MICROBIOLOGY PATHOLOGY e.

C3a

BOARD REVIEW
QUESTIONS

Chronic inflammation
Which among the following picornaviruses causes hand,
foot, mouth disease (HMFD)? a. Decreased permeability or microcirculation
a. Echovirus
b. Coxsackie virus b. Migration of macrophages at site of injury
c. Hepatitis A c. Absence of Fibrosis
d. Rhinovirus
d. Langerhan cell infiltration
e. Aphthovirus

Which of the following results from increased vascular Gas gangrene is caused by
permeability caused by inflammation
a. Plasma a. Clostridium tetani
b. Serum b. Clostridium perfingens
c. Exudate
d. Transudate c. Clostridium botulinum
d. Clostridium difficile
e. All of the above
Elevated triiodothyronine, elevated thyroxine and
decreased thyrothropin levels,associated with
exophthalmos are seen typically in:
a. Hashimoto’s thyroiditis A bacteriophage with the ability to form a stable, non-
b. Cretinism disruptive relationship within a bacterium is called a
c. Iodine deficiency
d. Graves disease a. Virulent phage
e. Plummer disease b. Plasmid
c. Temperate phage
d. Phage T4

Site of latency of HSV-1

a. Sacral ganglia
b. Memory B cells
c. T lymphocytes
d. Trigeminal ganglion
e. Dorsal root ganglion

Which among the following complement proteins Which among the following is FALSE?
promote opsonization?
a. Hepatitis C – Flaviviridae
a. C1 b. Zika virus – Flaviviridae
b. C3b c. Rubella – Togaviridae
c. C56789 d. Rubeola – Orthomyxoviridae
d. C5a e. Ebola - Filoviridae
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d. Septic
e. Neurogenic
Malabsorptive syndrome wherein the mucosa of the
small intestine is damaged by the ingestion of gluten
Most common type of shock
a. Celiac disease
b. Whipple disease a. Cardiogenic
c. Lactose intolerance b. Hypovolemic
d. Tropical sprue c. Anaphylactic
e. All of the above d. Septic
e. Neurogenic

Most common autosomal aberration

All of the following are penicillinase-resistant penicillins
EXCEPT
a. Cri du chat
b. DiGeorge a. Amoxicillin
c. Edwards b. Cloxacillin
d. Down c. Dicloxacillin
e. Patau d. Nafcillin

Chvostek sign and Trousseau sign are seen in All of the following are penicillinase-resistant penicillins
EXCEPT
a. Bell’s palsy
b. Botulism a. Amoxicillin
c. Rickets b. Cloxacillin
d. Tetany c. Dicloxacillin
d. Nafcillin

Left sided heart failure results in

Associated with localized aggressive periodontitis and
a. Peripheral edema periodontitis in juvenile diabetes
b. Pulmonary edema
a. Actinomyces viscosus
c. Lymphedema
b. Lactobacillus acidophilus
d. Hepatic cirrhosis
c. Staphylococcus aureus

Lines of Zahn are seen in d. Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans

e. Streptococcus mutans
a. Atherosclerosis
b. Infarction
c. Deep Vein Thrombosis Which among the following stains positive with Gram
stain?
d. Edema
e. Anasarca a. Treponema
b. Spirillum
c. Helicobacter
Most common type of shock
d. Vibrio
a. Cardiogenic e. None of the above
b. Hypovolemic
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d. Death phase

TRUE about glutaraldehyde, EXCEPT

Endotoxins are part of the
a. Alkalizing agent
a. Outer wall of Gram positive bacteria
b. Effective in killing microbes even at 1-2 hours
contact time b. Inner membrane of Gram positive bacteria
c. Most potent chemical germicide c. Outer wall of Gram negative bacteria
d. Can kill spores (after 10 hours contact time) d. Outer membrane of Gram negative bacteria
e. None of the above e. Inner Wall of Gram negative bacteria

TRUE about 70% ethyl and 70% isopropyl alcohol

EXCEPT
True about EXOTOXIN
a. Bactericidal
a. Less potent than endotoxin
b. Sporicidal
b. Denatured by heat
c. Tuberculocidal
c. Always pyrogenic
d. Economical
d. Component of the cell
EBV is associated with the following EXCEPT e. Lipopolysaccharide

a. Kaposi sarcoma Detection of protein A can be used as identification test

b. Infectious mononucleosis for
c. Burkitt’s lymphoma a. Streptococus pyogenes
d. Oral hairy leukoplakia b. Neisseria gonorrheae
e. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma c. Salmonella typhi
d. Staphylococcus aureus

Virus that cannot cross the placenta

Involves the use of Carbolfuschin stain, then alcohol
a. Rubella decolorization and methylene blue counterstain
b. Herpes simplex
c. HIV a. Gram staining

d. CMV b. Acid fast staining

e. Measles c. Mantoux testing

d. PPD testing
Most predominant bacteria on the skin? e. None of the above

a. Lactobacilli Ewing’s sarcoma and osteomyelitis

b. Neisseria typically presents with this radiographic
c. Candida manifestation of bone destruction
characterized by small holes throughout
d. Staphylococci the bone, which can be seen by the naked
e. Proprionibacterium ey

Bactericidal drugs work best at a. Geographic bone destruction

b. Moth-eaten appearance
a. Lag phase
b. Log phase
 c. Permeative bone destruction e. Streptococcus agalactiae

The following are features of malignant melanoma

EXCEPT:

a. Asymmetrical shape
b. Irregular border (notched or scalloped)
c. Changes in color (many colors or an uneven
distribution of color)
d. Diameter of more than 6mm
e. Evolution of appearance
f. None of the above

Epidemic typhus is caused by:

a. Rickettsia prowazekii
b. Rickettsia tsutsugamushi
c. Rickettsia typhii
d. Rickettsia rickettsii
e. None of the above

Virulence factor of S. aureus that is associated with

Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome

a. Erythrogenic toxin
b. Epidermolytic toxin
c. Toxic shock syndrome toxin
d. Membrane damaging toxin
e. Panton-Valentine
Carcinogen for hepatocellular carcinoma that is found in
stale peanuts contaminated by Aspergillus sp Water-insoluble polysaccharide produced during
carbohydrate metabolism of S. mutans
a. Saffranin
b. Aflatoxin a. Glucan
c. Botulinum toxin b. Dextran
d. Arecoline c. Fructan
e. None of the above d. Sucran
e. None of the above
Organism that is transmitted by inhalation of aerosolized
contaminated water or soil and can cause pneumonia in Zika virus is carried by this vector
infected individuals
a. Aedes mosquito
a. Mycoplasma pneumoniae
b. Female anopheles mosquito
b. Bordetella pertussis
c. Lice
c. Legionella pneumophila
d. Ticks
d. Corynebacterium diphtheriae
e. Mites
 d. Pilus

Bull’s eye lesion/rash that appears after a tick bite is Autotrophs

characteristic of
a. are free-living, non-parasitic bacteria, use
a. Lyme disease (Borrelia sp.) carbon dioxide as the carbon source.
b. Plague (Yersinia pestis)
b. are parasitic bacteria, utilize complex organic
c. Erythema multiforme substances such as sugars as their source of
d. Crohn’s disease carbon dioxide and energy.
c. Both A and B
d. Neither A nor B

Condyloma lata
Cell mediated hypersensitivity
a. Primary syphilis
a. Type I hypersensitivity
b. Secondary syphilis
b. Type II hypersensitivity
c. Tertiary syphilis
c. Type III hypersensitivity
d. Type IV hypersensitivity
Described as tense and firm, subepidermal blisters
commonly seen in the elderly
Systemic Lupus erythematosus
a. Pemphigus vulgaris
a. Type I hypersensitivity
b. Bullous pemphigoid
b. Type II hypersensitivity
c. Type III hypersensitivity
d. Type IV hypersensitivity

Which of the following is TRUE

a. Healing by second intention involves repair of a

small area of destruction of the ECM, producing
less fibrosis
b. The degree of fibrosis is directly proportional to
the amount of ECM disruption
c. Neovascularization occurs during the
inflammatory phase of wound healing
d. Collagen deposition occurs during the
True about bacteria EXCEPT proliferative phase of wound healing
e. None of the above
a. Possess only one chromosome
b. Devoid of lysosomes
c. Possess peptidoglycan cell wall
d. 70s ribosomal subunit
e. None of the above

Jumping genes

a. Plasmid
b. Transposons
c. Bacteriophage
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Bacterial carcinogen
a. Natural killer cell
a. Escherichia coli
b. Lymphocyte
b. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
c. Macrophage
c. Helicobacter pylori
d. A and B are correct
d. Haemophilus influenzae
e. A and C are correct
e. All of the above
f. B and C are correct

Bacteria that causes root caries Innate immunity EXCEPT

a. Streptococcus mutans a. Phagocytosis

b. Actinomyces viscosus b. NK cells

c. Veillonella sp. c. Complement cascade

d. Lactobacillus acidophilus d. Skin

e. Bacteroides fragilis e. None of the above

Bacteria that causes root caries

Answer Key:
a. Streptococcus mutans
b. Actinomyces viscosus
c. Veillonella sp.
d. Lactobacillus acidophilus
e. Bacteroides fragilis

immunoglobulins

a. Alpha
b. Beta
c. Gamma
d. Delta
e. All of the above

Microcytic, hypochromic RBCs

a. Iron deficiency anemia

b. Megaloblastic anemia
c. Pernicious anemia
d. Aplastic anemia
e. Pure cell aplasia