MICROPARA Flashcards
Which of the following refers to a positive H2S production result?
a. Formation of red color
b. Formation of yellow precipitate
C. Formation of black precipitate
d. Formation of blue color
C. Formation of black precipitate
SPACEd
Which of the following is tested to identify the most common cause of otitis media?
A. PYR test
B. Optochin test
C. CAMP test
B. Optochin test/ ethyl hydrosuprinehydro chloride
S. Pneumoniae
-Taxo P
-> 14 mm
What might be the reason why mycoplasma is not routinely detected using Grams stain?
A. The organism exist almost exclusively within the most cell
B. It lacks cell wall
C. It has insufficient dimension to be resolved using light microscopy
B. It lacks cell wall
Chlamydia & rickettia
-The organism exist almost exclusively within the most cell
Spirochetes
-It has insufficient dimension to be resolved using light microscopy
Phenotypic properties used to classify bacteria include all the following except?
A. DNA relatedness
B. Colonial morphology
C. Biochemical properties
D. Antibiotic resistance patterns
A. DNA relatedness
-Genotype
Purpose of mordant in gram staining
A. Dye fixative
B. Reinforcing stain
C. Secondary stain
D. Decolorizer
A. Dye fixative
The Quebec colony counter used ___ principle
A. Phase-contrast
B. Brightfield
C. Darkfield
C. Darkfield
What is the typical loop used for urine culture?
A. 1uL
B. 10uL
C. 100uL
A. 1uL
Kept in sterile, screw-top container:
1 BAL
2 BB
3 BW
4 Sputum
1,2,3,4
To read transfusion reaction on a blood agar plate accurately, the technologist must hold the plate up to the light and observe light using:
a. Natural light
b. Transmitted light
c. Full spectrum light
d. None of these
b. Transmitted light
To read transfusion reaction on a blood agar plate accurately, the technologist must hold the plate up to the light and observe plate coming from:
a. Above
b. Behind
c. Across
d. None of these
b. Behind
Incomplete or partial hemolysis; green or brown color surrounding the colony:
A. Alpha hemolysis
B. Beta hemolysis
C. Gamma hemolysis
D. Alpha prime hemolysis
A. Alpha hemolysis
What might be the reason why human is not recommended as a source of blood in the preparation of blood agar?
a. Ethical issues regarding the use of human secretion, excretion and material.
b. Safety issues.
c. Generally, blood harvested from animals such as sheep and rabbits allow for a robust growth.
d. Human blood does not contain necessary growth factors required for bacterial growth.
b. Safety issues.
What is the most probable cause of a Cart-Blair medium changing its color?
A. Change in the pH
B. Buffering capacity is overcome
C. Contamination of the media
B. Buffering capacity is overcome
Transport media for tool with v. cholerae
A. Stuart
B. Amies
C. Cary blair
D. Buffered glycerol
C. Cary blair
2nd choice: stuart
What makes MSA a selective medium?
A. Salt
B. Mannitol
C. Phenol red
A. Salt
Typically, petri dishes are ____
To prevent condensation droplets (moisture build up) from falling onto the surface of the agar
A. Passed over a flame
B. Inverted
C. Incubated
B. Inverted
McFarland standards are prepared by mixing:
a.1% sulfuric acid and 1.175% barium chloride
b. 2% sulfuric acid and 2% barium chloride
c. 1% sulfuric acid and 2.175% barium chloride
a.1% sulfuric acid and 1.175% barium chloride
- Pure cultures are grown or are prepared directly from agar plates to match the turbidity of McFarland standard.
a. 0.3
b. 0.4
c. 0.5
d. 0.6
c. 0.5 = 1. 5x10^8 CFU/mL
- The agar depth for disk diffusion testing must be held constant at:
a. 2 mm
b. 3 mm
c. 4 mm
d. 5 mm
c. 4 mm
3-5mm
According to the Kirby-Bauer standard antimicrobial susceptibility testing method, what should be done when interpreting the zone size of a motile, swarming organism such as a Proteus species?
a.The swarming should be ignored
b. The results of the disk diffusion method are invalid
c. The swarming area should be measured as the growth boundary
d. The isolate should be retested after diluting to 0.05 McFarland standard.
a.The swarming should be ignored
Which of the following specimens would be best for identifying B. cereus as the cause of an outbreak of food poisoning?
a. Blood
b. Rectal swabs
c. Stool samples
d. Food
d. Food
Responsible for the souring of milk:
a. Lactobacillus acidophilus
b. Streptococcus species
c. Bacillus subtilis
d. Serratia marcescens
b. Streptococcus species
Forms spores, except:
a. B. anthracis
b. B. cereus
c. B. subtilis
d.B. fragilis
d.B. fragilis
Gram-negative diplococci with growth on CAP and BAP:
aN. meningitidis
b. N. gonorrhoeae
c. H. influenzae
d. H. parainfluenzae
aN. meningitidis
Which organism would demonstrate a cherry red color in indole test:
a. P. aeruginosa
b. Staphylococcus
c. Streptococcus
d. Enterobacteriaceae
d. Enterobacteriaceae
Not included in IMViC:
a. Indole
b. Methyl red
c. Virulence
d. Citrate
c. Virulence
A sputum culture from an alcoholic seen in the
ER grows gray, mucoid, stringy colonies on sheep blood agar. The isolate grows readily on MacConkey agar and forms mucoid dark pink colonies.
The colonies yield the following test results:
ONPG
POSITIVE
Indole
NEGATIVE
Glucose
POSITIVE
Oxidase
NEGATIVE
Citrate
POSITIVE
VP
POSITIVE
The organism is most likely:
a. Edwardsiella tarda
b Klebsiella pneumoniae
c. Escherichia coli
d. Proteus vulgaris
B. Klebsiella pneumoniae
100, 000 CFU/mL of a gram-negative bacilli were isolated on MacConkey from a urine specimen.
Biochemical results are as follow:
🟢Glucose
Acid, gas produced
🟢Indole
Negative
🟢Urea
Positive
🟢PDA
Positive
Positive
The organism is most likely:
a. Morganella morganii
Proteus mirabilis
c. Proteus vulgaris
d. Providencia stuartii
B. Proteus mirabilis
A 64-year-old male with lymphoma has a positive blood culture at 18 hours incubation. The organism is a nonlactose fermenting gram-negative bacillus on MacConkey agar. Further testing gives the following reactions:
Oxidase -
TSI K/A h2s -
Motility +
Indole +
Citrate +
Ornithine decarboxylase -
Urea +
Phenylalanine deaminase +
VP -
The genus is:
a. Morganella
b. Proteus
c. Providencia
d.Serratia
C. Providencia
Morganella OR (+) Ci (-)
Providencia OR (-) Ci (+)
E. Coli IMVIC
++- -
What is the classification of Actinomyces?
a. Gram-positive aerobic bacilli
b. Gram-positive anaerobic bacilli
c. Gram-negative aerobic bacilli
d. Gram-negative anaerobic bacillit
b. Gram-positive anaerobic bacilli
C. tetani pores:
a. Round, terminal
b. Round, central
c. Oval, subterminal
d. Oval, terminal
a. Round, terminal
-Tac head, lollipop, tennis racket
Oval, subterminal
-c. botulinum & c. difficile(motile)
- c. perferinges(non motile)
Which of the following is an incorrect match?
a. L. interrogans: Kissing
b. R. prowazekii: transmitted lice
c. C. burnetti: Aerosols
d. O. tsutsugamushi: mites and chiggers
a. L. interrogans: Kissing
L. interrogans: Rats
Which of the following is the vector of R. prowazekii?
a. Mites
b. Chiggers
C.Flea
d. Lice
d. Lice
Which of the following is the vector of Y. pestis?
a.Xenopsylla cheopis
b. Ixodes scapularis
c. Reduviid bugs
d. Aedes aegypti
a.Xenopsylla cheopis
Rat flea