BI219 Microbiology GCU Ch. 24 Infection of Nervous System

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Chapter 24: Infections of Nervous System
The Nervous
System
Bacterial
Diseases
Fungal and
Protozoan
Diseases
Viral
Diseases
Prion
Diseases
FINAL ROUND

2. Topic 1: The Nervous System
$100 Question
In the brain, cerebrospinal fluid flows through the
a. dura mater.
b. subarachnoid space.
c. arachnoid mater.
d. pia mater.
ANSWER
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3. Topic 1: The Nervous System
$100 Answer
In the brain, cerebrospinal fluid flows through the
a. dura mater.
b. subarachnoid space.
c. arachnoid mater.
d. pia mater.
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4. Topic 1: The Nervous System
$200 Question
What is the order of the layer of meninges from
the innermost to the outermost?
a. arachnoid mater, dura mater, pia mater
b. dura mater, arachnoid mater, pia mater
c. pia mater, dura mater, arachnoid mater
d. pia mater, arachnoid mater, dura mater
ANSWER
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5. Topic 1: The Nervous System
$200 Answer
What is the order of the layer of meninges from
the innermost to the outermost?
a. arachnoid mater, dura mater, pia mater
b. dura mater, arachnoid mater, pia mater
c. pia mater, dura mater, arachnoid mater
d. pia mater, arachnoid mater, dura mater
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6. Topic 1: The Nervous System
$300 Question
Inflammation of the brain is called
a. meningitis.
b. encephalitis.
c. neuritis.
d. hydrocephalus.
ANSWER
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7. Topic 1: The Nervous System
$300 Answer
Inflammation of the brain is called
a. meningitis.
b. encephalitis.
c. neuritis.
d. hydrocephalus.
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8. Topic 1: The Nervous System
$400 Question
Drugs can cross the blood–brain barrier ONLY if
they are
a. large-molecular-weight molecules.
b. small-molecular-weight molecules.
c. water-soluble.
d. lipid-soluble.
ANSWER
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9. Topic 1: The Nervous System
$400 Answer
Drugs can cross the blood–brain barrier ONLY if
they are
a. large-molecular-weight molecules.
b. small-molecular-weight molecules.
c. water-soluble.
d. lipid-soluble.
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10. Topic 1: The Nervous System
$500 Question
Bacteria can grow well in cerebrospinal fluid
because it has low levels of circulating
antibodies and
a. water.
b. glucose.
c. complement.
d. sodium.
ANSWER
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11. Topic 1: The Nervous System
$500 Answer
Bacteria can grow well in cerebrospinal fluid
because it has low levels of circulating
antibodies and
a. water.
b. glucose.
c. complement.
d. sodium.
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12. Topic 2: Bacterial Diseases
$100 Question
Which type of meningitis is also a frequent cause
of pneumonia?
a. meningococcal meningitis
b. pneumococcal meningitis
c. listeriosis
d. Haemophilus influenzae meningitis
ANSWER
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13. Topic 2: Bacterial Diseases
$100 Answer
Which type of meningitis is also a frequent cause
of pneumonia?
a. meningococcal meningitis
b. pneumococcal meningitis
c. listeriosis
d. Haemophilus influenzae meningitis
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14. Topic 2: Bacterial Diseases
$200 Question
The symptoms of tetanus are caused by a(n)
a. neurotoxin.
b. leukocidin.
c. hemolysin.
d. endotoxin.
ANSWER
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15. Topic 2: Bacterial Diseases
$200 Answer
The symptoms of tetanus are caused by a(n)
a. neurotoxin.
b. leukocidin.
c. hemolysin.
d. endotoxin.
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16. Topic 2: Bacterial Diseases
$300 Question
Which bacterium is known to cause stillbirth and
neurological disease in animals?
a. Listeria monocytogenes
b. Streptococcus pneumoniae
c. Clostridium botulinum
d. Haemophilus influenzae
ANSWER
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17. Topic 2: Bacterial Diseases
$300 Answer
Which bacterium is known to cause stillbirth and
neurological disease in animals?
a. Listeria monocytogenes
b. Streptococcus pneumoniae
c. Clostridium botulinum
d. Haemophilus influenzae
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18. Topic 2: Bacterial Diseases
$400 Question
Which of the following would be a symptom of
botulism?
a. disfiguring nodules on the skin
b. lockjaw
c. flaccid paralysis
d. sepsis
ANSWER
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19. Topic 2: Bacterial Diseases
$400 Answer
Which of the following would be a symptom of
botulism?
a. disfiguring nodules on the skin
b. lockjaw
c. flaccid paralysis
d. sepsis
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20. Topic 2: Bacterial Diseases
$500 Question
Which of the following statements about
Mycobacterium leprae is FALSE?
a. It has an optimum growth temperature of
37°C.
b. It has a generation time of 12 days.
c. It has never been grown on artificial media.
d. It grows in the peripheral nervous system.
ANSWER
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21. Topic 2: Bacterial Diseases
$500 Answer
Which of the following statements about
Mycobacterium leprae is FALSE?
a. It has an optimum growth temperature of
37°C.
b. It has a generation time of 12 days.
c. It has never been grown on artificial media.
d. It grows in the peripheral nervous system.
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22. Topic 3: Fungal and Protozoan Diseases
$100 Question
Trypanosoma brucei is transmitted by
a. tsetse flies.
b. body lice.
c. houseflies.
d. head lice.
ANSWER
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23. Topic 3: Fungal and Protozoan Diseases
$100 Answer
Trypanosoma brucei is transmitted by
a. tsetse flies.
b. body lice.
c. houseflies.
d. head lice.
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24. Topic 3: Fungal and Protozoan Diseases
$200 Question
Which organism is highly fatal in
immunocompromised patients and is transmitted
by the inhalation of dried bird droppings?
a. Trypanosoma brucei
b. Naegleria fowleri
c. Listeria monocytogenes
d. Cryptococcus neoformans
ANSWER
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25. Topic 3: Fungal and Protozoan Diseases
$200 Answer
Which organism is highly fatal in
immunocompromised patients and is transmitted
by the inhalation of dried bird droppings?
a. Trypanosoma brucei
b. Naegleria fowleri
c. Listeria monocytogenes
d. Cryptococcus neoformans
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26. Topic 3: Fungal and Protozoan Diseases
$300 Question
Trypanosomiasis is also known as
a. amebic meningoencephalitis.
b. mad cow disease.
c. sleeping sickness.
d. lockjaw.
ANSWER
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27. Topic 3: Fungal and Protozoan Diseases
$300 Answer
Trypanosomiasis is also known as
a. amebic meningoencephalitis.
b. mad cow disease.
c. sleeping sickness.
d. lockjaw.
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28. Topic 3: Fungal and Protozoan Diseases
$400 Question
Which organism is widespread in freshwater and
feeds on brain tissue?
a. Cryptococcus neoformans
b. Acanthamoeba
c. Naegleria fowleri
d. Trypanosoma brucei
ANSWER
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29. Topic 3: Fungal and Protozoan Diseases
$400 Answer
Which organism is widespread in freshwater and
feeds on brain tissue?
a. Cryptococcus neoformans
b. Acanthamoeba
c. Naegleria fowleri
d. Trypanosoma brucei
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30. Topic 3: Fungal and Protozoan Diseases
$500 Question
Granulomatous amebic encephalitis is caused by
a. Acanthamoeba.
b. Naegleria fowleri.
c. Trypansoma brucei.
d. Cryptococcus neoformans.
ANSWER
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31. Topic 3: Fungal and Protozoan Diseases
$500 Answer
Granulomatous amebic encephalitis is caused by
a. Acanthamoeba.
b. Naegleria fowleri.
c. Trypansoma brucei.
d. Cryptococcus neoformans.
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32. Topic 4: Prion Diseases
$100 Question
Which of the following diseases is caused by a
prion?
a. rabies
b. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
c. polio
d. wound botulism
ANSWER
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33. Topic 4: Prion Diseases
$100 Answer
Which of the following diseases is caused by a
prion?
a. rabies
b. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
c. polio
d. wound botulism
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34. Topic 4: Prion Diseases
$200 Question
A prion is a(n)
a. abnormally folded protein.
b. protein subunit.
c. form of a bacterium.
d. viral particle.
ANSWER
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35. Topic 4: Prion Diseases
$200 Answer
A prion is a(n)
a. abnormally folded protein.
b. protein subunit.
c. form of a bacterium.
d. viral particle.
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36. Topic 4: Prion Diseases
$300 Question
The prion disease associated with cannibalism is
a. sheep scrapie.
b. kuru.
c. mad cow disease.
d. chronic wasting disease.
ANSWER
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37. Topic 4: Prion Diseases
$300 Answer
The prion disease associated with cannibalism is
a. sheep scrapie.
b. kuru.
c. mad cow disease.
d. chronic wasting disease.
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38. Topic 4: Prion Diseases
$400 Question
One hypothesis on the origin of mad cow disease
in cattle concerns
a. cattle feed contaminated with scrapie.
b. direct contact with animals infected with
scrapie.
c. direct contact with other infected species.
d. hormones in cattle feed.
ANSWER
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39. Topic 4: Prion Diseases
$400 Answer
One hypothesis on the origin of mad cow disease
in cattle concerns
a. cattle feed contaminated with scrapie.
b. direct contact with animals infected with
scrapie.
c. direct contact with other infected species.
d. hormones in cattle feed.
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40. Topic 4: Prion Diseases
$500 Question
To sterilize instruments contaminated with prions,
you should use
a. dry heat.
b. routine autoclaving.
c. UV light.
d. a strong solution of sodium hydroxide.
ANSWER
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41. Topic 4: Prion Diseases
$500 Answer
To sterilize instruments contaminated with prions,
you should use
a. dry heat.
b. routine autoclaving.
c. UV light.
d. a strong solution of sodium hydroxide.
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42. Topic 5: Viral Diseases
$100 Question
Which disease has an incubation period that is
usually long enough to allow immunity to
develop from postexposure vaccination?
a. polio
b. rabies
c. West Nile virus
d. Japanese encephalitis
ANSWER
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43. Topic 5: Viral Diseases
$100 Answer
Which disease has an incubation period that is
usually long enough to allow immunity to
develop from postexposure vaccination?
a. polio
b. rabies
c. West Nile virus
d. Japanese encephalitis
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44. Topic 5: Viral Diseases
$200 Question
Which disease is transmitted via ingestion of
contaminated water and can cause paralysis?
a. rabies
b. Japanese encephalitis
c. West Nile encephalitis
d. polio
ANSWER
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45. Topic 5: Viral Diseases
$200 Answer
Which disease is transmitted via ingestion of
contaminated water and can cause paralysis?
a. rabies
b. Japanese encephalitis
c. West Nile encephalitis
d. polio
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46. Topic 5: Viral Diseases
$300 Question
What disease is closely related to and clinically
indistinguishable from rabies?
a. eastern equine encephalitis
b. West Nile virus
c. polio
d. European bat lyssavirus
ANSWER
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47. Topic 5: Viral Diseases
$300 Answer
What disease is closely related to and clinically
indistinguishable from rabies?
a. eastern equine encephalitis
b. West Nile virus
c. polio
d. European bat lyssavirus
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48. Topic 5: Viral Diseases
$400 Question
Which type of arboviral encephalitis was
introduced to the United States in 1999 and is
maintained in a bird-mosquito-bird cycle?
a. eastern equine encephalitis
b. Japanese encephalitis
c. West Nile virus
d. California encephalitis
ANSWER
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49. Topic 5: Viral Diseases
$400 Answer
Which type of arboviral encephalitis was
introduced to the United States in 1999 and is
maintained in a bird-mosquito-bird cycle?
a. eastern equine encephalitis
b. Japanese encephalitis
c. West Nile virus
d. California encephalitis
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50. Topic 5: Viral Diseases
$500 Question
In the United States, the MOST common cause of
rabies in humans is from
a. raccoons.
b. silver-haired bats.
c. dogs.
d. honey badgers.
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51. Topic 5: Viral Diseases
$500 Answer
In the United States, the MOST common cause of
rabies in humans is from
a. raccoons.
b. silver-haired bats.
c. dogs.
d. honey badgers.
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52. FINAL ROUND Question
The Sabin polio vaccine is a(n)
a. conjugated vaccine.
b. attenuated vaccine.
c. toxoid vaccine.
d. inactivated vaccine.
ANSWER
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53. FINAL ROUND Answer
The Sabin polio vaccine is a(n)
a. conjugated vaccine.
b. attenuated vaccine.
c. toxoid vaccine.
d. inactivated vaccine.
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