Sample Final Exam Questions

Terms:

1. leprosy-
2. coliform bacteria-
3. Lyme disease-
4. mycosis-
5. malaria-
6. chicken pox-
7. arbovirus-

 

Multiple-choice

8. The disease leprosy is caused by a member of the genus:

1. Listeria
2. Mycobacterium
3. Corynebacterium
4. Herpesvirus
5. None of the above

1. Tuberculosis is caused by a:

1. virus
2. fungus
3. bacterium
4. protozoan
5. none of the above

1. Members of the family Enterobacteriaceae are all:

1. gram + cocci
2. gram - cocci
3. gram + bacilli
4. gram - bacilli
5. none of the above

1. Yersinia pestis is the causative agent of:

1. meningitis
2. typhoid fever
3. Rocky Mountain spotted fever
4. the plague
5. cholera

1. A patient of yours is exhibiting arthritis, various neurological tics, and has cardiac arrythmias. As you are collecting the patient's history, the patient tells you that he had a rash on his arm that looked like a "bull's eye" where a tick had bit him. You surmise that the patient may have:

1. cholera
2. Rocky Mountain spotted fever
3. Lyme disease
4. Periodontal disease
5. None of the above

1. After visiting India, a woman began experiencing devastating diarrhea and vomiting. Her stool had the consistency of "rice-water", and she was losing many liters of fluid each hour. Upon microscopic examination of a stool specimen, it was found to have many vibrio-shaped bacteria. She most likely has:

1. the plague
2. leptospirosis
3. syphilis
4. cholera
5. none of the above

1. Histoplasmosis is caused by a:

1. bacterium
2. protozoan
3. virus
4. fungus
5. none of the above

1. Thrush is a mouth infection caused by:

1. Histoplasma
2. Entamoeba
3. Candida
4. Herpes simplex I
5. None of the above

1. African sleeping sickness is caused by _______ and is transmitted to humans through the bite of the

1. Plasmodium, Anopheles mosquito
2. a rickettsia, human body louse
3. Trypanosoma, tse-tse fly
4. Borrelia, hard tick
5. None of the above

1. In AIDS patients, one of the most devastating secondary lung infections is caused by the

1. Plasmodium
2. Trypanosoma
3. Pneumocystis
4. Naegleria
5. all of the above

1. Variola major caused a devastating disease, which became "extinct" in 1975. This disease is:

1. chickenpox
2. small pox
3. herpes zoster
4. german measles
5. none of the above

1. The human papilloma virus causes:

1. mumps
2. influenza
3. the common cold
4. warts
5. none of the above

1. Rubella:

1. is caused by a togavirus
2. causes relatively mild symptoms in adults
3. can cause severe birth defects in the fetus of an infected mother
4. all of the above
5. none of the above

1. HIV and HTLV are both examples of:

1. fungi
2. orthomyxoviruses
3. retroviruses
4. protozoans
5. none of the above

Short Answer:

1. Describe the disease tuberculosis, including its transmission, progression and treatment.
2. Describe the plague, the bacterium that causes it, how it is transmitted, and the symptoms.
3. Name three rickettsial diseases and briefly describe them and how they are transmitted.
4. What is the difference between a true and opportunistic fungal pathogen?
5. Name and describe three diseases caused by protozoans (give the name of the protozoan that causes each disease).
6. Describe the differences between Herpes Simplex I, Herpes Simplex II and Varicella-Zoster, and the diseases they cause.
7. Name and describe 5 viral diseases (name the virus that causes each disease as well).