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MICROBIOLOGY AND PARASITOLOGY recall questions
QUESTIONS ANSWERS
1. CMV isolation is recommended using: a. Embryonated hen’s egg
b. Monkey kidney cells
c. A 549 cells
d. Human embryonic fibroblasts
2. Scientific name of the body of a. Scolex
tapeworm b. Strobila
c. Proglottid
d. Rostellum
3. Preferred medium for the isolation of B. Bordet- gengou medium
pertussis
4. Most enterobacteriaceae gives what Opposite
type of MR and VP reaction
5. Often mistaken for cyst of amoeba a. B. hominis
b. Ammonium magnesium phosphate
crystal
c. Ammonium carbonate crystal
d. Epithelial cells
6. Vector of African sleeping sickness Tse tse fly
7. Definitive host(vector) for Plasmodium Female anopheles mosquito
8. The ff. migrates through the blood, ASH: Ascaris, Strongyloides,
liver, lungs, pharynx, and then back to Hookworms
the intestine
9. Venipuncture is not recommended for a. Malaria, babesia, hemoflagellates
b. Amoeba, babesia, malaria
c. Babesia, cryptosporidium,
hemoflagellates
d. Isospora, amoeba, hemoflagellates
10. Not considered as strictly antibiotics a. Vancomycin
b. Bacitracin
c. Tetracycline
d. Sulfonamides
11. Nasopharyngeal swabs are for: a. 1,2,4
1. Neisseria b. 2,3,4
2. H. influenza c. 1,2,3,4
3. B. pertussis d. 3,4
4. MRSA
12. Stain to demonstrate uterine India ink
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arrangement of T. saginata
13. Flat, serrated eggs with confluent a. S. aureus
growth on BAP b. E. coli
c. P. aeruginosa
14. Settings of rpm marked on the face of a. Weekly
the rheostat control on the centrifuge b. Daily
should be checked once c. Monthly
d. Every other week
15. Stimulates production of a. BHI
chlamydospores b. Czapek’s agar
c. Cornmeal agar
d. Urease test
16. Vector for Ascaris lumbricoides Cockroaches
17. First step in viral replication Attachment and penetration
18. Acid fast bacilli is killed using: Moist heat, boiling in 10 mins,
pasteurization or steam under
pressure(autoclave)
19. RNA virus Paramyxoviridae
20. Found in intermediate host of E. Hydatid cyst
granulosus
21. Parasite most prevalent in orphanage a. Ascaris
b. Whipworm
c. Hookworms
d. AOTA
22. First intermediate host of flukes Snail
23. Second intermediate host of P. Fresh water crab
westermanni
24. Oxidase (+) and urease (+) bordetella B. bronchiseptica
25. Not an antibiotic a. Bacitracin
b. Erythromycin
c. Sulfonamides
d. Gentamicin
26. Salmonella bacterial culture (2x) a. 1st at the height of fever
b. 2-3 specimens w/in a 24 hours period
c. 1 specimen in a week
27. Rpm for centrifugation of bacteria
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28. Presumptive test for Candida that uses Germ tube
serum
29. Nonspecific staining of cellular a. Fluorochroming
structures b. Dark-field
c. Phase-contrast
d. Immunofluorescent
30. AMAN medium stain Lactophenol cotton blue
31. Mousy odor in culture media H. influenza, P. multocida
32. Non-gonococcal urethritis Chlamydia trachomatis
33. Agent pseudomembranous colitis C. difficile
34. 3x asked about coagulase S. aureus and S. epidermidis
35. Small lateral spine S. japonicum
36. Most common isolated organism sa Pseudomonas??
ICU
37. Not killed by sterilization Prions??
38. Toxoplasma gondii Cat
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