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This section includes 16 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Microbiology knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Which of the following does not grow in Sabouraud’s glucose agar media? |
| A. | Histoplasma capsulatum |
| B. | Coccidioides immitis |
| C. | Sporothrix schenckii |
| D. | Blastomyces dermatitidis |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2. |
Which of the following disease is an infection of the reticuloendothelial system? |
| A. | Cryptococcosis |
| B. | Moniliasis |
| C. | Histoplasmosis |
| D. | Coccidioidomycosis |
| Answer» D. Coccidioidomycosis | |
| 3. |
Blastomyces brasiliensis causes which of the following disease? |
| A. | North American blastomycosis |
| B. | South American blastomycosis |
| C. | Histoplasmosis |
| D. | Sporotrichosis |
| Answer» C. Histoplasmosis | |
| 4. |
Moniliasis disease is caused by ________________ |
| A. | Histoplasma capsulatum |
| B. | Blastomyces dermatitidis |
| C. | Coccidioides immitis |
| D. | Candida albicans |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. |
Dermatophytic diseases attributed infections to ______________ |
| A. | humans |
| B. | insects |
| C. | monkeys |
| D. | birds |
| Answer» C. monkeys | |
| 6. |
BLASTOMYCES_BRASILIENSIS_CAUSES_WHICH_OF_THE_FOLLOWING_DISEASE??$ |
| A. | North American blastomycosis |
| B. | South American blastomycosis |
| C. | Histoplasmosis |
| D. | Sporotrichosis |
| Answer» C. Histoplasmosis | |
| 7. |
Which of the following does not grow in Sabouraud’s glucose agar media?$# |
| A. | Histoplasma capsulatum |
| B. | Coccidioides immitis |
| C. | Sporothrix schenckii |
| D. | Blastomyces dermatitidis |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8. |
Which_of_the_following_disease_is_an_infection_of_the_reticuloendothelial_system?$ |
| A. | Cryptococcosis |
| B. | Moniliasis |
| C. | Histoplasmosis |
| D. | Coccidioidomycosis |
| Answer» D. Coccidioidomycosis | |
| 9. |
Moniliasis disease is caused by _______________? |
| A. | Histoplasma capsulatum |
| B. | Blastomyces dermatitidis |
| C. | Coccidioides immitis |
| D. | Candida albicans |
| Answer» E. | |
| 10. |
The systemic mycoses are caused mainly by air-borne organisms. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 11. |
Tinea versicolor is caused by _______________ |
| A. | Piedraia hortae |
| B. | Trichosporon beigelii |
| C. | Malassezia furfur |
| D. | Candida albicans |
| Answer» D. Candida albicans | |
| 12. |
Which of the following causes epidemic ringworm of the scalp in children? |
| A. | Microsporum audouinii |
| B. | Trichophyton rubrum |
| C. | Candida albicans |
| D. | Epidermophyton floccosum |
| Answer» B. Trichophyton rubrum | |
| 13. |
Black piedra is a fungus infection of the ___________ |
| A. | skin |
| B. | foot |
| C. | hair |
| D. | nails |
| Answer» D. nails | |
| 14. |
Ringworm of the scalp is known as ______________ |
| A. | tinea capitis |
| B. | tinea pides |
| C. | tinea unguium |
| D. | onychomycosis |
| Answer» B. tinea pides | |
| 15. |
Fungus diseases that occur on the nails, skin, hair are referred to as systemic mycoses. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» C. | |
| 16. |
Dermatophytic diseases attributed infections to ______________ |
| A. | humans |
| B. | insects |
| C. | monkeys |
| D. | birds |
| Answer» C. monkeys | |