Medical Lab Technologist Mcq Book Capter 3 Automation in Bacteriology

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