General Microbiology - Examination 3
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MULTIPLE CHOICE.
Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1)
Pathology
I. only deals with infectious diseases
II. is the study of how disease transmitted
III. is the scientific study of disease
IV. deals with etiology and pathogenesis
V. is a branch of the science of epidemiology
VI. only studies nosocomial infections
VII. is the scientific study of where and how frequently disease occurs
A)
I, III and V only
B)
III, V, VII only
C)
I, II, III, IV
D)
II, IV, VI and VII
E)
III and IV only
2)
A
plasma cell
I. produces blood plasma
II. secretes antibodies into circulation
III. is part of the second line of defense in innate immunity
IV. differentiates into a memory cell
V. manufactures specific antibodies
VI. is a cell that an activated B cell differentiates into
VII. releases perforin and granzyme to destroy virally infected cells
3)
Normal microbiota
I. stimulate the overgrowth of harmful microbes
II. can benefit us
III. refers to the microorganisms that colonize a host without causing disease
IV. are also called normal flora
V. can cause disease when they leave their habitat
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4)
Opportunistic pathogens
I. are microbes that can become pathogenic under certain circumstances
II. ordinarily cause disease in their normal habitats
III. begin as commensalistic or mutualistic relationships but then turn parasitic
IV. are not in symbiosis with their host
V. always provide a benefit to their host
VI. are microorganisms that do not ordinarily cause disease
VII. usually affect healthy people with strong immune systems
5)
Epidemiology
I. is the study of the causes of disease
II. is the science that studies when and where a disease occurs and how it is transmitted
III. is composed of Descriptive, Analytical and Experimental Epidemiology
IV. is the science that studies skin infections
V. is the science that studies how disease develops
VI. began with investigations by John Snow, Ignaz Semmelweis and Florence
Nightingale
VII. is the scientific study of diseases
A)
II, V and VI
B)
II, III and VI
C)
II, IV, VI and VII
D)
I, IV and VII
E)
III only
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- Spring '10
- Gutiérrez
- Microbiology, RNA, cells, cell-mediated immunity, Major Histocompatibiliy Complex II, antibodies VI.
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