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1. Infection of the urinary tract is mopst frequently asso- b. Escherichia coli

ciated with:

a. Staphylococcus aureus
b. Escherichia coli
c. Enterococcus faecalis
d. Serratia marcescens

2. MacConkey media for screening suspected cases of c. sorbitol

hemorrhagic E.Coli O157:H7 must contain:

a. indole
b. citrate
c. sorbitol
d. lactose

3. Members of the family Enterobacteriaceae share d. reduce nitrate to

which one of the following characteristics? nitrite

a. produce cytochrome oxidase

b. ferment lactose
c. produce beta-hemolysis
d. reduce nitrate to nitrite

4. Which one of the following genera is among the least d. Shigella

biochemically reactive members of the Enterobacteri-
aceae?

a. Proteus
b. Pseudomonas
c. Citrobacter
d. Shigella

5. Which of the follwoing gram-negative bacilli ferments d. Yersinia entero-

glucose? colitica

a. Alcaligenes faecalis
b. Pseudomonas capcia

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c. Acinetobacter lwoffii
d. Yersinia enterocolitica

6. A gram-negative bacillus has been isolated from fe- d. boil the organ-
ces, and the confirmed biochemical reactionis fit ism and retest with
those of Shigella. the organism does not agglutinate the antisera
in Shigella antisera. What should be done next?

a. test the organism with a new lot of antisera

b. test with Vi antigen
c. repeat the biochemical tests
d. boil the organism and retest with the antisera

7. Biochemical reactions of an organism are consistent d. sonnei

with Shigella. A suspensions is tested in antiserum
without resulting agglutination. However, after 15 min-
utes of boiling, agglutination occurs in group D antis-
era. The Shigella species is:

a. dysentriae
b. flexneri
c. boydii
d. sonnei

8. A 25 year-old man who had recently worked as a d. Yersinia pestis

steward on a transoceanic grain ship presented to
the emergency room with high fever, diarrhea and
prostration. Axillary lymph nodes were hemorrhagic
and enlarge. A Wayson stain of the aspirate showed
bacilli that were bipolar, resembling saftey pins. The
most likely identificationi of this organism is:

a. Brucella melitensis
b. Streptobacillus moniliformis
c. Spirillum minus
d. Yersinia pestis

9. Plesiomonas shigelloides is a relatively new member a. it is oxidase pos-

of the Enterobacteriaceae. What characterisitic sep- itive
arates it from other members of the Enterobacteri-
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aceae?

a. it is oxidase positive
b. it ferments glucose
c. it produces pyocyanin
d. it requires 10% CO2 for growth

10. The stock cultures needed for quality control testing d. Klebsiella
of motility are: pneumoniae/ Es-
cherichia coli
a. Salmonella typhimurium/ Escherichia coli
b. Escherichia coli/ Pseudomonas aeruginosa
c. Serratia marcescens/ Eschreichia coli
d. Klebsiella pneumoniae/ Escherichia coli

11. The stock cultures needed for quality control testing c. Escherichia
of oxidase production are: coli/
Pseudomonas
a. Escherichia coli/ Klebsiella pneumoniae aeruginosa
b. Salmonella typhimurium/ Escherichia coli
c. Escherichia coli/ Pseudomonas aeruginosa
d. Proteus mirabilis/ Escherichia coli

12. The stock cultures needed for quality control testing d. Proteus
of deamination activity are: mirabilis/ Es-
cherichia coli
a. Escherichia coli/ Klebsiella pneumoniae
b. Salmonella typhimurium/ Escherichia coli
c. Escherichia coli/ Pseudomonas aeruginosa
d. Proteus mirabilis/ Escherichia coli

13. The stock cultures needed for quality control testing d. Serratia
of deoxyribonuclease (DNase) production are: marcescens/ Es-
chreichia coli
a. Salmonella typhimurium/ Escherichia coli
b. Escherichia coli/ Pseudomonas aeruginosa
c. Proteus mirabilis/ Escherichia coli
d. Serratia marcescens/ Eschreichia coli

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Qualtiy control of the spot indole test requires the use
of ATCC cultures of:

a.

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