MMI Quiz Questions

Question 1

Which of the following diseases have similar mode of transmission
A.) Yellow Fever and Malaria
B.) Influenza and Cholera
C.) Lyme Disease and Rocky Mountain Spotted fever
D.) Ring worm and ascariasis
E.) Both a and c

Answer 1

E.) both a and c

Question 2

True or False it is possible to be infected but not diseased

Answer 2

True

Question 3

True or False Encephalitis is an infection of the membranes surrounding the brain and/or spinal cord

Answer 3

False. Encephalitis is inflammation and swelling of the brain

Question 4

Resident microbiota are typically found in all of the following
locations in the body EXCEPT:
a) The lower digestive tract
b) The lower respiratory tract
c) The upper respiratory tract
d) The upper digestive tract
e) The vaginal mucosa

Answer 4

B.) The Lower respiratory tract

Question 5

True / False Penicillin can be used to treat the flu

Answer 5

False – Penicillin can be used to treat bacterial
infections (the flu is caused by the influenza
virus)

Question 6

Give two examples of exotoxins:

Answer 6

1. Tetanus toxin

2. Botulinum toxin (botox)

Question 7

What are some claims of probiotic products?

Answer 7

1. Alleviate traveller’s diarrhea
2. Alleviate vaginal yeast infections
3. Boost the immune system

Question 8

Describe two (2) ways in which members of our
normal microbiota help us.
What is an
opportunistic infection and how/why does it occur?
Give one example of a helpful microbe and one
example of a potentially harmful microbe which
make up part of the normal microbiota of a healthy
person.

Answer 8

A1. Make conditions unsuitable for pathogens
A2. Help mature and develop the immune system
B1. Infection caused by pathogens who take advantage of an opportunity thats not normally there. It occurs due to compromised immune system, injury, or lack of competition from normal floras and presents an opportunity to infect
B2. Bifidobacterium- helps digest food in the intestine
Bad- E. choli in an intestinal puncture. Produced an opportunistic infection when presented with a chance to infect