Assessment

QUIZ (Multiple Choice)

Microbial Nutrition & Pathogenesis Infection

1. Which enzyme protects bacteria
against the harmful effects of oxygen?

A. Catalase
B. Glucuronidase
C. Oxidase
D. Coagulase
2. Which bacteria utilize organic
substances as a source of carbon?

A. Lithotrophs
B. Heterotrophs
C. Chemotrophs
D. Autotrophs
3. In which pH scale do most
clinically significant bacteria grow?

A. 5.5 and 8.0

B. 8.5 to 11.5
C. 6.5 to 8.0
D. 0 to 5.5
4. Which of the following is the most
commonly isolated bacteria as to
temperature requirement?

A. Thermophiles
B. Psychrophiles
C. Hyperthermophiles
D. Mesophiles
5. This organism is an obligate
anaerobe and will die in the presence
of oxygen.
A. Clostridium
B. Enterobacteria
C. Pseudomonas
D. Neisseria
6. It is the onset of signs and
symptoms of a disease.

A. incubation period
B. prodromal
C. convalescence
D. clinical phase
7. This occurs when one organism
gains benefit from a relationship but
not causing any harm to other
organisms.
A. parasitism
B. mutualism
C. commensalism
D. symbiotic
8. It is a type of infection that is
clinically silent and without observable
illness in the host.

A. chronic infection
B. primary infection
C. acute infection
D. latent infection
9. It is the sudden increase in the
occurrence of the disease.

A. outbreak
B. surveillance rate
C. pandemic
D. endemic
10. This type of immunity is based on
the response of the antibodies that
occur on the membrane of the B-
lymphocytes.
A. passive
B. humoral
C. cellular
D. acquired
11. It is the development of an infection and disease.

12. It involves the growth and multiplication of

microorganisms that cause damage to their host.

13. It is the presence of bacteria in the blood.

14. It is a specific illness or disorder that is characterized

by a recognizable set of signs and symptoms which are
attributable to heredity, infection, diet, or environment.

15. The ability of the microorganisms to cause diseases.