1. The causative agent of “malignant pustule” is Bacillus anthracis
The porpyrin test determines an organism’s requirement for *
2. Which of the following is not characteristic of Listeria
monocytogenes?
a. CAMP test positive
b. Catalase negative
c. Esculin hydrolysis positive
d. Motile
3. Precipitates of diptheria toxin and antitoxin in agar gels are in vitro
means for detecting toxigenic strains of Corynebacterium
diptheriae. The name of this test procedures is the. Elektest
4. former species of Corynebacterium pathogenic for swine, horses
and cattle is also known to cause disease in
immunocompromised hosts. This organism when grown on
culture media produces pale pink colonies that help to
presumptively identify it as Rhodococcus equi
5. Loeffler’sserum medium is recommended for the cultivation of *
Corynebacterium diphtheriae
6. . Which of the following is not characteristic of Mycobacterium
kansasii *
A. Slow growing B. Obligate aerobe C. Nonchromogenic D.
MOT: Respiratory route
7. Which of the following tests would be appropriate in the diagnosis of
Mycobacterial infection? * PPD test
1. . In decontamination and digestion procedure for isolation of
Mycobacteria from sputa samples, what is the role of
NALC? Liquefies mucus
2. Which of the following is a fluorescent stain for
mycobacteria? * Auromine-rhodamine
3. Which of the following appears as buff-colored colonies after
exposure to light and is niacin positive? M. tuberculosis
4. In brucellosis, the optimal specimen to be collected for the
isolation of etiologic agent is Blood
5. “Gliding motility” * capnocytophaga
6. Haemophilus influenza vaccine protects against which
serotype? * Serotype b
7. he sexually acquired disease characterized by genital ulcers
and tender inguinal lympadenopathy, which is caused by a
small, gram negative bacillus, is known as Chancroid
8. . A causative agent of the form of conjuctivitis known as
pinkeye is Haemophilus aegyptius
9. In suspected case of brucellosis, what is the most sensitive
specimen to submit for culture? Bone marrow
10. Which of the following statement is not true of Brucella? *
The risk of accidental laboratory infection is no greater
than with any other organism.
11. Brucella spp. are * Intracellular pathogens
12. Cardiobacterium hominis, an inhabitant of the upper
respiratory tract of humans, has been recovered as the
etiologic agent from cases of endocarditis. An identifying
characteristics of the organism is Indole negative
13. Which of the following is not true of Haemophilus spp.?
Grow well on sheep blood agar
14. . Which of the following is not an appropriate medium for
primary isolation of Bordetella pertusssis? * Modified
Skirrow's medium
15. Which of the following is not characteristic of Eikenella
corrodens? * It is often found in pure culture when
recovered from infections
16. Which of the following species of Pasteurella is associated
with human infections following cat bites? * P. multocida
17. Which of the following is not characteristic of Haemophilus
influenza biogroup aegypticus? Aminolevulinic acid
positive
18. .Food borne outbreaks of Brucellosis are most commonly
associated with eating Imported cheese
19. Haemophilus ducreyi is the causative agent of * Chancroid
20. The optimal specimen for recovery of Bordetella petussis is
Nasopharyngeal swab
21. . ‘Satelliting” is associated with * Haemophilus influenza
22. “Droplets of mercury” * Bordetella pertussis
23.
Hemin
24. 6. Chlamydia trachomatis causes which of the following?
Inclusion conjunctivitis
25. Chlamydophila (Chlamydia) psittaci infections in humans
most commonly result after exposure to infected Avians
26. What is the reference method for detection of Chlamydia
trachomatis in cases of sexually transmitted disease? Dna
amplification techniques
27. Human infections with the causative agent of Q fever is
acquired by Inhalation of infectious material
28. For nonspecific staining of Rickettsia the recommended stain
is Gimenez stain
29. RMSF is transmitted by the bite of tick infected with *
Rickettsia rickettsii.
30. The mild type of typus fever that is caused by recrudescence
of an initial attack of epidemic typhus is known as Brill-
Zinsser disease
31. he recommended medium for the recovery of Mycoplasma
pneumoniae from clinical specimens is * SP4 agar
32. Which of the following microorganisms cannot be cultivated
on artificial cell free media? Chlamydia trachomatis
33. The causative agent of endemic or murine typhus is
* Rickettsia typhi
34. Mite as a vector (same choices in no. 95) * akari
35. Detection of antibody against cardiolipin is useful for the
diagnosis of which of the following diseases? * Syphilis
36. . During the first week of leptospirosis, the most reliable way
to detect the presence of the causative agent is by the direct
Culturing of blood
37. Serious congenital infections are associated with
Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum
38. A helicoidal, flexible organism was demonstrated in a blood
smear. This motile organism was approximately 12 um long,
approximately 0.1 um wide, and had semicircular hooked
ends. The description of this organism corresponds most
closely to the morphology of * Leptospira
39. The etiologic agent of epidemic relapsing fever is Borrelia
recurrentis, which is commonly transmitted by * Lice
40. A positive VDRL test for syphilis was reported on a young
woman known to have hepatitis. When questioned by her
physician, she denied sexual contact with any partner
symptomatic for a sexually transmitted disease. Which of the
following would be appropriate next step for her physician?
Test her serum using a fluorescent treponemal antibody-
absorbed assay
41. The axial fibrils of spirochetes most closely resemble which
bacterial structure? * Flagellum
42. Borrelia burgdorferi, a spirochete transmitted by Ixodes
dammini in the northern U.S. is the etiologic agent of Lyme
disease
43. Which of the following is not true of the VDRL test?
Inactivated Treponema pallidum serves as the antigen.
44. Causative agent of Pontiac fever * Legionella
pneumonphila
45. Which of the following is not a characteristic of Klebsiella
(Calymabacterium granulomatis)? is isolated on chocolate
agar
46. Which of the following is the most common indicator of
bacterial vaginosis? Gardnerella
47. BCYE is recommended medium for recovery of * Legionella
48. The causative agent of the septicemic, hemolytic disease
known as OROYA fever is Bartonella bacilliformis