2024 VTNE Microbiology Quiz

2024 VTNE Microbiology Quiz Complete Questions & Answers (Solved) 100% Correct

• *Mycoses can occur in which of the following species?*
• Animals
• Plants
• Humans
• All the above

Answer: all the above

2. *The fungi listed below are generally macroscopic, with the exception of:*

• Puff balls
• Mushrooms
• Yeasts
• Both b and c

Answer: Yeasts

• *Which of the following statements is false?*
• Humans and animals may acquire fungal infections via accidental contact with an

environmental source

• Humans and animals are usually resistant to primary fungal pathogens
• Humans are generally quite resistant to fungal infection, except true pathogens and

opportunistic pathogens

• Most fungi are free-living organisms that can be found in the environment-

Answer: Humans and animals are usually resistant to primary fungal pathogens

• *What is the term that is used to indicate the collective crisscrossed mesh- work of

vegetative hyphae?*

• Mycology
• Mold
• Mycelia
• Colony

Answer: Mycelia

• *In general, fungi derive nutrients through which of the following process- es?*
• Pinocytosis
• Phagocytosis of bacteria
• Breaking down mineral compounds
• Digesting organic substrates

Answer: Digesting organic substrates

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• *Aspergillus is the source of which inflicts lethal food poisoning in

animals fed moldy grain and which predisposes animals to ? .*

• Aflatoxin, liver and kidney damage
• Bacterial toxins, brain damage
• Dry rot, allergies

Answer: Aflatoxin, liver and kidney damage

• *A few fungi are ? but none are ? .*
• Parasitic, photosynthetic
• Commensals, saprophytic
• Photosynthetic, parasitic
• Normal flora, pathogenic

Answer: Parasitic, photosynthetic

• *Fungal identification and classification based on spores and their ? are more

distinctive than identification based on ? alone.*

• Size, spores
• Sporangia, hyphae
• Gender, septa
• Color, hypha

Answer: Sporangia, hyphae

• *When using the Dermatophyte test medium (DTM) positive test leads to color change*
• From amber to red
• From red to yellow
• From green to yellow
• From red to amber

Answer: From amber to red

10. *The compound that is used as a treatment for cutaneous mycosis is:*

• Griseofulvin
• Penicillin
• Tetracycline
• Cephalosporin

Answer: Griseofulvin

• * ? is the genus of microorganisms that represents the group of yeast that may cause

otitis externa in dogs.*

• Microsporum
• Malassezia
• Penicillium
• Staphylococcus
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