The Ultimate Antibiotics Quiz

47 Questions | By Smensah | Updated: Mar 22, 2022 | Attempts: 3368

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Antibiotics fight bacteria and can cure life-threatening infectious diseases such as pneumonia, for which there was previously no effective treatment. The improper use of antibiotic drugs means that more and more bacteria are becoming resistant to that specific kind of medication. Test your understanding of antibiotics below. All the best!

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1.

FILL IN THE BLANKSBACILLI ARE WHAT SHAPE
2.

FILL IN THE BLANKCOCCI ARE WHAT SHAPE
3.

FILL IN THE BLANKSPIRILLA ARE WHAT SHAPE
4.

TRUE OR FALSEANTIBIOTICS DOES NOT CREATE MUTATION
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
5.

WHEN PATIENTS DEVELOPS INFECTIONS RESISTANCE TO COVENTIONAL DRUG THERAPY.THIS PHENOMENON IS CALLED:
- A.
  
  ACQUIRED RESISTANCE
- B.
  
  PLASMIDS
- C.
  
  MUTATION
6.

BACTERIA MAY PASS THE RESISTANCE GENE TO OTHER BACTERIA BY TRANSFERRING SMALL PIECES OF CIRCULAR DNA CALLED:
- A.
  
  MUTATION
- B.
  
  PLASMIDS
- C.
  
  ACQUIRED RESISTANCE
7.

NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS ARE NOT RESISTANT TO COMMON ANTIBIOTICS
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
8.

THIS IS THE PROCESS OF ROWING ISOLATED ORGANISMS AND IDENTIFYING THE MOST EFFECTIVE ANTIBIOTIC FOR TREATMENT.THIS PROCESS IS CALLED
- A.
  
  CULTURE AND SENSITIVITY
- B.
  
  NOCOMIAL INFECTION
- C.
  
  SUPERINFECTION
9.

THESE ARE SECONDARY INFECTIONS CAUSED BY ANTIINFECTIVE THERAPY. - OCCURS WHEN HOST FLORA ARE DESTROYED BY THE ANTIBIOTIC-HOST FLORA PREVENT GROWTH OF PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS
- A.
  
  ANT-INFECTIVES
- B.
  
  SUPERINFECTION
- C.
  
  CULTURE AND SENSITIVITY
10.

THIS IS ONE OF THE OLDEST AND SAFEST GROUP OF ANTI-INFECTIVES
- A.
  
  CEPHALOSPORIN
- B.
  
  AMINOGLYCOSIDES
- C.
  
  PENICILLIN
11.

TRUE OR FALSE:PENICCILINS ARE BACTERIOCIDALS
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
12.

THE CHEMICAL STRUCTURE OF PCN THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY
- A.
  
  AMINO GLYCOSIDE
- B.
  
  PROTEIN
- C.
  
  BETA-LACTAM RING
13.

WHAT CLASS OF DRUGS ARE THESE?PFIZERPENAMOCILPRINCIPEN
- A.
  
  TETRACYCLINES
- B.
  
  PENICILLIN
- C.
  
  ISONICID INH
14.

WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE ENZYME THAT ALLOWS BACTERIA TO BECOME RESISTANT TO MOST PENICILLIN?
- A.
  
  TRIGLYCERIDES
- B.
  
  BETA LACTHAM RING
- C.
  
  AMINOGLYCOSIDES
15.

WHAT ARE SOME ADVERSE EFFECTS OF PENICILLIN?
- A.
  
  RASH, FEVER, ANAPHYLAXIS
- B.
  
  DIARRHEA, ORANGE URINE
- C.
  
  NAUSEA, VOMITTING
16.

ALONG WITH PENICILLIN THIS LINE OF DRUGS ALSO CONTAIN A BETA-LACTAM THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY
- A.
  
  MICROLIDES
- B.
  
  CEPHALOSPORINS
- C.
  
  TETRACYCLINES
17.

WHAT IS THE THERAPEUTIC USE OF CEPHALOSPORINS?
- A.
  
  USE TO TREAT UTI
- B.
  
  USE TO TREAT GRAM-POSITIVE INFECTIONS
- C.
  
  USE TO TREAT GRAM-NEGETIVE INFECTION
18.

TRUE OR FALSE:CLIENTS THAT ARE ALLERGIC TO TO PENICILLIN ARE ALSO ALLERGIC TO CEPHALOSPORINS
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
19.

CEFAZOLINS ARE WHICH GENERATION
20.

CEFACLOR (CECLOR) ARE WHICH GENERATION
21.

CEFOTAXIME ARE WHAT GENERATION
22.

CEFTRIAXONE ARE WHAT GENERATION?
23.

2ND GENERATION ARE MORE POTENT AND ARE LESS RESISTANT
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
24.

WHAT GENERATION HAS A LONGER DURATION AND HAS A VERY BROAD SPECTRUM
- A.
  
  1ST GENERATION
- B.
  
  2ND GENERATION
- C.
  
  3RD GENERTION
- D.
  
  4TH GENERATION
25.

WHAT DRUG CLASS HAS A BROAD SPECTRUM, INHIBITS BACTERIAL SYNTHESIS AND IS THE DRUG OF CHOICE FOR RELATIVELY FEW DISEASES
- A.
  
  MACROLIDES
- B.
  
  TETRACYCLINES
- C.
  
  PENICILLINS