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Mannitol salt agar is used to detect which of the following?
A) staphylococcus
B) streptococcus
C) gonococcus
D) fungi

A

A) staphylococcus

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Negri bodies are inclusion bodies seen in which of the following diseases?
A) parkinson’s disease
B) rheumatic fever
C) smallpox
D) rabies

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D) rabies

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3
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Which of the following cells release interleukin 2?
A) T lymphocytes
B) B lymphocytes
C) macrophages
D) NK cells

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A) T lymphocytes

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4
Q

Which of the following organisms lacks of cell wall?
A) mycobacterium
B) klebsiella
C) streptococcus
D) mycoplasma

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D) mycoplasma

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5
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Which of the following types of Abs is found in type 1 hypersensitivity?
A) IgA
B) IgE
C) IgG
D) IgM

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B) IgE

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6
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Which of the following is an example of a type 1 hypersensitivity reaction?
A) bronchial asthma
B) blood transfusion
C) RA
D) contact dermatitis

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A) bronchial asthma

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7
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Which Ig is secreted by the gastric mucosa?

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IgA

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8
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Which Ig crosses the placenta?

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IgG

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9
Q

Which of the following terms is associated with the removal of solid waste during the water treatment process?
A) aeration
B) sludge
C) chlorination
D) sedimentation

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D) sedimentation

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10
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The causative agent of pink eye is haemophilus ____________

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aegyptius

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11
Q

Which of the following federal agencies is responsible for lab experiment standards?
A) NIH
B) GCCP
C) FREC
D) ALPHA

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A) NIH

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12
Q

Which of the following agencies is responsible for funding of research?
A) NIH
B) CDC
C) EPA
D) FDA

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A) NIH

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13
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Which of the following pioneers discovered that washing hands prior to gynecological exam of women in labor could prevent puerperal sepsis?
A) semmelweis
B) lister
C) pasteur
D) koch

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A) semmelweis

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14
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Which of the following organisms is predominant in the san joaquin valley?
A) coccidioides immitis
B) treponema pallidum
C) taenia solium
D) tenia saginata

A

A) coccidioides immitis

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15
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Which of the following conditions is diagnosed by a means of a blood smear?
A) plasmodium falciparum
B) entamoeba histolytica
C) escherichia coli
D) giarida lamblia

A

A) plasmodium falciparum

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16
Q

Which of the following is responsible for atypical primary pneumonia?
A) mycoplasma pneumoniae
B) klebsiella pneumoniae
C) legionella pneumoniae
D) chlamydia psittaci

A

A) mycoplasma pneumoniae

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17
Q

The most common mode of transmission of disease among farmers is

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fomites

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Which of the following diseases presents with ataxia, hypotonia, hypotonic bladder and hypesthesia in the lower limbs?
A) syringomyelia
B) ALS
C) tables dorsalis
D) poliomyelitis

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C) tables dorsalis

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Which of the following organisms produces blue green pus?
A) pseudomonas aeruginosa
B) streptococcus pyogenes
C) serratia marcescens
D) staphylococcus aureus

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A) pseudomonas aeruginosa

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20
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Which of the following is the vector of malaria?
A) deer tick
B) female anopheles mosquito
C) aedes aegypti mosquito
D) tse tse fly

A

B) female anopheles mosquito

21
Q

Which of the following organisms produced a foul smelling discharge?
A) trichomonas vaginalis
B) e coli
C) neisseria gonorrhoeae
D) chlamydia trachomatis

A

A) trichomonas vaginalis

22
Q

Most common route for transmission of poliovirus

A

oral fecal

23
Q

serology test for rickettsia
A) weil felix
B) BCG
C) mantoux
D) sabin

A

A) weil felix

24
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Body secretions like tears and saliva contain which Ig?

25
Makes up the cells wall of bacteria A) peptidoglycan B) polypeptide C) chitin D) thyrotoxic
A) peptidoglycan
26
Which disinfectant is used during pre-op prep?
iodine
27
Heaviest and largest Ig?
IgM
28
Scientist responsible for discovery of yellow fever?
Reed
29
Ecchymosis is seen in? A) scurvy B) rickets C) hypervitaminosis A D) hypervitaminosis D
A) scurvy
30
A 71 year old man presents with sudden fever, productive cough, and a one time shiver episode A) haemophilus influenzae B) e coli C) strep pneumoniae D) pasteurella
A) haemophilus influenzae
31
Mode of transport of german measles
respiratory
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A 5 year old presents with fever, sore throat, and difficulty breathing. Exam reveals a gray: A) coxiella burnetii B) bordetella pertussis C) strep pyogenes D) corynebacterium diphtheria
D) corynebacterium diphtheria
33
The consumption of raw fish may be related to disease caused by
diphyllobothrium latum
34
Released from cells infected by a virus and protects uninfected cells A) bradykinin B) IL 1 C) Ab D) IFN
B) IL 1
35
Killed bacteria are used in vaccines for which form of immunity?
artificial active
36
Most circulating Abs are produced by which cells?
plasma cells
37
Passive natural acquired immunity A) recovery from measles B) breastfeeding C) administration of tetanus antitoxin D) DPT vaccine
B) breastfeeding
38
Lacks a cell wall A) mycobacterium B) klebsiella C) strep D) mycoplasma
D) mycoplasma
39
Which organism enters the body by walking barefoot on fecal contaminated soil? A) necator americanus B) ascariasis C) enterobius vermicularis D) taenia solium
A) necator americanus
40
In young children, which organism is usually implicated in otitis media?
strep pneumonia
41
Which type of virus is the AIDS virus?
retrovirus
42
Which causes Ohio valley fever and is a fungal infection that results from contact with bird droppings? A) histoplasmosis B) coddidiomycosis C) strep D) clostridium
A) histoplasmosis
43
Herpes simplex type 1, where does the virus reside?
trigeminal ganglion
44
Which shows up under UV light? A) pseudomonas aeruginosa B) klebsiella pneumoniae C) staph aureus D) e coli
A) pseudomonas aeruginosa
45
Which causes mononucleosis? A) epstein barr virus B) mumps C) herpes D) strep pyogenes
A) epstein barr virus
46
Koplik spots are associated with?
measles
47
Which can you protect yourself from by wearing shoes? A) taenia saginata B) paragonimus westermani C) ancylostoma duodenale D) schistosoma
C) ancylostoma duodenale
48
Rice water stool is the classical sign of
cholera
49
The etiological agent for histoplasmosis is?
mold

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