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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT MICRO CH.11 SM EXAM
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Question 1: 25. What is one goal of the Human Microbiome Project?
To sequence the DNA of all microorganisms To study the prevalence of disease To study microorganisms in their natural habitat To provide comprehensive characterization of microbiota relating to human health and disease To discover new organisms in extreme habitats
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To provide comprehensive characterization of microbiota relating to human health and disease
Question 2: 18. Exotoxins _______.
are secreted by pathogenic organisms are bound to the membrane of pathogenic organisms are bound to the cell wall of pathogenic organisms cause more damage than endotoxins are host specific
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are secreted by pathogenic organisms
Question 3: 29.Many people tested positive for COVID-19, but they did not have any of the signs or symptoms of the disease. Infections like this are referred to as ________ infections.
asymptomatic persistent latent chronic
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asymptomatic Question 4: 46. The stage of an infectious disease when specific signs and symptoms are seen and the pathogen is at peak activity is the _______.prodromal stage convalescent stage incubation period acute phase None of the choices are correct.
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acute phase
Question 5: 35. Normal biota includes each of the following except ________.
bacteria fungi protozoans viruses All of the choices are correct.
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All of the choices are correct.
Question 6: 52. List each theory by Koch
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The causative organism must be evidenced in each subject presenting with the disease manifestations.Inoculating a healthy subject with the isolated organism must result in the reported disease manifestations.The organism must be isolated, purified and characterized from an infected individual.The same species of organism must be isolated from the second inoculated individual.
Does not Each organism from a polymicrobial infection must be isolated and inoculated into a single host.
Question 7: 27. Choose the best definition of virulence factors.
Factors that enable a microorganism to be resistant to antimicrobial medications Characteristics of a microorganism, such as its Gram stain morphology, type of media it grows on, and colony morphology The site within a host in which a microorganism resides and causes disease Characteristics of a microorganism that enable it to establish infection and cause disease
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Characteristics of a microorganism that enable it to establish infection and cause disease Question 8: 10. A teacher walking through her first-grade classroom pauses to pick up a used tissue that had ended up on the floor instead of in the waste basket. Unfortunately, after discarding the tissue, she doesn't immediately wash her hands, and acquires a strain of rhinovirus. Several days later she begins to experience symptoms of a cold. Based upon this scenario, please select the mode of disease transmission demonstrated here.Direct contact (touching) Droplet Air Fomite Vector
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Fomite Question 9: 4. If there were 7.5 new cases of pertussis per 100,000 susceptible individuals in the United States, what term that is illustrated by this statistic.Mortality Prevalence Incidence Epidemic rate Endemic rate
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Incidence Question 10: 12. Many researchers believe that SARS-CoV-2 originated in bats. Which of the following is a true statement?Bats are the reservoir for SARS-CoV-2.Bats are the source of most cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection.Bats are the reservoir and the major source for SARS-CoV-2 in this pandemic.Bats do not represent either the source or the reservoir for SARS-CoV-2.
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Bats are the reservoir for SARS-CoV-2.
Question 11: 47. The suffix - emia means _______.
blood a disease or morbid process an inflammation tumor pertaining to
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blood
Question 12: 5. Which of the following is an example of sequelae?
Headache from meningitis Difficulty swallowing from a Streptococcus infection Arthritis from Lyme disease Diarrhea from Salmonella enteritidis infection All of the choices are correct.
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Arthritis from Lyme disease Question 13: 44. The initial, brief period of early, general symptoms such as fatigue and muscle aches is the _______.prodromal stage convalescent stage incubation period acute phase None of the choices are correct.
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prodromal stage Question 14: 30. Because SARS-CoV-2 likely originated in bats and then became transmissible to humans, COVID-19 is considered a(n) _______ infection.zoonotic noncommunicable vector-borne polymicrobial