THE micro FINAL Flashcards
Which of the following are the building blocks of proteins?
a. amino acids
b. monosaccarides
c. nucleotides
d. peptides
A. amino acids
Glucose, sucrose, and cellulose are examples of:
a. carbohydrates
b. disaccharides
c. monosaccharides
d. polysaccarides
A. carbohydrates
Which of the following nitrogenous bases is not found in an RNA molecule?
a. adenine
b. guanine
c. thymine
d. uracil
C. thymine
Which of the following are purines?
a. adenine and guanine
b. adenine and thymine
c. guanine and uracil
d. guanine and cytosine
A. adenine and guanine
Which of the following is not found at the site of protein synthesis?
a. DNA
b. mRNA
c. rRNA
d. tRNA
A. DNA
Which of the following statements are true about DNA? Select all that apply.
a. DNA contains thymine but not uracil
b. DNA molecules contain deoxyribose
c. In a double-stranded DNA molecule, adenine on one strand will be connected to thymine on the complementary strand by 2 hydrogen bonds
d. All of the above
D. All of the above
The amino acids in a polypeptide chain are connected by:
a. covalent bonds
b. glycosidic bonds
c. peptide bonds
d. both a and c
D. both A and C
Which of the following statements are true about nucleotides? Select all that apply.
a. A nucleotide contains a nitrogenous base
b. A nucleotide contains a pentose
c. A nucleotide contains a phosphate group
d. all of the above
D. all of the above
How many carbon atoms does a heptose contain?
7
Virtually, all enzymes are:
a. carbohydrates
b. nucleic acids
c. proteins
d. substrates
C. proteins
What are the building blocks of proteins?
Amino Acids
The end product of _______ is a messenger RNA molecule.
Transcription
The end product of _____ is a protein.
Translation
T or F
The basic structure of a cell membrane is a lipid bilayer
True
During Translation, amino acids are ‘activated’ by attaching to an appropriate _______ molecule.
tRNA
T or F
The peptide bonds that hold amino acids together in protein molecules are examples of covalent bonds
True
The microbes that usually live on or in a person are collectively referred to as:
a. germs
b. indigenous microbiota
c. nonpathogens
d. opportunistic pathogens
B. indigenous microbiota
Microbes that live on dead and decaying organic material are known as:
a. indigenous microbiota
b. parasites
c. pathogens
d. saprophytes
D. Saprophytes
Which of the following are even smaller than viruses?
a. chlamydias
b. prions and viroids
c. rickettsias
d. cyanobacteria
B. prions and viroids
A Protective Environment would be appropriate for a patient:
a. infected with MRSA
b. with leukopenia
c. with pneumonic plague
d. with tuberculosis
B. with leukopenia
Contact Precautions are required for patients with:
a. C-difficile-associated diseases
b. infections caused by multidrug-resistant bacteria
c. viral hemorrhagic fevers
d. all of the above
D. all of the above
A patient suspected of having tuberculosis has been admitted to the hospital. Which one of the following is not appropriate?
a. Droplet Precautions
b. An AIIR
c. Standard Precautions
d. Use of a type N95 respirator by health care professionals who are caring for the patient
A. Droplet Precautions would not be appropriate
An HAI is one that:
a. develops during hospitalization or erupts within 14 days of hospital discharge
b. a surgical wound infection that develops 45 days after discharge
c. is acquired in the community
d. the patient has at the time of hospital admission
A. develops during hospitalization or erupts within 14 days of hospital discharge
An example of a fomite would be:
a. a drinking glass used by patient
b. bandages from an infected wound
c. soiled bed linens
d. all of the above
D. all of the above
Which of the following Gram-positive bacteria is most likely to be the cause of an HAI?
a. C-difficile
b. S. Aureus
c. Streptococcus pneumoniae
d. S. pyogenes
B. S. aureus
Which of the following Gram-positive bacteria is least likely to be the cause of an HAI?
a. Klebsiella species
b. Salmonella species
c. E. coli
d. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
B. Salmonella species
Which of the following is not part of Standard Precautions?
a. Handwashing between patient contacts
b. Placing a patient in a private room having negative air pressure
c. Properly disposing of needles, scalpels, and other sharps
d. wearing gloves, masks, eye protection, and gowns when appropriate
B. Placing a patient in a private room having negative air pressure (that would be AIIR)
Which of the following statements is not true about medical asepsis?
a. disinfection is a medical aseptic technique
b. handwashing is a medical aseptic technique
c. medical asepsis is considered a clean technique
d. the goal of medical asepsis is to exclude all the microbes from an area
D