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BIOL 221 Exam 4 MCQs Practice Questions and Answers In an experiment, test subjects are given a diet without sucrose, while control subjects are given a diet with sucrose. Which of the following results would NOT be expected? - ANSWER-test subjects would have a more acidic oral pH Which of the...

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BIOL 221 Exam 4 MCQs Practice

Questions and Answers


In an experiment, test subjects are given a diet without sucrose, while control subjects are given a diet

with sucrose. Which of the following results would NOT be expected? - ANSWER✔✔-test subjects would

have a more acidic oral pH


Which of the following is a major virulence factor in Helicobacter pylori? - ANSWER✔✔-the enzyme

urease


What is the most effective treatment for cholera? - ANSWER✔✔-oral rehydration with isotonic

electrolyte


Which of the following is NOT a part of the Shigella disease cycle? - ANSWER✔✔-eventually colonizes

the gallbladder, where it can persist for years


The usual location of a mumps infection is... - ANSWER✔✔-glandular epithelial cells


A 38-year-old intravenous drug user presented at a clinic with a swollen, tender abdomen. The sclera of

his eyes were yellow (icteric), and his skin had a faint yellow coloration. A direct fluorescent antibody




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test was positive for a particular infectious agent. What is unusual about this agent? - ANSWER✔✔-it is a

DNA virus that needs reverse transcriptase to replicate


Which of the following do the Hepatitis A and B viruses have in common? - ANSWER✔✔-the location of

the infection in the host's body


The object at the right was isolated from a patient with diarrhea. What is it? - ANSWER✔✔-a giardia

trophozoite


A patient presents at a clinic in Mumbai with voluminous "ricewater stool" diarrhea. The best treatment

would consist of what? - ANSWER✔✔-slowly sipping a solution of glucose and salts


Chronic diarrhea can be caused by a trophozoite that burrows into and sometimes through the intestinal

lining, causing irritation and abscesses. Which of the following public health steps would reduce the

spread of this disease in a community? - ANSWER✔✔-avoiding the use of human feces from septic tanks

as a fertilizer


Please use the choices below for questions 11 and 12:


a. helicobacter


b. cholera


c. hepatitis a


d. hepatitis b

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e. e. coli




11. Produces the CagA and VacA exotoxins, causing inflammation and enabling it to survive at low pH.




12. A 48-year-old male patient presents at a clinic with a fever of 39 degrees C, jaundice, and dark

orange urine. His arms show needle tracks from i.v. drug abuse, and his abdomen is tender on palpation.

He would probably have a high antibody titer for... - ANSWER✔✔-11. a. helicobacter


12. d. hepatitis b


Which of the following is NOT a virulence factor associated with Helicobacter pylori? - ANSWER✔✔-an

IgG Fc binding protein


This could be considered the most serious hepatitis infection, since it is chronic, causes liver cancer and

organ failure, and there is no vaccine for it. - ANSWER✔✔-hepatitis C


Rita Colwell won the Nobel Prize for figuring out that you can stop a Cholera epidemic by filtering water

through ordinary cloth. How does this work? - ANSWER✔✔-you're filtering out a mechanical vector of

Vibrio cholerae


This vaccine-preventable virus is worse in adults than it is in children because it can cause inflammation

of the testes and ovaries. - ANSWER✔✔-mumps

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This dangerous chronic infection is transmitted mainly by contaminated needles among drug users. It

causes cirrhosis after many years. There is no vaccine. It is... - ANSWER✔✔-hepatitis C


The organism shown below were isolated from frothy, foul smelling diarrhea from a hiker on the

Appalachian Trail, who was successfully treated with metronidazole. They are... - ANSWER✔✔-giardia

trophozoites


All of the following are virulence factors of Helicobacter pylori EXCEPT... - ANSWER✔✔-survival in

phagocytes


This week there was a multi-state recall of sushi from yellow fin tuna that is contaminated with

Salmonella. You didn't hear about that? You like sushi? Damn! What symptoms can you expect to

experience if you got infected? - ANSWER✔✔-intestinal cramps and diarrhea with some blood in the

stool


Jordyn is into the party scene at her college. She drinks a lot, occasionally injects drugs at parties and has

sex with three boyfriends (Jordyn's situation is not all that uncommon, by the way). She is putting herself

at increased risk for all of the following EXCEPT... - ANSWER✔✔-mumps


Infection with which of the following is more common in the US than in developing countries? -

ANSWER✔✔-streptococcus mutans


Helicobacter pylori has all off the following virulence factors EXCEPT... - ANSWER✔✔-a secretion of an A-

B toxin that increases cAMP production


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