Sample test

Question 1

Amoebae move by means of?

Answer 1

Pseudopodia

Question 2

Giardiasis is caused by the protozoan?

Answer 2

Guardia Lambia

Question 3

An antibacterial drug that can inhibit a wide variety of bacteria is called?

Answer 3

Broad-spectrum

Question 4

The major circulating antibody is ?

Answer 4

IgG

Question 5

In a healthy individual the following should be sterile?

Answer 5

Blood, urine, cerebrospinal fluid

Question 6

When the concentration of the solutes outside a cell is greater than the concentration of solutes inside the cell, the solution in which the cell is in is said to be?

Answer 6

Hypertonic

Question 7

Free-living bacteria that convert dead and decaying organic matter into inorganic materials are called?

Answer 7

Saprophytes

Question 8

Growth of a indigenous microflora is prevented in the stomach because the environment is ?

Answer 8

Acidic

Question 9

Spores produced by bacteria are used to survive against?

Answer 9

Heat and Drying

Question 10

The capsule in bacteria can be used to protect against?

Answer 10

Phagocytosis

Question 11

Sites where the pathogen can multiply or survive until it is transferred to its host is called a

Answer 11

reservoir

Question 12

A worldwide epidemic of specific diseases like AIDS is referred to as

Answer 12

Pandemic

Question 13

Radiation kills microorganisms by damaging the?

Answer 13

DNA

Question 14

To monitor the efficiency of autoclaving a chemical control indicator used is called?

Answer 14

Stream Clox

Question 15

Filamentous fungi are termed?

Answer 15

Holds