
D. Carbolic acid

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D. Carbolic acid

45
Q

What is the term for microorganism that an infect or cause disease in a healthy person whose immune defenses are intact?

A. Opportunist
B. Virulent
C. True pathogen
D. Normal flora

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C. True pathogen

46
Q

What is the term for altering or inactivation a pathogenic organism so that its virulence is decreased and dose not cause disease?

A. Diminution
B. Reduction
C. Attenuation
D. Dilution

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C. Attenuation

47
Q

Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus is an example of a pathogen that is?

A. Drug resistant
B. Drug fast
C. Drug defiant
D. Drug impervious

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C. Drug defiant

48
Q

What are organism called that transmit disease by carrying the microbe on its body surface?

A. Mechanical vectors
B. Biological vectors
C. Mechanical carrier
D. Biological carriers

A

A. Mechanical vectors

49
Q

Inflammation, fever, and phagocytosis are examples of what type of defense against infection?

A. Mechanical defenses
B. Chemical defenses
C. Physiological defense
D. Natural defenses

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C. Physiological defense

50
Q

What is the term for inflammation of the stomach?

A. Stomatitis
B. Gastritis
C. Pharyngitis
D. Gingivitis

A

B. Gastritis

51
Q

What is the term for vomiting blood from the stomach?

A. Melina
B. Hemptysis
C. Hematemesis
D. Hematuria

A

C. Hematemesis

52
Q

The name of the genetic disease affecting children which includes respiratory obstruction due to thick mucus that lines the membranes of the respiratory tract?

A. Bronchitis
B. Cystic fibrosis
C. Pneumoconiosis
D. Pleural effusion

A

B. Cystic fibrosis

53
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What is the term for the build-up of urea and other waste products in the blood as a result of retail failure usually seen in end-stage renal failure?

A. Pyelitis
B. Uremia
C. Glomerulonephritis
D. Hydronephrosis

A

B. Uremia

54
Q

An inflammation of the kidney that usually follows a strep throat infection?

A. Pyelitis
B. Cystitis
C. Glomerulonepritis
D. Hydroneprosis

A

C. Glomerulonephritis

55
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What is the enlargement of the kidneys causing damage and dilation of the calyces and pelvis that is almost always due to an obstruction of urinary outflow?

A. Pyelitis
B. Cystitis
C. Glomerulonephritis
D. Hydronephrosis

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D. Hydronephrosis

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