Klubsy Micro- Telegram Qs Part3

A

Which of the ff viruses is implicated along with EBV as a cause of infectious mononucleosis?

a. Cytomegalovirus (CMV)

b. Coxsackie A virus

c. Coxsackie B virus

d. Hepatitis B virus

D

The most common viral syndrome of pericarditis, myocarditis, and pleurodynia (pain upon breathing) is caused by:

a. Herpes simplex virus (HSV)

b. Respiratory syncytia virus

c. Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)

d. Coxsackie B virus

C

Classification of viruses is made by:
a. Complement fixation serology

b. Electron microscopy

c. Nucleic acid composition

d. Cellular inclusion bodies

C

Terminal chlamydoconidia production is demonstrated by which Candida species?

a. Candida glabrata

b. Candida krusei

c. Candida albicans

d. Candida tropicalis

A

Ascospores are formed by which yeast isolate?

a. Saccharomyces cerevisiae

b. Candida albicans

c. Cryptococcus neoformans

d. All of these options

D

Which of the ff yeasts produced only blastoconidia on cornmeal Tween 80 agar?

a. Candida spp.

b. Trichosporon spp

c. Geotrichm spp

d. Cryptococcs spp

B

The urease test, niger seed agar test, and the germ the test are all used for the presumptive identification of:

a. Rhodotorula rubra

b. Cryptococcus neoformans

c. Trichosporon cutaneum

d. Candida albicans

B

Arthroconidia production is used to differentiate which two yeast isolates?

a. C. albicans and C. dubliniensis

b. T. cutaneum and C. neoformans

c. C. albicans and C. tropicalis

d. S. cerevisiae and C. glabrata

A

Which of the ff yeast enzyme is detected using birdseed (niger seed) agar?

a. Phenol oxidase

b. Catalase

c. Urease

d. Nitrate reductase

D

Cornmeal agar with Tween 80 is used to identify which characteristic of an unknown yeast isolate?

a. Hyphae

b. Blastoconidia and erthroconidia

c. Chalmydoconidia

d. All of these options

A

An isolate produced a constriction that was interpreted as a positive germ tube test, but C. albicans was ruled out when confirmatory tests were performed. Which of the ff fungi is the most likely identification?

a. C tropicalis

b. C. neoformans

c. C. glabrata

d. R. rubra

D

Direct spread of pneumonic plague disease occurs by which route?

a. Fecal-oral route

b. Rat bite

c. Ingestion of contaminated tissue

d. Inhalation of contaminated airborne droplets

C

Which of the ff RNA flaviviruses is responsible for Guillain-Barre syndrome and birth defects of the brain (microcephaly, absent forehead, and triangular face shape) or poor outcomes in pregnant women and was first recognized in 2015 in Brazil?

a. West Nile virus

b. Hepatitis C virus

c. Zika virus

d. Dengue fever virus