Mock: fill in the blank

Question 1

Digest hyaluronic acid that binds together connective tissue to allow invasion.

Answer 1

Hyaluronidase

Question 2

Protects against phagocytosis and aids in attachment.

Answer 2

Capsule

Question 3

Lyse red blood cells only.

Answer 3

Hemolysins

Question 4

Lyse white blood cells only.

Answer 4

Leukocidins

Question 5

Digest fibrin in clots.

Answer 5

Staphylokinase and Streptokinase

Question 6

Digest DNA/RNA.

Answer 6

Nucleases

Question 7

Produces red rash and fever associated with scarlet fever.

Answer 7

Erythrogenic (pyrogenic) toxin

Question 8

Allow pathogens to colonize oily skin surfaces.

Answer 8

Lipases

Question 9

Coagulation of blood plasma to form fibrin layer around cells.

Answer 9

Coagulase

Question 10

Cause loss of epidermal layer of skin.

Answer 10

Exfoliative toxin

Question 11

Destroys penicillin.

Answer 11

Penicillinases

Question 12

Destroys secretory antibody IgA.

Answer 12

IgA protease

Question 13

Released from cell envelope following cell lysis.

Answer 13

LPS (endotoxin)

Question 14

A cell wall-associated protein that binds antibody molecules nonspecifically and incapacitates them.

Answer 14

Protein A

Question 15

Are proteins on the surface of a bacterial cell that allow them to enter host cells.

Answer 15

Invasins

Question 16

It consists of two subunits that must combine to enter the target cell, where it can then exert its toxic effects.

Answer 16

AB Toxin

Question 17

Scarlet Fever

Answer 17

Nonzoonotic

Question 18

Gonorrhea

Answer 18

Nonzoonotic

Question 19

Woolsorter’s Disease

Answer 19

Zoonotic

Question 20

Brucellosis

Answer 20

Zoonotic

Question 21

Tularemia

Answer 21

Zoonotic

Question 22

Whooping Cough

Answer 22

Nonzoonotic

Question 23

Legionnaire’s disease

Answer 23

Nonzoonotic

Question 24

Syphilis

Answer 24

Nonzoonotic

Question 25

Leptospirosis

Answer 25

Zoonotic

Question 26

Lyme Disease

Answer 26

Zoonotic

Question 27

Campylobacter Gastroenteritis

Answer 27

Zoonotic

Question 28

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

Answer 28

Zoonotic

Question 29

Walking Pneumonia

Answer 29

Nonzoonotic

Question 30

Q Fever

Answer 30

Zoonotic