Microbiology QUIZ Part XI–Modes of Disease Transmission (VEHICLES AND VECTORS)| GPAT, Drug Inspector, DCO, Pharmacist, EXIT, NIPER

1. Which of the following diseases can be transmitted by water and food?

• a.     Cholera
• b.    Poliomyelitis
• c.     Hepatitis A virus infection
• d.    All of the above

2. Which of the following diseases can be transmitted by blood?

• a.     Hepatitis B infection
• b.    HIV infection
• c.     Sphilis
• d.    All of the above

3. All of the following diseases are transmitted by mosquito except?

• a.     Japanese encephalitis
• b.    Yellow fever
• c.     West-Nile fever
• d.    Oroya fever

4. All of the following diseases are transmitted by sandfly except:

• a.     Kala-azar
• b.    Oriental sore
• c.     Oroya fever
• d.    Wes-Nile fever

5. Which of the following diseases are transmitted by rat flea?

• a.     Plague
• b.    Endemic typhus
• c.     Chiggerosis
• d.    All of the above

6. Which of the following diseases are transmitted by hard tick?

• a.     Kyasanur Forest disease
• b.    Tularaemia
• c.     Human babesiosis
• d.    All of the above

7. Which of the following diseases are transmitted by louse?

• a.     Epidemic typhus
• b.    Epidemic relapsing fever
• c.     Trench fever
• d.    All of the above

8. Chagas disease is transmitted by

• a.     Reduviid bug
• b.    Louse
• c.     Tick
• d.    Mite

9. Sleeping sickness is transmitted by:

• a.     Tsetse fly
• b.    Soft tick
• c.     Rat flea
• d.    Louse

10. Scrab typhus is transmitted by:

• a.     Trombiculid mite
• b.    Soft tick
• c.     Rat flea
• d.    Louse

11. In which of the following disease, housefly can act as a vector?

• a.     Typhoid fever
• b.    Cholera
• c.     Paratyphoid fever
• d.    All of the above

 12. If an infectious agent is transmitted through water (e.g., cholera), what type of transmission would this be considered?

1. a. Vector transmission
2. b. Droplet transmission
3. c. Indirect contact transmission
4. d. Direct contact transmission
5. e. Vehicle transmission

13. Ascaris infection is transmitted by

(a) mosquito bite

(b) Tse-tse fly

(c) consuming uncooked pork

(d) drinking contaminated water with eggs of Ascaris

14. Which of the following is a correct matching pair of disease and pathogen?

(a) Filariasis – Wuchereria

(b) Kala-azar – Glossina

(c) Sleeping sickness – Leishmania

(d) Malaria – Anopheles

15. Which of the following is not a vector-borne disease?

(a) Yellow fever

(b) Dengue fever

(c) Viral fever

(d) Malaria

16. Which of the following is an incorrectly matched pair of a disease and its associated vector?

(a) Leishmaniasis – Anopheles culifacies

(b) Dengue fever – Aedes aegypti

(c) Filariasis – Culex pipiens

(d) Sleeping sickness – Glossina palpalis

17 . Kala-azar is transmitted by

(a) Dragon fly

(b) Housefly

(c) Tse-tse fly

(d) Sand fly

18. Yellow fever is transmitted by

(a) Anopheles

(b) Aedes

(c) Housefly

(d) Tse-tse fly

19. A mosquito bites a person who subsequently develops a fever and abdominal rash. What type of transmission would this be?

1. a. mechanical vector transmission
2. b. biological vector transmission
3. c. direct contact transmission
4. d. vehicle transmission

20. A blanket from a child with chickenpox is likely to be contaminated with the virus that causes chickenpox (Varicella-zoster virus). What is the blanket called?

1. a. fomite
2. b. host
3. c. pathogen
4. d. vector

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Microbiology QUIZ Part X– IMMUNITY & VACCINE

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Which of the following immunity is called the first line of defence?

a) Innate Immunity

b) Active immunity

c) Passive immunity

d) Acquired immunity

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Cells Involved In Innate Immunity are

a) Phagocytes

b) Natural Killer Cells

c) Macrophages

d) All of the above

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 Skin, body hair, cilia, eyelashes, the respiratory tract and the gastrointestinal tract are examples of 

a) Physical barrier

b) Cellular barriers

c) Cytokine barriers

d) Physiological barriers

4 / 14

Which of the following cells is involved in humoral immunity?

a) T-cells

b) B-cells

c) B-cells

d) Both T and B cells

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Which of the following conveys the longest-lasting immunity to an infectious agent?

a) Active immunity

b) Passive immunity

c) Both (a) and (b)

d) None of the above

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Which of the following cells is involved in cell-mediated immunity?

a) T-cells

b) B-cells

c) Mast cells

d) Both T and B cells

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Which of the following statements is true about Passive Immunity?

a) This immunity causes reactions

b) This immunity develops immediately

c) This immunity lasts only for a few weeks or months

d) All of the above.

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 B-cells and T-cells are two types of cells involved in

a) Innate Immunity

b) Active immunity

c) Passive immunity

d) Acquired immunity

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Which of the following immunity is present from our birth?

a) Innate Immunity

b) Active immunity

c) Passive immunity

d) Acquired immunity

10 / 14

All of the following are killed vaccines except

a) Salk vaccine

b) Hepatitis B vaccine

c) Non-neural vaccines for rabies

d) MMR

11 / 14

All of the following are live vaccines except:

a) BCG

b) Sabin vaccine

c) MMR

d) TAB vaccine

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Artificial passive immunity may be induced by

a) Antiserum injection

b) Vaccination

c) Maternal antibodies

d) All of the above

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Vaccination induces:

a) Active natural immunity

b) Passive natural immunity

c) Active artificial immunity

d) Passive artificial immunity

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Clinical or subclinical infections lead to

a) Active natural immunity

b) Passive natural immunity

c) Active artificial immunity

d) Passive artificial immunity

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Microbiology QUIZ Part III – GROWTH, NUTRITION AND METABOLISM OF BACTERIA

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Low redox potential of culture medium is required for growth of

Anaerobic bacteria

Escherichia coli

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

None of the above

2 / 5

The bacteria which require higher level of carbon dioxide for their growth are known as

Microaerophilic bacteria

Capnophilic bacteria

Aerobic bacteria

None of the above

3 / 5

Which one of the following bacteria can grow in acidic pH?

Klebsiella sp

Lactobacilli

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Vibrio cholera

4 / 5

Bacteria which can grow at temperature between 25  and 40  are known as

Mesophiles

Psychrophiles

Thermophiles

None of the above

5 / 5

Generation time of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is about

20 seconds

20 minutes

20 hours

20 days

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Microbiology QUIZ Part V- CULTURE MEDIA & METHODS

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Yeast extract is prepared from

Casein

lean meat

heart muscle

Saccharomyces

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Which of the following is not  true about peptone.

It is hygroscopic

Obtain from lean meat, heart muscle, casein

Mainly supply nitrogenous material

None of the above.

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Which of the following is not  a storage media.

Egg saline medium

Dorsets egg medium

Blood agar slants

None

4 / 26

In chocolate agar media the concentration of blood is

5 -10%

1 to 2 %

20 to 30%

0.5 to 1%

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A culture medium the exact composition of which  is not  known was  called as

Synthetic media

Complex media

Defined Media

Natural media

6 / 26

Which of the following is a characteristic of beef extract?

Product resulting from the digestion of proteinaceous materials

Aqueous extract of lean beef tissue

Aqueous extract of yeast cells

Complex carbohydrate obtained from certain marine algae

7 / 26

Which of the following is a rich source of B vitamins?

Peptone

Yeast extract

Beef extract

Agar

8 / 26

Agar media can be enriched with blood for the identification of?

Bacteria which can grow in anaerobic conditions

Bacteria which can cause hemolysis

Viruses from other microorganisms

Bacteria which can grow in higher hydrostatic pressures

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Culture medium used for growth of fungi is

Nutrient agar media

Sabouraud’s medium

Nutrient broth

Minimal agar medium

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In the medium other than nutrients, if any substance is used in excess, that medium is

Indicator medium

Special medium

Enriched medium

Sugar medium

In the medium other than nutrients, if any substance is used in excess, that medium is called as Enriched medium

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Which of the following is not true about agar?

Source of nutrient

Long chain Polysaccharide

Melts at 95 to 98 degree Centigrade

Solidies at approx. 40 degree Centigrade

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Which of the following is the example of Anaerobic medium

Robertson cooked-meat medium

Nutrient agar

Nutrient broth

Mac-Conkey’s agar

13 / 26

For preparation of semi-solid media agar used in concentration between

1 to 2 %

1.5 to 2.5 %

0.2 to 0.5%

0.05 to 0.009%

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What is the concentration of agar in solid media

3 to 4 %

1.5 to 2 %

10 t0 15 %

0.5 to 1%

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Example of indicator medium is

Nutrient Agar Medium

Mac-Conkey’s agar Medium

Wilson and Blair Medium

Czapeck-dox medium

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Blood  agar media is used for the growth of?

Fungi

Fastidious bacteria

Halophiles

Red algae only

17 / 26

The most commonly used solidifying agent Agar is obtained from

Brown algae

Red algae

Green alga

Blue-green algae

18 / 26

Peptone water and nutrient broth are

Enriched media

Enrichment media

Basal media

Differential medium

19 / 26

Blood agar medium is

Enrichment medium

Enriched medium

Selective medium

Differential medium

20 / 26

The solidifying agent used in microbiology laboratories to solidify medium

Cellulose

Peptone

Thioglycollate

Agar

21 / 26

Which of the following bacteria produce saccharolytic reaction in cooked meat broth (CMB)?

Costridium perfrngens

Costridium tetani

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

None of the above

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Anaerobic jar is commonly used to grow:

Costridium tetani

Klebsiella sp.

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

None of the above

23 / 26

Which enrichment medium is preferred to grow Vibrio cholerae?

Tetrathionate broth

Selenite F broth

Selenite F broth

All of the above

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When a liquid medium contains a substance that inhibits all unwanted bacteria but stimulates the growth of particular bacteria, it is known as:

Selective medium

Enriched medium

Enrichment medium

None

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When a solid medium contains a substance that inhibits all unwanted bacteria but facilitates the isolation of particular bacteria, it is known as:

Selective medium

Enriched medium

Indicator medium

None of the above

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All of the following are examples of enriched media except:

Blood agar

Chocolate agar

Loeffler’s serum slope

Bile salt agar

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Microbiology QUIZ -Part II – MICROSCOPY AND MORPHOLOGY OF BACTERIA

1 / 6

Indian ink staining is used to demonstrate

Cell wall

Bacterial capsule

Bacterial flagella

Bacterial spore

2 / 6

All of the following are spore forming bacteria except

Clostridium botulinum

Bacillus subtilis

Bacillus anthracis

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

3 / 6

Which one of the following bacteria is cell wall deficient?

Escherichia coli

Salmonella typhi

Mycoplasma

Treponema pallidum

4 / 6

A tuft of flagella present at one or both ends of bacterial cell, is known as

Monotrichous

Amphitrichous

Lophotrichous

Peritrichous

5 / 6

Lipopolysaccharide is a major component of cell wall in

Gram positive bacteria

Gram negative bacteria

Fungi

Parasites

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Peptidoglycan layer of cell wall is thicker in

Gram positive bacteria

Gram negative bacteria

Fungi

Parasites

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Microbiology QUIZ -Part I - Historical Introduction | GPAT, Drug Inspector, DCO, Pharmacist, Pharmacist, EXIT, NIPER

The Pharmapedia team has launched complete MCQ Quiz of Microbiology subject. You will find day by day quiz covering all topic of Microbiology.

1 / 9

Which is the first human disease proved to be of viral origin?

Japanese encephalitis

Yellow fever

Dengue

Small pox

2 / 9

Who introduced vaccination method for prevention of small pox?

Edward Jenner

Joseph Lister

Robert Koch

Louis Pasteur

3 / 9

Who proposed ‘side chain theory’ of antibody production?

Joseph Lister

Edward Jenner

Robert Koch

Joseph Lister

4 / 9

Who discovered Mycobacterium tuberculosis?

Louis Pasteur

Robert Koch

Loeffler

Yersin

5 / 9

Who introduced methods of obtaining bacteria in pure cultures using solid media?

Robert Koch

Louis Pasteur

Joseph Lister

Paul Ehrlich

6 / 9

The term vaccine was coined by:

Louis Pasteur

Robert Koch

Joseph Lister

Edward Jenner

7 / 9

Who introduced the techniques of sterilization?

Robert Koch

Louis Pasteur

John Needham

Joseph Lister

8 / 9

Who is known as the Father of Microbiology?

Paul Ehrlich

Joseph lister

Louis Pasteur

Kitasato

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Who is known as the ‘Father of Chemotherapy’?

Louis Pasteur

Robert Koch

Paul Ehrlich

Joseph Lister

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