.

The organism that produced the result shown at the arrow in question 1 is most
likely

a. Staphylococcus aureus. *
b. Staphylococcus epidermidis.
c. Streptococcus pyogenes.
d. Streptococcus pneumoniae.
e. Streptococcus mitis.

3. The Kirby-Bauer test is used to determine

a. which carbohydrates a bacteria can ferment.

b. if the bacteria can produce gelatinase.
c. if the organism can produce catalase.
d. which antibiotics a bacteria is susceptible to. *
e. the type of hemolysis a bacteria is capable of producing

The Interpretive Standards say that a zone of inhibition of 20 mm. qualifies as a

sensitive zone for a newly discovered antibiotic. A zone of inhibition of 17 to 19
mm. qualifies as intermediate. If a test bacteria exhibits a 15 mm. zone of
inhibition when properly tested against this newly discovered antibiotic on
Mueller-Hinton agar, the test organism is most likely to

a. grow in the presence of the antibiotic. *

b. die in the presence of the antibiotic.
c. unable to predict results from the data given.

8. Bacitracin sensitivity is used to distinguish

a. Streptococcus pneumoniae from other alpha-hemolytic streptococci.

b. Staphylococcus aureus from Staphylococcus epidermidis.
c. Staphylococcus from Micrococcus.
d. Group A Streptococcus from other beta-hemolytic streptococci .*
e. Group A Streptococcus. from Streptococcus pneumoniae.

9. Sensitivity to bacitracin would best be determined by growing the test

organism on

a. eosin methylene blue agar.

b. carbohydrate fermentation broth.
c. blood agar .*
d. MacConkey agar.
e. All of the above media would be equally suitable