Medical Lab Technologist Mcq Book
Capter 3
Automation in Bacteriology ⛇
Q1= In Sickle cell anemia patient incidence of which infection is most often increased?
1.Viral
2.PUO
3.Salmonella
4.Botulism
Answer- C
Q2=What is the name for inflammation of Caecum known as?
Options :
1.Philitis
2.Typhlitis
3.Pyelitis
4.Felitis
Answer= 2
Q3=Which of the following is the most common type of Ileocecal Tuberculosis?
Options :
1.Hyperplastic
2.Stricture type
3.Ulcerative
4.Ulcero-hyperplastic
Ans-3
Q4= Which of the following symptom about the mass in the abdomen is wrong about Ileocecal Tuberculosis?
Options :
1.Present in the right Iliac fossa
2.Soft texture
3.Non-mobile
4.Non-tender
Ans- 2
Q5= Streptococci obtain all their energy from the fermentation of sugars to
A. Formic acid
B. Lactic acid
C. Succinic acid
D. Valeric acid
Answer-B
Q6=Streptococci are unable to synthesize the enzyme
A. Catalase
B. Kinase
C. Hyaluronidase
D. Lipase
Answer-A
Q7= Which of the following is catalase negative?
A. Bacillus
B. Corynebacterium
C. Leuconostoc
D. Listeria
Answer-C
Q8= The pulmonary form of anthrax is known as
A. Valley fever
B. Walking pneumonia
C. Farmers' lung
D. Woolsorters disease
Answer-D
Q9= The Haemophilus influenzas vaccine protects against which serotype?
A. Serotype a
B. Serotype b
C. Serotype c
D. Serotype d
Answer- B
Q10=The etiologic agent of whooping cough is
A. Bordetella pertussis
B. Brucella suis
C. Francisella tularensis
D. Haemophilus ducreyi
Answer-A
Q11= Which of the following has a negative oxidase test?
A. Aeromonas
B. Chryseobacterium
C. Hafnia
D. Vibrio
Answer-C
Q12= 121. Yersinia pestis is characteristically
A. Urease negative
B. Hydrogen sulfide positive
C. Motile at 20-25°C
D. Oxidase positive
Answer-A
Q13=A positive Voges-Proskauer reaction is characteristic of
A. Enterobacter aerogenes
B. Escherichia coli
C. Proteus vulgaris
D. Providencia rettgeri
Answer-A
Q14=A negative citrate reaction is characteristic of
A. Citrobacterfreundii
B. Enterobacteraerogenes
C. Serratia marcescens
D. Shigella boydii
Answer-D
Q15= A positive indole reaction is characteristic of
A. Escherichia coli
B. Proteus mirabilis
C. Salmonella Choleraesuis
D. Serratia marcescens
Answer-A
Q16= Haemophilus ducreyi is the causative agent of
A. Chancroid
B. Lymphogranuloma venereum
C. Trachoma
D. Whooping cough
Answer- A
Q17=Lack of motility is a characteristic of
A. Enterobacter
B. Klebsiella
C. Salmonella
D. Serratia
Answer-B
Q18=Mycobacteria can be examined by using the
A. Dieterle stain
B. Gimenez stain
C. Kinyoun stain
D. Wright's stain
Answer-C
Q19=Which one of the following drugs is not considered as primary antimycobacterial
therapy?
A. Isoniazid
B. Kanamycin
C. Rifampin
D. Pyrazinamide
Answer-B
Q20= Which one of the following tests would be appropriate in the diagnosis of a mycobacterial
infection?
A. Elek test
B. CAMP test
C. Naglertest
D. PPDtest
Answer-D
Q21= Which of the following is not considered a zoonotic disease?
A. Anthrax
B. Botulism
C. Brucellosis
D. Leptospirosis
Answer-B
Q22=The causative agent of endemic or murine typhus is
A. Rickettsia akari
B. Rickettsia conorii
C. Rickettsia prowazekii
D. Rickettsia typhi
Answer-D
Q23= The MIDI identification system is based on
A. Antibiograms
B. Colony pigment on ChromAgar
C. Fatty acid analysis
D. Multiple biochemical tests
Answer-C
Q24= Which of the following media is both selective and differential?
A. Sheep blood agar
B. Chocolate agar
C. Mannitol salt agar
D. Mueller-Hinton agar
Answer-C
Q25= If a bacterium carries sseveral resistance genes it called -
A- multiresistant
B- Superbug
C- Antiregistance
D- A and B
Ans- D
Q26= Tubercular bacilli grow best in
a. Absence of O2
b. Presence of CO2
c. Presence of O2
d. None of these
Ans- B
Q27= In bacteria, the increase in population is in the manner
a. Geometric progression
b. Multiplication
c. Doubling
d. None of these
Ans- A
Q28= How much time a bacterium take for the complete duplication?
a. 30 min.
b. 10 min.
c. 20 min.
d. 25 min.
Ans- C
Q29= Multiple antibiotic resistance is mediated by -
a. Episome
b. Plasmid
c. Colplasmid
d. Both b and c
Ans- B
Q30= The most important vitamin for the
growth of bacteria is
a. B-complex
b. Vitamin A
c. Vitamin D
d. Vitamin C
Ans- A
