Fun Quiz: Test Your Microbiology Knowledge

Are you ready to take the ASCP, AMT, or AAB Certification Exams for MLS, CLS & MLT? Tests your knowledge in Microbiology, Parasitology, Mycology & Virology to find out. Do it for fun or take this practice exam to help you prepare.

 

#1. Which virus is associated with causing Chicken pox in children and Shingles in adults?

Herpes virus

Epstein-Barr

Varicella-Zoster

Human papillomavirus

Adenovirus

#2. Pseudohemoptysis or the appearance of red colored sputum without red blood cells is a clinical manifestation of which organism

Serratia marcescens

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Klebsiella pneumoniae

Streptococcus pneumoniae

Streptococcus viridans

#3. Which of the following statements is not true of Listeria monocytogenes?

Catalase positive

Tumbling motility in Sulphur Indole Motility (SIM) Media at 37C

Causes neonatal meningitis and sepsis

Small colonies with narrow zone of beta hemolysis

Bile esculin positive

#4. Gram positive small pleomorphic rods with clubbed ends showing a palisade or “chinese letter” arrangement

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Gardnerella vaginalis

Bacillus anthracis

Listeria monocytogenes

#5. Which of the following is the causative agent of Infectious mononucleosis?

Epstein-Barr virus

Paramyxovirus

Varicella-Zoster

Cytomegalovirus

Adenovirus

#6. Which of the following is not a DNA virus?

Cytomegalovirus

Mumps virus

Epstein-Barr virus

Adenovirus

Human papillomavirus

#7. Which of the following is true of Schistosomes (blood flukes)?

Hermaphroditic

Most important trematode in man because of severity of infection

Adult flukes live in water and can penetrate skin of man through cuts and sores

Snail is the definite host

Low level eosinophilia in patients

#8. Auramine-Rhodamine fluorescent staining is used for the differentiation of which organism

Corynebacterium sp.

Leptospira sp.

Gram positive bacilli

Mycobacterium sp.

Neisseria sp.

#9. The following are routine media for Mycobacterium species except

Middlebrook 7H10 Agar

Lowenstein-Jensen Agar

Thayer-Martin Agar

Petragnani Agar

#10. Selective medium for B. fragilis group showing black colonies

Thayer-Martin Agar

Bacteroides Bile Esculin Agar

Cooked or Chopped Meat Medium

Cycloserine-Cefoxitin Fructose Agar

CDC Anaerobic Blood Agar

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