Question | Answer |
Which antibodies will be in the serum of a person with blood type A, Rh+? | Anti-B |
The chemical mediators of anaphylaxis are | Found in basophils and mast cells |
Which of the following may result from systemic anaphylaxis? | Shock |
Which type of transplant is the most compatible? | Autograft |
Graft-versus-host disease will most likely be a complication of: | A bone marrow transplant |
A hypersensitivity reaction occurs | On a second or subsequent exposure to an antigen. |
Hemolytic disease of the newborn can result from | An Rh- mother with an Rh+ fetus. |
Curds are a | Solid |
Reaction of antigen with IgE antibodies attached to mast cells causes | Degranulation |
Worldwide, the primary method of transmission of HIV is | Heterosexual intercourse |
Desensitization involves injection of | Antigens |
Most of the available antimicrobial agents are effective against | Bacteria |
In what way are semisynthetic penicillin and natural penicillin alike? | Both are based on B-lactam |
Protozan and helminthic disease are difficult to treat because | Their cells are structurally and functionally similar to human cells. |
Which of the following statements about drug resistance is false? | It is found only in gram-negative bacteria. |
In the presence of only penicillin does a cell die? | No |
Use of antibiotics in animal feed leads to antibiotic-resistant bacteria because | The abx kill susceptible bacteria, but the few that are naturally resistant live and reproduce, and their progeny repopulate the host animal |
Canning preserves food by | Heating |
Which of the following is NOT a habitat where only extremophiles would be found? | Inside rock |
Which of the following is NOT an industrial product produced by microbes? | Uranium |
What process does yeast use to produce ethanol for automobile fuel from corn? | Fermentation |
Your friend says he had stored a semi-soft cheese (blue cheese) in his refrigerator for 3 weeks. he asks you why the outer "skin" of the cheese is so much thicker than it was when he originally purchased the cheese. you tell him that | Fungi have been growing |
In antagonism, two drugs are ___ than a single drug. | worse |
The holistic idea of consuming local milk & honey is actually doing ____. | Desensitizing |
Poison ivy dermatitis is due to ____ reaction. | delayed hypersensitive |
High BOD indicates | More polluted water |
Purification strategies in municipal water supplies involves: | Sedimentation
Filtration
Disinfection |
Why would a farmer purchase Rhizobium? | To provide nitrogen to his plants |
Bioremediation is cleaning up ___. | Pollution |