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8. The process of controlled heating that was used

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to keep wine from spoiling is called
a. Fermentation
1.A bacteria that have mycolic acid in the cell wall b. Pasteurization
will most likely c. Antisepsis
a. Gram positive d. Immunization
b. Acid - fast negative e. Vaccination
c. Acid - fast positive 9. What bacterial disease is associated with a
d. Gram negative Gram-positive spore forming bacilli
2. Hepatitis B is caused by which of the ff virus a. Escherichia coli
a. RNA virus b. Haemophilus influenzae
b. DNA virus c. Clostridium tetani
c. Both a and b d. Mycoplasma pneumonia
d. Neither a nor b 10. The most common agent used as a solidifying
3. A bacteria associated with gas gangrene agent
a. Corynebacterium diphtheriae a. Dextrin
b. Yersinia pestis b. Gel
c. Pseudomonas aeruginosa c. cornstarch
d. Clostridium perfringens d. Agar
4. The first person to observe bacterial cell with the e. Albumin
use of microscope 11. What classification of algae has golden pigment
a. Hooke a. Phaeophyta
b. Pasteur b. Rhodophyta
c. Brown c. Euglenophyta
d. Koch d. Chrysophyta
e. Leeuwenhoek 12. A prominent difference between prokaryotic and
5. General term that refers to the organism that are eukaryotic cells is the
too small to be seen by the naked eye a. Lack of pigment in eukaryotes
a. Parasite b. Larger size of prokaryotes
b. Protozoa c. Presence of nucleus in eukaryotes
c. Bacteria d. Presence of cell wall in prokaryotes
d. Microbes e. All of the choices
e. All of the above 13. The infection associated in the groin area
6. The viral genome is composed of a. Tinea corporis
a. RNA only b. Tinea cruris
b. DNA only c. Tinea capitis
c. Either RNA or DNA d. Tinea unguium
d. Both DNA and RNA 14. What bacterial structure is used for mating
7. Proteus sp. has the presence of flagella all during conjugation?
around the body of the cell. The term given to the a. Cilia
type of flagella according to distribution is b. Pili
c. Fimbriae
a. Lopotrichous d. Flagella
b. Peritrichous 15. Liver flukes are classified as
c. Monotrichous a. Nematodes
d. Amphitrichous b. Trematodes
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c. Annelids 23. Which statement is TRUE about SARS COV 2

d. Cestodes (COVID-19)?
16. What tool is used to spread the inoculum during a. It is a RNA virus
the streak technique? b. It has absence of spikes around the envelop
a. Petri dish c. It is not a zoonotic disease
b. Platinum loop d. This is mainly fecal oral route of
c. Test tube transmission
d. Ceramic spreader 24. An organism that can synthesize all required
e. Nichrome stab components from CO2 using the energy from the
17. What shape of bacteria is characterized as a sun is
rigid spiral? a. Photoheterotroph
a. Staphylococci b. Photoautotroph
b. Rickettsia c. Chemoheterotroph
c. Spirilla d. Chemoautotroph
d. Bacilli 25. Infections acquired during stay in hospital
18. A type of viral infection that is characterized by a. Communal
progressive, degenerative diseases with symptoms b. Nosocomial
that increase slowly over a period of years. c. Infectious
a. Chronic infection 26. Protozoans classified with ciliated trophozoite
b. Latent infection a. Apicomplexa
c. Persistent infection b. Ciliophora
d. Slow infection c. Sarcodina
19. The site of latency and route of recurrence in d. Mastigophora
herpes simplex 1 which causes oral cavity infection 27. This type of culture provides a uniform surface
or diseases. growth of the bacterium which is good for
a. Optic nerve investigating antibiotic sensitivity tests
b. Trochlear nerve a. Lawn
c. Trigeminal nerve b. Stab
d. Olfactory nerve c. Liquid
20. The viral spikes is most likely essential for d. Stroke
a. Attachment e. Streak
b. Translation 28. Cara tries to magnify an image of the
c. transcription paramecium under HPO lens. What is the total
21. Which of the ff branches of microbiology magnification of the actual image (ocular lens =
discusses the spread of disease in a community? 40x)
a. Immunology a. 1400x
b. Microbial ecology b. 1000x
c. Epidemiology c. 1600x
d. Genetic engineering d. 1200x
e. Biotechnology 29. During gram staining, Gram-positive bacteria
22. What is the causative agent of the disease will retain the following stains except
whooping cough? a. Gram’s iodine
a. Bacillus anthracis b. Safranin
b. Bordetella pertussis c. Crystal violet
c. Mycoplasma pneumonia
d. Streptococcus pneumoniae
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30. Psychrophiles would be expected to grow 37. The stage of viral multiplication exhibits an
a. On the human body enzyme present in the vacuole that dissolves the
b. At refrigeration temperatures envelope and capsid.
c. At hot springs a. Uncoating
d. On low pH b. Adsorption
31. The theory stating that a disease may arise c. Penetration
from infection d. Synthesis
a. Germ theory 38. Which of the ff is NOT a part of Koch’s
b. Cell theory postulate?
c. Biogenesis a. Microorganism is never found in healthy
d. Spontaneous generation animal
e. Abiogenesis b. Microorganism must cause a disease in
32. Which of the ff substances are required by most healthy animal
organisms? c. Microorganism must secrete toxin in culture
a. Growth factor d. Microorganism is always found in diseased
b. Inorganic nutrients animal
c. Organic nutrients e. None of the above
d. Oxygen gas 39. The method that separates one species from
33. These are known as the imperfect fungi another.
a. Deuteromycota a. Isolation
b. Zygomycota b. Incubation
c. Chytridiomycota c. Inoculation
d. Basidiomycota d. Inspection
34. In the viral replication, the stage in population e. identification
growth with the highest rate of cell division is the 40. Plasmodium vivax belongs to which
a. Lag phase classification of protozoan.
b. Exponential phase a. Flagellate
c. Stationary phase b. Amoeba
d. Enlargement phase c. Sporozoan
35. The culture media being used in these bacteria d. ciliate
is the Loeffler’s medium blood agar which ONLY 41. When these bacteria were being cultured in
allows Corynebacterium species to grow. What kind Tinsdale agar which gives grayish-blackish colonies
of culture media is this? to Corynebacterium species while other species
a. Transport media gives translucent white colonies.
b. Indicator media What kind of media is this?
c. Selective media a. Reducing media
d. Reducing media b. Transport media
e. Differential media c. Indicator media
36. This microorganism is characterized as an d. Selective media
acellular obligate parasitic particle that has nucleic e. Differential media
acids. 42. An organic nutrient essential to an organism’s
a. Helminths metabolism that cannot be synthesized itself is
b. Bacteria termed as
c. Fungi a. Micronutrient
d. Virus b. Trace element
e. Algae c. Mineral
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d. Growth factor
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43. Carol, a 27 year old accountant was diagnosed
with pneumonia. Her history showed complaints of
cough, rusty sputum, fever and chills. CBC test
results show a marked elevation of Lymphocytes
and Monocytes.
The medical technologist cultured the sputum and
resulted in positive growth of chocolate agar. What
kind of special culture media is this?
a. Enriched
b. Indicator
c. Sugar
d. Selective
44. Caloy is a 4 year-old boy who was brought in by
the ambulance with the complaint of fever, rashes
spreading from face to chest and neck. Showed
additional symptoms of losing appetite and vomiting
a day prior.
Physical examination shows or rashes are
erythematous, mildly edematous, and nontender,
and it feels like sandpaper. His skin is peeling at the
tips of his fingers and toes. He is unable to abduct
his left upper extremity due to soreness in the axilla
and adjacent chest wall. Laboratory findings show a
Gram positive and cocci arranged in chained.
What could be the possible diagnosis?
a. Tularemia
b. Leprosy
c. Scarlet fever
d. Rocky mountain spotted fever
45. The DOH reported an annual report (January
1-November 13, 2013) about the outbreak cases of
typhoid fever in regions 6, 7, and 8 and the National
Capital. During the same time period in, there were
5, 637 suspected or clinically diagnosed cases and
60 laboratory-confirmed cases. The signs and
symptoms for typhoid are fever, weakness, poor
appetite, enlarged liver and spleen, rose spots on
chest/abdomen, and a relatively low heart rate. The
main causative agent of this disease is the
occurence of Salmonella typhi in water supply
which can be mainly transmitted by oral fecal route.
Salmonella typhi can also be cultured only by
using Wilson and Blair medium. What kind of
special culture media is this?
a. Sugar
b. Enriched
c. Selective
d. indicator
46. Mr. Tayad, 53 yr old man who recently
returnedFrom a trip to palawan. He is a renowned
botanist and ecologist. He was admitted in the
hospital for one week with a history of recurrent
fever, chills and malaise. He had also experienced
episodic headaches as well as intermittent
epigastric pain. The patient appeared to be in no
acute distress but was sweating profusely his
temperature was 102.5 degrees fahrenheit. He
appeared slightly jaundiced and no
hepatosplenomegaly was identified.
CBC results of leukopenia reduced platelet count
and a modest shift to the left His total bilirubin and
liver enzymes, ALTt and AST were significantly
increased his peripheral blood smear shows
presence of protozoa and the erythrocyte along
with enlargement of erythrocytes and associated
with Schuffner’s dots (course red granules) in the
erythrocyte cytoplasm.What would be the most
likely diagnosis?
a. Dysentery
b. Chikungunya
c. Dengue
d. Malaria
47. A 33 yr old male with a chief complaint of
decreased vision in his left eye was referred by his
primary care physician for a comprehensive eye
exam. The patient had been previously diagnosed
with anterior uveitis, sixth nerve palsy and a
cataract in the left eye. Health history was
significant for meningitis and syphilis. The patient
tested positive for Human Immunovirus (HIV). The
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results of the ocular examination detected as a. Simple

superior field defect in the left eye during b. Special
confrontation field-testing there was no evidence of c. Differential
retinopathy or ocular disease to suggest this field d. indicative
defect brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
revealed a 28 mm cystic lesion at the medial aspect
of the right temporal lobe suggesting
neurocysticercosis. Laboratory testing confirmed an
elevated blood cysticercosis. It was established the
patient had ingested raw pork. What would be the
most likely causative agent?
a. Giardia lamblia
b. Taenia solium
c. Balantidium coli
d. Cryptosporidium spp.

48. Patient X was recently complaining of high

fever, cough, bloody rusty sputum and difficulty
breathing. The following are the laboratory results:
CD4+ count was low, X-ray showed lungs filled with
liquid, CBC showed low count of lymphocytes and
monocytes, and sputum test showed positive for
mycobacterium tuberculosis. The attending
physician diagnosed Patient X with AIDS
secondary to tuberculosis. HIV is classified as a
Retrovirus family which indicates that this is a
a. DNA single stranded virus
b. RNA single stranded virus
c. DNA double stranded virus
d. RNA double stranded virus

49. The DOH reported an annual report (January

1-November 13, 2013) about the outbreak cases of
typhoid fever in regions 6, 7, and 8 and the National
Capital. During the same time period in, there were
5, 637 suspected or clinically diagnosed cases and
60 laboratory-confirmed cases. The signs and
symptoms for typhoid are fever, weakness, poor
appetite, enlarged liver and spleen, rose spots on
chest/abdomen, and a relatively low heart rate. The
main causative agent of this disease is the
occurence of Salmonella typhi in water supply
which can be mainly transmitted by oral fecal route.
Salmonella typhi is defined as Gram-negative
flagellated facultatively anaerobic bacilli.What kind
of staining is gram staining?