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Chapter 18: Questions with Answers
1. Which of the following are pyogenic cocci?
a. Streptococcus
b. Staphylococcus
c. Neisseria
*d. all of these
2. The coagulase test is used to differentiate Staphylococcus aureus from
*a. other staphylococci
b. streptococci
c. micrococci
d. enterococci
3. The most severe streptococcal diseases are caused by
a. group B streptococci
*b. group A streptococci
c. pneumococci
d. enterococci
4. Rheumatic fever damages the _______, and glomerulonephritis damages the ___________.
a. skin, heart
b. joints, bone marrow
*c. heart valves, kidney
d. brain, kidney
5. The term facultative anaerobe describes a bacteria which will survive:
*a. without oxygen
b. without enriched media
c. without blood
d. phagocytosis
6. In addition to causing pneumonia, S. pneumoniae can frequently cause what other problem?
a. Carbuncles
b. Impetigo
*c. Otitis Media (MIDDLE ear infections!)
d. Inner ear infections
7.Viridans streptococci commonly cause
a. pneumonia
b. meningitis
*c. subacute endocarditis
d. otitis media
8.________ hemolysis is the partial lysis of red blood cells due to bacterial hemolysins
a. Gamma
*b. Alpha
c. Beta
d. Delta
9. Which infectious agent of those covered in the chapter would most likely be acquired from a contaminated doorknob?
*a. Staphylococcus aureus
b. Streptococcus pyogenes
10. What answer is incorrect about Staphylococcus Aureus
a. shape is large and round
*b. gram negative
c. no flagella
d. common in skin mucous
11. Which of these are an exotoxin of S. aureus?
a. blood cell toxins
b. intestinal toxins
c. exfoliative toxin
d. toxic shock syndrome toxin
*e. All of the above
12. If you Gram-stained the bacteria that live in the human intestine, you would expect to find mostly
a. gram-positive cocci
b. gram-negative rods
c. gram-positive, endospore-forming rods
*d. gram-negative nitrogen fixing bacteria
e. all of the above
13. Pathogenic bacteria can be...
a. Motile
b. Rods
c. Cocci
d. Anaerobic
*e. all of the above
14. Rheumatic fever is
a. an active Streptococcal infection in the heart
*b. an autoimmune response that can appear after "strep throat"
c. a flesh-eating disease that begins as impetigo
d. a disease caused by streptococcal toxins spreading through the body
e. pharyngitis in the tonsils and mucus membranes associated with high fever
15. A furuncle can be
a. something that attaches to the nasopharynx membranes.
b. an infection that has no symptoms
c. small cocci shaped bacteria that attacks the heart valves
*d. when an infected hair follicle progresses into a large, red, pustule.
16. Name two of the most common drug-resistant Streptococcus?
*Streptococcus enterococci, and Streptococcus pneumococci
17. Who in the 1930's developed the classification system used to identify Streptococcus?
*Rebecca Lancefield.
a. Streptococcus
b. Staphylococcus
c. Neisseria
*d. all of these
2. The coagulase test is used to differentiate Staphylococcus aureus from
*a. other staphylococci
b. streptococci
c. micrococci
d. enterococci
3. The most severe streptococcal diseases are caused by
a. group B streptococci
*b. group A streptococci
c. pneumococci
d. enterococci
4. Rheumatic fever damages the _______, and glomerulonephritis damages the ___________.
a. skin, heart
b. joints, bone marrow
*c. heart valves, kidney
d. brain, kidney
5. The term facultative anaerobe describes a bacteria which will survive:
*a. without oxygen
b. without enriched media
c. without blood
d. phagocytosis
6. In addition to causing pneumonia, S. pneumoniae can frequently cause what other problem?
a. Carbuncles
b. Impetigo
*c. Otitis Media (MIDDLE ear infections!)
d. Inner ear infections
7.Viridans streptococci commonly cause
a. pneumonia
b. meningitis
*c. subacute endocarditis
d. otitis media
8.________ hemolysis is the partial lysis of red blood cells due to bacterial hemolysins
a. Gamma
*b. Alpha
c. Beta
d. Delta
9. Which infectious agent of those covered in the chapter would most likely be acquired from a contaminated doorknob?
*a. Staphylococcus aureus
b. Streptococcus pyogenes
| c. | Neisseria meningitidis |
| d | . Streptococcus pneumoniae |
10. What answer is incorrect about Staphylococcus Aureus
a. shape is large and round
*b. gram negative
c. no flagella
d. common in skin mucous
11. Which of these are an exotoxin of S. aureus?
a. blood cell toxins
b. intestinal toxins
c. exfoliative toxin
d. toxic shock syndrome toxin
*e. All of the above
12. If you Gram-stained the bacteria that live in the human intestine, you would expect to find mostly
a. gram-positive cocci
b. gram-negative rods
c. gram-positive, endospore-forming rods
*d. gram-negative nitrogen fixing bacteria
e. all of the above
13. Pathogenic bacteria can be...
a. Motile
b. Rods
c. Cocci
d. Anaerobic
*e. all of the above
14. Rheumatic fever is
a. an active Streptococcal infection in the heart
*b. an autoimmune response that can appear after "strep throat"
c. a flesh-eating disease that begins as impetigo
d. a disease caused by streptococcal toxins spreading through the body
e. pharyngitis in the tonsils and mucus membranes associated with high fever
15. A furuncle can be
a. something that attaches to the nasopharynx membranes.
b. an infection that has no symptoms
c. small cocci shaped bacteria that attacks the heart valves
*d. when an infected hair follicle progresses into a large, red, pustule.
16. Name two of the most common drug-resistant Streptococcus?
*Streptococcus enterococci, and Streptococcus pneumococci
17. Who in the 1930's developed the classification system used to identify Streptococcus?
*Rebecca Lancefield.
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