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Question 1

Which fungal disease infects nail beds?

A) Tinea Unguium
B) Tinea Capitis
C) Candida Albicans
D) Histoplasmosis

Answer 1

Tinea Unguium

Question 2

WHich protozoal disease is NOT acquired through the alimentray tract?

A) Giardiasis
B) Malaria
C) toxoplasmosis
D) Amebiasis

Answer 2

Malaria

Question 3

Systemic fungal infections usually affect the…

A) Blood
B) Lungs
C) Intestines
D) Skin

Answer 3

Lungs

Question 4

Which parasite migrates to the anal region at night to lay eggs, which are scratched off and consumed by the host?

A) Trichinosis
B) Scabies
C) Ascariasis
D) hookworms

Answer 4

Scabies

Question 5

Which is the fish tapeworm?

A) Taenia Saginata
B) Taenia Solium
C) Diphyllobothrium Lathum
D) Echinococcus Granulosis

Answer 5

Diphyllobothrium Lathum

Question 6

The disease produced by trypanosoma is…

A) African sleeping sickness
B) Dysentery
C) Malaria
D) Yellow Fever

Answer 6

African sleeping sickness

Question 7

Whichs scientist began the trend of sterilizing or disinfecting surgical equipment to minimize disease transmission?
A) Joseph Lister (Listerine… Mind blown…)
B) Robert Koch
C) Louis Pasteur
D) Edward Jenner
E) Caitlin Jenner

Answer 7

Lister used carboxylic acid

Question 8

WHich cells produce cytokines that activate helper and cytotoxic t-cells?

A) Lymphocytes
B) Platelets
C) Basophils
D) Macrophages

Answer 8

Lymphocytes

Question 9

Which epidemiologic term is defined as “the number of deaths due to a disease divided by the total population?”

A) Prevelance
B) Morbidity rate
C) Mortality rate
D) Incidence

Answer 9

Mortality

Question 10

The animal reservoir for anthrax is…

A) Parrots
B) Dogs
C) Pigs
D) Cattle

Answer 10

Cattle

Question 11

Which cells do not arise from myeloblasts?

A) Neutrophils
B) Eosinophils
C) Basophils
D) Natural Killer Cells

Answer 11

NKC

Question 12

What type of cells is most effective at combating viral infections?

A) Neutrophils
B) Basophils
C) Lymphocytes
D) MAcrophages

Answer 12

Lymphocytes

Question 13

What type of hypersensitivity reaction is antibody mediated?

A) I
B) II
C) III
D) IV

Answer 13

II

Question 14

Which substances used in the gram staining procedure colors the gram positive bacteria?

A) Crystal Violet
B) Iodine
C) Alcohol
D) Safranin

Answer 14

Crystal Violet

Question 15

Which is the smallest, most numerous immunoglobin?

A) IgA
B) IgM
C) IgG
D) IgG

Answer 15

IgG

Question 16

Which bacteria is leats likely to cause food poisoning?

A) E. Coli
B) Staph Aureus
C) Clostridium Perfringes
D) Strep Pyogenes

Answer 16

Strep Pyogenes

Question 17

Which organism was the original reason for the widespread pasteurization of milk?

A) brucellosis
B) Clostridium
C) Helicobacter
D) E. Coli

Answer 17

Brucellosis

Question 18

Which arthropod vector is most likely to transmit lyme disease?

A) mosquitos
B) Sarcoptic Mites
C) Dermacentor species of ticks
D) Ixodes species of ticks

Answer 18

Ixodes species of ticks

Question 19

Which disease is transmitted by consumption of infected neural tissue?

A) Clostridium Botulinum
B) Giarda Lamblia
C) Crutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
D) Toxic Shock syndrome

Answer 19

Crutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

Question 20

Which herpes virus is most likely to be spread through respiratory secretions?

A) Herpes Simplex 1
B) Varicella-Zoster virus
C) Herpes SImplex 2
D) Epstein-barre virus

Answer 20

Varicella-Zoster virus