OpenStax Microbiology Test Bank Chapter 22: Respiratory System Infections

OpenStax Microbiology Test Bank Chapter 22: Respiratory
System Infections

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Chapter 22: Respiratory System Infections
Chapter 22: Respiratory System Infections

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Multiple Choice

1. Which passageway connects the nasopharynx to the middle ear?
A. eustachian tube*
B. nasal cavity
C. oropharynx
D. sinus cavity

Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: N/A

2. Which described the palatine tonsils?
A. connective and muscular tissue within the nasopharynx
B. connective and muscular tissue within the oropharynx
C. lymphoid tissue within the nasopharynx
D. lymphoid tissue within the oropharynx*

Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: N/A
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3. Within the respiratory tract, where are oxygen and carbon dioxide exchanged?
A. alveoli*
B. bronchi
C. bronchioles
D. trachea

Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: N/A

4. Rhinitis is an inflammation of which component of the respiratory system?
A. nasal passages*
B. oropharynx
C. sinuses
D. tonsils

Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: N/A

5. Symptoms of the common cold do not include which one of the following?
A. coughing
B. headache
C. high fever*


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Chapter 22: Respiratory System Infections

D. runny nose

Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: 23

6. Antigenic shift caused a severe influenza pandemic, the “Spanish flu,” during which years?
A. 1908–1909
B. 1918–1919*
C. 1955–1956
D. 2006–2007

Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: 23

7. Which is the most effective way to reduce the risk of influenza transmission?
A. amantadine
B. annual vaccination*
C. oseltamivir
D. tetracycline

Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: 14, 23

8. FluMist is which of the followTiEngS?TBANKSELLER.COM
A. inactivated flu treatment
B. inactivated flu vaccine
C. live attenuated flu treatment
D. live attenuated flu vaccine*

Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: N/A

9. Which of the following groups of viruses is not known to be a frequent cause of the common
cold?
A. adenoviruses
B. coronaviruses
C. parainfluenza viruses*
D. rhinoviruses

Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: 23

10. The mucociliary escalator effect helps to do which of the following?
A. localize microbes in specific parts of the respiratory tract, enhancing the immune response
against them and reducing the risk that they will be exhaled
B. move air through the respiratory tract


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