By Dr. Ali Msahir Atshan
, Dr. Ali Msahir Atshan
Lecture 1
Diagnostic
Microbiology: Purpose
& Philosophy
, Dr. Ali Msahir Atshan
1. Concerning detection, all the microorganism……….
A. Can easily be cultured.
B. Require special condition for growth
C. Not easily be cultured
D. Fastidious in nutrition requirement
E. All of the above
2- …………….is tool that makes it possible to identify the exact pathogens of
infectious diseases and the most optimal therapy.
A. Microbiology
B. Diagnostic Microbiology
C. Bacteriology
D. Virology
E. All of the above
3- Which of the following factors that render culture-based methods less reliable.
A. Transport of the specimens under less than ideal conditions
B. prior use of antibiotics
C. small number of organisms
D. All of the above
4- Microbial colonization may result in:
A. Elimination of the microorganism
B. Infection in which the organisms multiply
C. transient or prolonged carrier state.
D. All of the above
5- Infectious disease occurs when the organism causes
A.Tissue damage B. Loss function of body systems.
C. Both A+B D. No one of above
6- Which of the following basic laboratory techniques consider definitive
microbiologic diagnosis of an infectious disease:
A. Morphologic identification of the agent
B. Cultivation and identification of the organisms and immunologic assay
C. Detection of microbial DNA or RNA.
D. Detection of an inflammatory or host immune response to the pathogenic agents.
E. All of the above.
, Dr. Ali Msahir Atshan
7- The purpose and the philosophy of diagnostic bacteriology is depending on:
A. Identifying the causative microorganism by different laboratory methods
B. Identifying the causative microorganism by same laboratory methods
C. Both A+B D.No one of the above
8- As the laboratory staff begins to obtain results, they inform health care
providers, who can then:
A- evaluate the diagnosis and clinical course of the patient
B. reevaluate the treatment and clinical course of the patient
C. reevaluate the diagnosis and clinical course of the patient
D. Both A+B E. No one of the above
9. After obtaining the proper specimens and informing the laboratory of the
careful clinical diagnosis, the clinician should …………….
A. begin treatment with drugs
B. begin treatment with Antibiotic
C. begin treatment with Antimicrobials
D. all of the above
E. Only A+B
10- Detection of an inflammatory or host immune response to the pathogenic
agents consider one of the:
A. two basic laboratory techniques
B. three basic laboratory techniques
C. four basic laboratory techniques
D. five basic laboratory techniques
E. basic laboratory techniques
11- Prolonged carrier state may produced from:
A. Microbial inhibtion
B. Microbial detection
C. Microbial infection
D. Microbial colonization
E. all of the above
12. Regarding of detection, Newer methods depend on amplification of nucleic acids
followed by use of.............................for identification
A. epitope B. drop C. probes. D. A+C E. no one of the above
, Dr. Ali Msahir Atshan
Lecture 1
Diagnostic
Microbiology: Purpose
& Philosophy
, Dr. Ali Msahir Atshan
1. Concerning detection, all the microorganism……….
A. Can easily be cultured.
B. Require special condition for growth
C. Not easily be cultured
D. Fastidious in nutrition requirement
E. All of the above
2- …………….is tool that makes it possible to identify the exact pathogens of
infectious diseases and the most optimal therapy.
A. Microbiology
B. Diagnostic Microbiology
C. Bacteriology
D. Virology
E. All of the above
3- Which of the following factors that render culture-based methods less reliable.
A. Transport of the specimens under less than ideal conditions
B. prior use of antibiotics
C. small number of organisms
D. All of the above
4- Microbial colonization may result in:
A. Elimination of the microorganism
B. Infection in which the organisms multiply
C. transient or prolonged carrier state.
D. All of the above
5- Infectious disease occurs when the organism causes
A.Tissue damage B. Loss function of body systems.
C. Both A+B D. No one of above
6- Which of the following basic laboratory techniques consider definitive
microbiologic diagnosis of an infectious disease:
A. Morphologic identification of the agent
B. Cultivation and identification of the organisms and immunologic assay
C. Detection of microbial DNA or RNA.
D. Detection of an inflammatory or host immune response to the pathogenic agents.
E. All of the above.
, Dr. Ali Msahir Atshan
7- The purpose and the philosophy of diagnostic bacteriology is depending on:
A. Identifying the causative microorganism by different laboratory methods
B. Identifying the causative microorganism by same laboratory methods
C. Both A+B D.No one of the above
8- As the laboratory staff begins to obtain results, they inform health care
providers, who can then:
A- evaluate the diagnosis and clinical course of the patient
B. reevaluate the treatment and clinical course of the patient
C. reevaluate the diagnosis and clinical course of the patient
D. Both A+B E. No one of the above
9. After obtaining the proper specimens and informing the laboratory of the
careful clinical diagnosis, the clinician should …………….
A. begin treatment with drugs
B. begin treatment with Antibiotic
C. begin treatment with Antimicrobials
D. all of the above
E. Only A+B
10- Detection of an inflammatory or host immune response to the pathogenic
agents consider one of the:
A. two basic laboratory techniques
B. three basic laboratory techniques
C. four basic laboratory techniques
D. five basic laboratory techniques
E. basic laboratory techniques
11- Prolonged carrier state may produced from:
A. Microbial inhibtion
B. Microbial detection
C. Microbial infection
D. Microbial colonization
E. all of the above
12. Regarding of detection, Newer methods depend on amplification of nucleic acids
followed by use of.............................for identification
A. epitope B. drop C. probes. D. A+C E. no one of the above
