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NURS 5334 EXAM 1 2026 ALL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS |RATED A+ |NEW AND
REVISED
Mammalian cells do not have a rigid cell wall - ANSWER- True
Patients should not take folic acid supplements when prescribed sulfa
drugs - ANSWER- False
Cephalosporines kill bacteria by weakening the cell wall and promoting
bacterial lysis. - ANSWER- True
Aminoglycosides inhibit folic acid production by the microbe -
ANSWER- False
Metronidazole inhibits DNA synthesis in certain microbes - ANSWER-
True
Many drugs that are prescribed for HIV infection inhibit enzymes
needed for viral reproduction - ANSWER- True
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MRSA, VRE, and C dif are a problem because infection with these
microbes is usually fatal - ANSWER- False
When patients take antibiotis as prescribed, resistance to antibiotics does
not occur - ANSWER- False
Bacteria can become resistant to antibiotics by producing enzymes that
inactivate the macrobiotic. - ANSWER- True
If a bacterium changes its receptors, and antibiotic may not be able to
bind to the microbe and exert effects - ANSWER- True
The human body can make compounds that prevent an antibiotic from
exerting the desired effect - ANSWER- False
Some microbes can change so that they stop taking antibiotics into the
cell - ANSWER- True
The New Delhi Metallo-Beta-Lactamase I (NDM-I) is common in
people of Indian or Pakistan descent. - ANSWER- False
Broad-spectrum antibiotics kill more competing organisms than do
narrow-spectrum drugs and do the most to facilitate emergence of
resistance. - ANSWER- True
NURS 5334 EXAM 1 2026 ALL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS |RATED A+ |NEW AND
REVISED
Mammalian cells do not have a rigid cell wall - ANSWER- True
Patients should not take folic acid supplements when prescribed sulfa
drugs - ANSWER- False
Cephalosporines kill bacteria by weakening the cell wall and promoting
bacterial lysis. - ANSWER- True
Aminoglycosides inhibit folic acid production by the microbe -
ANSWER- False
Metronidazole inhibits DNA synthesis in certain microbes - ANSWER-
True
Many drugs that are prescribed for HIV infection inhibit enzymes
needed for viral reproduction - ANSWER- True
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MRSA, VRE, and C dif are a problem because infection with these
microbes is usually fatal - ANSWER- False
When patients take antibiotis as prescribed, resistance to antibiotics does
not occur - ANSWER- False
Bacteria can become resistant to antibiotics by producing enzymes that
inactivate the macrobiotic. - ANSWER- True
If a bacterium changes its receptors, and antibiotic may not be able to
bind to the microbe and exert effects - ANSWER- True
The human body can make compounds that prevent an antibiotic from
exerting the desired effect - ANSWER- False
Some microbes can change so that they stop taking antibiotics into the
cell - ANSWER- True
The New Delhi Metallo-Beta-Lactamase I (NDM-I) is common in
people of Indian or Pakistan descent. - ANSWER- False
Broad-spectrum antibiotics kill more competing organisms than do
narrow-spectrum drugs and do the most to facilitate emergence of
resistance. - ANSWER- True
