Microbiology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

What is a zoonosis?

  1. AAn infection spread through water
  2. BAn infection that only affects zoo animals
  3. CAn infection that spreads from animals to humans
  4. DAn infection caught in hospital
2.Easy

How does measles mainly spread?

  1. AThrough insect bites
  2. BThrough the air in droplets and aerosols
  3. CThrough contaminated food
  4. DThrough sexual contact
3.Easy

Edward Jenner is known for developing vaccination against which disease?

  1. ATuberculosis
  2. BSmallpox
  3. CRabies
  4. DPolio
4.Medium

How is DNA transferred between bacteria during conjugation?

  1. AThrough direct contact using a sex pilus
  2. BBy fusion of two bacterial cells into one
  3. CBy a bacteriophage carrying bacterial DNA
  4. DBy uptake of free DNA from the environment
5.Medium

Which organism causes typhoid fever?

  1. ASalmonella Typhi
  2. BShigella dysenteriae
  3. CCampylobacter jejuni
  4. DVibrio cholerae
6.Medium

Which bacterium causes whooping cough (pertussis)?

  1. ABordetella pertussis
  2. BMycoplasma pneumoniae
  3. CCorynebacterium diphtheriae
  4. DHaemophilus influenzae
7.Hard

A patient taking high-dose immunosuppressive drugs after a transplant is due for vaccinations. Which vaccine type is generally avoided?

  1. ASubunit vaccines
  2. BLive attenuated vaccines
  3. CInactivated whole-virus vaccines
  4. DToxoid vaccines
8.Hard

Which hepatitis viruses are mainly spread through contaminated food and water?

  1. AHepatitis B and D
  2. BHepatitis A and E
  3. CHepatitis B and C
  4. DHepatitis C and E

Answer key

  1. 1. C · An infection that spreads from animals to humans
  2. 2. B · Through the air in droplets and aerosols
  3. 3. B · Smallpox
  4. 4. A · Through direct contact using a sex pilus
  5. 5. A · Salmonella Typhi
  6. 6. A · Bordetella pertussis
  7. 7. B · Live attenuated vaccines
  8. 8. B · Hepatitis A and E

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