UNIT 2: Microbiology

Question 1

The type of hepatitis you may get by eating contaminated food is ______.

Answer 1

hepatitis A

Question 2

Staphylococcal infections are from the bacteria groups which include toxic shock syndrome.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Which of the following diseases are caused by a virus?

Answer 3

Measles
Polio
Hepatitis B
Chickenpox

Question 4

Spiral microorganisms are _______ shaped.

Answer 4

“S”

Question 5

Who proved that bacteria are the cause of some diseases?

Answer 5

Robert Koch

Question 6

Disease-causing microorganisms are ____________.

Answer 6

pathogens

Question 7

MRSA is passed from one person to another by indirect contact with bodily fluids.

Answer 7

False

Question 8

Louis Pasteur discovered a method to prevent the occurrence of disease through creating vaccines.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

The hepatitis B virus can live on a dry surface for up to ____________.

Question 10

Louis Pasteur was the first to find the great number of moving microorganisms through the microscope.

Answer 10

False

Question 11

Which type of hepatitis is of most concern to the dental professional?

Answer 11

hepatitis B

Question 12

Those at the highest risk of contracting Ebola are friends and family of the infected individual and the health care workers taking care of the patient.

Answer 12

true

Question 13

The “father of microbiology” is ____________.

Answer 13

Louis Pasteur

Question 14

Protozoa and bacteria microorganisms cause periodontal disease and are found in the inflamed tissue around the tooth.

Answer 14

True

Question 15

Antibiotics are extremely useful in killing viruses.

Answer 15

False

Question 16

Tuberculosis is spread to others by ____________.

Answer 16

saliva contact
coughing
cross-contamination by a dental procedure

Question 17

The protozoa microorganisms are visible to the naked eye.

Answer 17

False

Question 18

Herpes simplex virus 2 affects the ____________.

Answer 18

genital areas

Question 19

All health care providers should be immunized against hepatitis B.

Answer 19

True

Question 20

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease affects individuals by showing which of the following symptoms?

Answer 20

Rapidly progressing dementia
Memory loss
Speech impairment

Question 21

After people have had a disease, they develop what kind of immunity to that disease?

Answer 21

Natural acquired

Question 22

The group(s) of microorganisms that are of importance to dentistry is/are:
1. Bacteria
2. Protozoa
3. Viruses
4. Yeasts
5. Molds

Question 23

A virus commonly transmitted through mosquito bites is ____________.

Answer 23

West Nile virus

Question 24

A Gram stain differentiates cells into two specific groups.

Answer 24

True

Question 25

Cocci microorganisms are _______ shaped.

Answer 25

Round

Question 26

Who proved that heat kills spores and bacteria?

Answer 26

Louis Pasteur

Question 27

Periodontal disease is caused by protozoa and bacteria.

Answer 27

True

Question 28

The most common sign of tetanus is stiffness of the jaw.

Answer 28

True

Question 29

A slow-growing virus that may be suppressed or dormant for a period of time is called ____________.

Answer 29

Latent

Question 30

The route of transmission of a microorganism by breathing in the pathogen is ____________.

Answer 30

Inhalation

Question 31

A person can overreact to an antigen.

Answer 31

True

Question 32

The signs of inflammation are:

Answer 32

1. Heat 2. Swelling 3. Pain 4. Redness

Question 33

Pathogens that stimulate the production of antibodies are called ____________.

Answer 33

Antigens

Question 34

What are Pathogens

Answer 34

disease-causing agents, including microorganisms like bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protozoa, as well as other organisms such as parasites and even infectious proteins called prions

Question 35

Yeasts can be killed with antibiotics.

Answer 35

False

Question 36

Which of the following diseases are caused by bacteria? 1. Tetanus 2. Tuberculosis 3. Pneumonia 4. Strep throat

Question 37

Which of the following bacterial diseases may cause lockjaw?

Answer 37

Tetanus

Question 38

Anaerobic bacteria must have oxygen to grow and live

Answer 38

False

Question 39

The current pandemic is related to an uncontrolled proliferation of which of the following?

Answer 39

viruses

Question 40

Herpes simplex virus 1 affects the ____________.

Answer 40

lips and mouth

Question 41

AIDS is caused by contracting the virus ________.

Answer 41

HIV

Question 42

Streptococci bacteria are identified as bacteria growing in ____________.

Answer 42

Chains

Question 43

Thick, white, raised patches in the mouth could be ____________.

Answer 43

candidiasis thrush mouth

Question 44

Humans can get Bacillus anthracis through airborne particles.

Answer 44

false

Question 45

Fever destroys most bacteria.

Answer 45

true

Question 46

Hepatitis is transmitted only by a virus.

Answer 46

false

Question 47

The route of transmission of a microorganism by touching the lesion is ____________.

Answer 47

direct transmission

Question 48

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease typically affects which of the following age groups?

Answer 48

60 years

Question 49

The common cold and flu are caused by a ____________.

Answer 49

virus

Question 50

The type of bacteria that must have oxygen to live and grow is ____________.

Answer 50

aerobic

Question 51

Bacilli microorganisms are _______ shaped.

Answer 51

Rod