OpenStax Microbiology Test Bank Chapter 22: Respiratory System

OpenStax Microbiology Test Bank Chapter 22: Respiratory System Multiple Choice 1. Which passageway connects the nasopharynx to the middle ear? A. eustachian tube* B. nasal cavity C. oropharynx D. sinus cavity Difficulty: Easy ASM Standard: N/A 2. Which described the palatine tonsils? A. connective and muscular tissue within the nasopharynx B. connective and muscular tissue within the oropharynx C. lymphoid tissue within the nasopharynx D. lymphoid tissue within the oropharynx* Difficulty: Easy ASM Standard: N/A 3. Within the respiratory tract, where are oxygen and carbon dioxide exchanged? A. alveoli* B. bronchi C. bronchioles D. trachea Difficulty: Easy ASM Standard: N/A 4. Rhinitis is an inflammation of which component of the respiratory system? A. nasal passages* B. oropharynx C. sinuses D. tonsils Difficulty: Easy ASM Standard: N/A 5. Symptoms of the common cold do not include which one of the following? A. coughing B. headache C. high fever* D. runny nose Difficulty: Easy ASM Standard: 23 6. Antigenic shift caused a severe influenza pandemic, the “Spanish flu,” during which years? A. 1908–1909 B. 1918–1919* C. 1955–1956 D. 2006–2007 Difficulty: Easy ASM Standard: 23 7. Which is the most effective way to reduce the risk of influenza transmission? A. amantadine B. annual vaccination* C. oseltamivir D. tetracycline Difficulty: Easy ASM Standard: 14, 23 8. FluMist is which of the followTiEngS? A. inactivated flu treatment B. inactivated flu vaccine C. live attenuated flu treatment D. live attenuated flu vaccine* Difficulty: Easy ASM Standard: N/A 9. Which of the following groups of viruses is not known to be a frequent cause of the common cold? A. adenoviruses B. coronaviruses C. parainfluenza viruses* D. rhinoviruses Difficulty: Easy ASM Standard: 23 10. The mucociliary escalator effect helps to do which of the following? A. localize microbes in specific parts of the respiratory tract, enhancing the immune response against them and reducing the risk that they will be exhaled B. move air through the respiratory tract C. move pathogens deeper into the respiratory tract, where macrophages can engulf them D. remove pathogens from the respiratory tract, eliminating microbes from the lower respiratory tract, and inhibiting pathogen attachment* Difficulty: Moderate ASM Standard: N/A 11. Which of the following is not part of the immune defense of the upper respiratory system? A. alveolar macrophages* B. defensins C. lysozyme D. secreted IgA antibodies in mucus Difficulty: Moderate ASM Standard: 14 12. When the alveoli become fluid filled in pneumonia, the affected areas are called which of the following? A. a pneumonitis B. a pneumothorax C. consolidations* D. inflammations Difficulty: Moderate ASM Standard: 23 13. Which microbe causes streptococcal pharyngitis (strep throat)? A. S. aureus B. S. epidermidis C. S. pyogenes* D. S. typhimurium Difficulty: Easy ASM Standard: 23 14. Streptokinase is a protein that is responsible for which of the following? A. dissolving blood clots* B. forming blood clots C. forming erythrogenic toxin D. inhibiting the spread of streptococcal bacteria Difficulty: Moderate ASM Standard: 23 15. Which of the following is an example of one of the sequelae of strep throat? A. acute glomerulonephritis* B. high fever C. red tonsils D. scarlet fever Difficulty: Moderate ASM Standard: 23 16. Based on the carbohydrate antigens in its cell wall, Streptococcus pyogenes is classified within which Lancefield group? A. A (the group A strep)* B. B (the group B strep) C. C (the group C strep) D. D (the group D strep) Difficulty: Moderate ASM Standard: 7, 8, 23