AAMI Microbiology for Embalmers Final Exam Study Guide | 106 Verified Questions & Answers

AAMI Microbiology for Embalmers Final The causative agent of scarlet fever is staphylococcus aureus?

True The Meningococcus enters the body by nose and mouth True Which of the following organisms enters the body by the genital system?

Neisseria Gonorrhea/gonococcus Opthalmia neonatorum is caused by the Gonococcus.

True A nosocomial infection is one that originates in hospitals Toxic shock syndrome is caused by?

Staphylococcus aureus The infection, puerperal sepsis is caused by an organism that enters the body by way of hands or instruments The beta hemolytic streptococcal organism causes milder infections than the alpha hemolytic strep.

False Which organism causes lesions called abscesses?

Staphylococcus aureus Crede's method is associated with which organism?

Neisseria gonorrhea Staphylococcus aureus causes Boils, furuncles, carbunlces, pimples There is a permanent naturally acquired active immunity to Gonorrhea False What infections have a rash?

Scarlet fever The Pneumococcus typically enters the body by way of a wound

False The Meningococcus is transmitted via droplet infection through aerosols or nasopharyngeal discharge from an infected person or carrier.

True The organisms do not have to enter the body to cause a food intoxication as in a type of food poisoning.

True Which of the following organisms have a capsule?

Pneumococcus Which infections are transmitted by droplet infection?

Neisseria meningitidis Neisseria meningitidis produces an endotoxin.

True Bronchopneumonia is milder then lobar pneumonia.

True Which organism is well known for causing nosocomial infections?

Staphylococcus aureus An organism that must obtain its oxygen from oxygen containing compounds is an aerobe.

True The ethological agent that is rod shaped, a strict aerobe and causes pseudomembranes is?

Corynebacterium diptheriae This agent causes an infection in birds and opportunistically infects people with AIDS Mycobacterium avium Puerpertal sepis is caused by Neisseria gonorrheae False Gonorrhea localizes in the urethra in both men and women True The infection known as 'lockjaw' is caused by?

A bacillus that produces an exotoxin Food intoxication can be caused by?

Clostridium perfringens

Anthrax is a zoonotic infection True The pathogenicity of tetanus is primarily associated with a neurotoxin True The portal of entry of the agent that causes diphtheria is?

Mouth and nose Mycobacteria that are classified as acid-fast have a high lipid content in their cell walls The portal of exit of Clostridum botulinum is feces.

False The toxin is colorless and tasteless, it is swallowed and eventually causes asphyxia. What is the disease process called?

Botulism The etiological agent of gas gangrene is?

Clostridium perfringes A granulommatous infection that infects the lungs, intestines and kidneys is?

Tuberculosis Which of the following organisms is a coccus controlled by the Crede's method?

Neisseria gonorrheae The anthrax bacillus is rod-shaped True The portal of exit of Tuberculosis is often feces and urine True Which organism's pathogenicity is greater because of the high lipid content of their cell wall?

Mycobacterium Staphylococcus aureus is known for causing which of the following Puerperal sepsis, abscesses Organisms that are ______ must obtain their oxygen from oxygen containing compounds, while ________ need free atmospheric oxygen.

Anaerobes, aerobes

Gonorrhea is often transmitted via infected objects, because the organism Neisseria gonorrhea survives well outside the body.

False The anthrax bacillus can enter the body in which of the following ways Inhalation, would contamination, ingestion The tetanus toxin is less potent than the botulinum toxin.

True What is the scientific name of plague bacillus?

Yersinia pestis Which of the following organisms localizes in the gastrointestinal tract?

Salmonella, shigella dysenteriae, escherichia coli, mycobacterium tuberculosis Proteus vulgaris is known to complicate the open wounds of burn victims.

True Botulism is non-communicable.

True The etiological agent of rabbit fever is Francisella tularensis Most zoonic infections are transmitted from animals to humans but can not be transmitted from human to human True The etiological agent of Toxic Shock Syndrome is Streptococcus pyogenes False - Staphylococcus aureus An attack of Tularemia results in a permanent Naturally Acquired Active Immunity.

True Gonorrhea reacts well to antibiotics which makes it easy to control this sexually transmitted disease.

False An atypical type of pneumonia that has been isolated from water supplies, humidifiers and air conditioning equipment is caused by Legionella pneumonphilia Unlike any other genus all species of the genus Salmonella are capable of producing disease.

True

Typhoid fever can be transmitted by the Fly this is an important etiological agent of summer diarrhea Salmonella Typhi A vaccine is available for diphtheria True Lobar pneumonia is the chronic type of this respiratory infection False The meningococcus usually causes septicemia before it reaches the meninges True Tetanus is non-communicable as the causative agent that does not have to enter the body True The portal of entry of most enteric organisms is the mouth.

True The portal of exit for most respiratory infections is feces and urine.

False The genus of the etiological agent of lymes disease is Borrelia Treponema pallidum is the causative agent for syphilis.

True The etiological agent of cholera affects the Intestines The bacterial gastroenteritis that can lead to vomiting, profuse diarrhea, or death is caused by a comma shaped organism known as Vibrio cholerae Tertiary stage of syphilis is marked by a lesion called Gumma Lyme disease is transmitted by the tick Leptospirosis is a zoonic infection that can be transmitted from person to person

False The etiological agent of Primary Atypical Pneumonia (PAP) is Mycoplasma pneumoniae Vibrio cholerae exists the body by way of nasal and buccal secretions.

False Droplet spray or droplet infection is the primary way respiratory infections are transmitted.

True The major symptom of Weils disease is a fever True Copper colored rash, loss of hair and influenza like symptoms are evident when infected with Treponema pallidum Yersinia pestis is transmitted by way of The bite of a rat flea Legionellosis is not normally transmitted from person to person True Blood tests will be positive for syphilis in the latent stage True The bulls eye rash is associated with which of the following infections Lymes disease General paresis is associated with which of the following infections Syphillis The agent that causes cholera is spirochete.

False Of the following bacteria infections which is cause by a rod shaped organism Gas gangrene Neisseria can cause venereal disease and infection in the blood and eventually the brain.

True The etiological agent that is rod-shaped, anaerobic and causes food intoxication is Clostridium perfinges Lobar pneumonia is the acute form of this infection.

True Which of the following microbes will cause the plague Yersinia pestis The enteric infectious agent shaped like a comma that is often transmitted by raw or partially infected fish or shelfish is Vibrio Cholerae Rickettsia rickettsii normally localizes in the blood vessel The etiological agent causing endemic typhus is Rickettsia prowazekii Most Rickettsia are not transmitted from human to human True The infectious agent known to be transmitted by a vector that bites the host and causes a "bulls eye" rash is Borrella burgdorferi Spores that are in the process of returning to the vegetative state are described as Germinating Obligate aerobes require an environment without free oxygen for survival False What is the genus of the organism causing Opthalmia neonatorum Neisseria What is the species of the zoonotic organism whose cell wall has a high lipid content, described as acid fast, and is found as an opportunist in AIDS Avium Tularemia commonly localizes in the lymph nodes of the body and may be transmitted by the tick, flies, lice, horseflies and deer flies True The causative agent of ornithosis is a member of the genus Clamydia What is the vector associated with Rickettsia typhi Flea

Which stage is syphilis may be characterized by flu like symptoms Secondary Which species is the reason for the most common nosocomial infections Aureus Cellulitis is the typical lesion for the species Pyogens The smallest free living self replicating units that do not have a cell wall are members of the Genus Mycoplasma True Facultative anaerobe prefers an environment with oxygen, but may live without it True Tuberculosis in adults will normally spread to the lungs, lymph nodes, joints and meninges False Tetanus is non-communicable True