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1Coagulase causes:
- AClotting of only blood
- BClotting of blood or plasma
- CTermination of clots
2What does kinase do?
- ADissolves fibrin clots
- BForms clots
- CAssists with clot formage
3What is the term for a chemical product of microbes, plants, & some animals that is poisonous to other organisms, & is named according to their target?
- AKinase
- BToxin
- CNormal biota
4More often, microbial diseases are the result of?
- AIndirect damage
- BExcessive or inappropriate immune response
- CSigns and symptoms
- DNormal biota
- EInterplay between microbe & host
5Microbes eventually settle in a particular target organ &:
- ADie
- BCause damage at the site
- CLive off the organ
6What is the term for accumulated damage due to pathogens leading to cell & tissue death?
- ASyndrome
- BSymptom
- CNecrosis
7Which term explains an objective evidence of a disease as noted by AN OBSERVER?
- ADisease
- BSign
- CSymptom
8A symptom is a subjective evidence as sensed by THE PATIENT.
- AVerdadero
- BFalso
9What is the term for a disease identified by certain signs and symptoms?
- ASyndrome
- BTrue pathogen
- CEndemic
10Secretion, Excretion, Discharge, & sloughed tissue are all:
- APathogens
- BPortals of Exit
- CPortals of Entry
11What is the term for the specific avenue by which pathogens exit (this can be different than the entry)?
- AVirulence
- BTrue pathogen
- CPortal of Exit
12Most areas of the body in contact with the outside environment harbor:
- AActive microorganisms
- BResident microorganisms
- CInactive microorganisms
13The time from initial contact with the infectious agent to take appearance of symptoms (Ranges from 2-30 days), is known as:
- APathogenesis
- BThe lag phase
- CThe incubation period
14What is the term for a chemical or physiological environment created by resident biota, & is hostile to other microbes (Excretion of antibodies into the environment to kill)?
- AMicrobial antagonism
- BPathogen
- CEtiology
15When is the uterus normally sterile?
- Aduring the birth process
- Bduring embryonic & fetal development
- Cduring the lag phase
16What is the term for a microbe whose relationship with its' host is parasitic & results in infection & disease?
- AMorbidity
- BVirulence
- CPathogen
17What is the term for an organisms potential to cause infection or disease?
- APathogenicity
- BVirulence
- CInfectious cell
18Virulence refers to the degree of :
- AToxins
- BPathogenicity
- C Sickness
19A true pathogen is a pathogen that is able to cause disease in healthy people with normal immune defenses
- AVerdadero
- BFalso
20What state is the human body in with microorganisms?
- ADynamic Equilibrium
- BBattle
- CDynamic Battle
21What is the term for the study of when & where diseases occur in a population:
- APathogenesis
- BEtiology
- CEpidemiology
22Pathology is the study of:
- ABlood
- BPathogens
- CDisease
23What is the term for the study of the cause of a disease?
- AEtiology
- BPathogenesis
- CInfection
24What is the term for the development of disease?
- AInfection
- BPathogenesis
- CPervasive developmental disorders
25What is the term for entry, establishment & successful multiplication of pathogens within a host?
- AInfection
- BDisease
- CEpidemic
26What is the term for an abnormal state in which the body is not functioning normally?
- AInfection
- BInfectious disease
- CDisease
27What is the term for the disruption of a tissue or organism caused by microbes or their products?
- AInfectious disease
- BCommunicable disease
- CContagious disease
28A disease that is spread from one host to another is known as a:
- ACommunicable disease
- BContagious disease
- CNon-communicable disease
29A contagious disease is a disease that:
- AIs not spread
- BIs easily spread
- CIs hard to relieve
30A Non-Communicable disease is:
- AEasily transmitted
- BHard to transmit, but is transmitted
- CNot transmitted
31Florence Nightingale:
- ALaid the foundations of modern epidemiology
- BHelped track diseases
- CInstituted revolutionary methods in military field hospitals
- DFocused on hand washing
- EShowed that improved sanitation decreased the incidence of epidemic typhus
32What did Ignaz Semmelweis show?
- Athat hand washing decreased the incidence of cholera
- Bthat cholera needed to be evaluated
- Cthat hand washing decreased the incidence of puerperal fever
33John Snow: (2)
- AFocused on handwashing
- BMapped the occurrence of cholera in London
- CFather of Epidemiology
34What is the term for an infectious agent that came from a single source: (Happens right away, one person infecting many people)
- ACommon-source epidemic
- BPoint-source epidemic
- CPropagated epidemic
35What is the term for a common exposure to a single source of infection (Happens over time)?
- AIndex case
- BPoint-source epidemic
- CCommon-source epidemic
36A propagated epidemic is an infectious agent that (ex. flu)?:
- AIs communicable from place to person
- BIs communicable from person to person
- CIs caused by common exposure to a certain place
37What is the term used for the first patient found in an investigation (might not be the first who got the disease, but it is the first reported case)?
- AFirst contact
- BIndex case
- CEndemic case
38Endemic is defined as a disease (Ex. lime disease):
- AThat comes and goes in a population
- BThat is constantly present in a population
- CThat presents itself sporadically
39A disease that is acquired by many hosts in a given area in a short time is defined as:
- AEpidemic
- BPandemic
- CPrevalence
40Pandemic is defined as (Ex. AIDS/HIV):
- AA short term epidemic
- BA worldwide epidemic
- CA Non-Contagious disease
41What is the term for the total number of existing cases with respect to the entire population?
- APrevalence
- BIncidence
- CPandemic
42What is the term for the fraction of a population that contracts a disease during a specific time?
- AIncidence
- BPrevalence
- CVirulence factor
43What's the host parasite relationship?
- AContact - Infection - Disease
- BInfection- Contact -Disease
- CDisease- Contact- Infection
44Opportunistic pathogens:
- ACause disease in normal and healthy human beings
- BCause disease when the host's defenses are compromised
- CCause disease rapidly
45Virulence of a microbe is determined by:
- AIts ability to fight off hosts responses
- BIts ability to last as a microbe
- CIts ability to establish itself in a host and cause damage
46What is the term for any characteristic or structure that allows/contributes to it establishing itself in a host and cause damage?
- APortal of Entry
- BVirulence factor
- CAdhesion
47Microbes must enter, attach firmly to host tissues, and:
- AKill the host
- BSurvive the host's defenses
- CCause damage to host
48What is the name of the route that a microbe takes to enter the tissues of the body to initiate an infection?
- APortal of entry
- BPortal of exit
- CInfection route
49Exogenous is coming from a source outside the body (ex. environment/animal), while endogenous is coming from a microbe already existing in your body (ex. normal biota, yeast, latent).
- AVerdadero
- BFalso
50The minimum number of microbes needed to cause an infection to proceed is called:
- AThe Syndrome
- BThe Index Case
- CThe Infectious Dose (ID)
51What is the ID for rickettsia?
- AA Single Cell
- B10 Cells
- C1,000 Cells
52What is the ID for tuberculosis?
- AOne Cell
- B10 Cells
- C1,000 Cells
53What is the ID for gonorrhea?
- A1,000 Cells
- B1,000,000 Cells
- C10 Cells
54What's the ID for cholera?
- A10 Cells
- B1,000,000,000 Cells
- C1,000 Cells
55The steps for The Process of Infection are:
1. Becoming Established (Portal of Entry)
2. Becoming Established (Attaching to Host)
3. Becoming Established (Surviving Host Defenses)
4. Causing Disease- AVerdadero
- BFalso
56Step 2: Attaching to the Host- Adhesion is the process:
- ABy which microbes kill host
- BBy which microbes attach on host tissues
- CBy which microbes cause infection
57Step 3 in the infection process includes surviving host defenses, with the use of phagocytes. What are phagocytes?
- AVirulence factors
- BRed blood cells that engulf and destroy host pathogens
- CWhite blood cells that engulf and destroy host pathogens
58What is the term for virulence factors that help pathogens to avoid phagocytes?
- AAntiphagocytic factors
- BLeukocidins
- CExoenzymes
59Leukocidins:
- AAvoid phagocytes
- BKill phagocytes outright
- CHarm phagocytes
60What do the slime or capsule help avoid?
- ALeukocidins
- BEndoexymes
- CPhagocytes
61What are the three ways that microorganisms (virulence factors) cause damage to their host in the Step 4 process of infection (Causing Disease)?
- ADirectly by attaching to host
- BDirectly through the action of enzymes
- CDirectly through the action of toxins
- DIndirectly (by inflammation, fever etc., response becoming too excessive
62Mucinase, Hyaluronidase, Coagulase, and Kinase are all examples of exoenzymes.
- AVerdadero
- BFalso
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- Test sobre Chapter 11, creado por millie_annette el 08/07/2014.
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