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Name:__________________________________________
Final Exams
Course & Year: _______________
Date:___________
Microbiology
Instructions. PLEASE READ! Neither erasures nor alterations of any kind is
allowed. Wrong spelling is considered wrong. No cheating. Strict implementation of
oral instructions to be provided by the proctor will be observed. Not following
instruction will invalidate your answer/s.
I.
True or False
1. Histamine is the best-known mediator of an allergic reactions which has
unpleasant and damaging effects.
2. Hypersensitivity reactions represent immunological responses to an allergen
that lead to tissue damage and immunity
3. Hypersensitivity reactions occur when a person has been desensitized to an
allergen
4. Hypersensitivity reactions can be divided into four classes
5. The type I hypersensitivity reaction is also known as cytotoxic
6. The type II hypersensitivity reaction is also known as anaphylactic
7. Systemic anaphylaxis may develop in minutes (15-30 minutes) after injection
of or ingestion of the antigen; this may result in circulatory collapse
8. Localized anaphylaxis is exemplified by hives, asthma
9. Sensitization to an antigen can be achieved by repeated injections of the
antigen, which lead to the formation of blocking antibodies
10.An Rh+ person can receive Rh+ or Rh- blood transfusions
11.Type III hypersensitivity is also known as immune complex reactions
12.Cytotoxic reactions involves the ABO and Rh blood group system
13.When Rh- negative person receives Rh+ blood, that person will produce Rh
antibodies
14.Rh incompatibility may result in hemolytic disease of the newborn
15.Delayed-type hypersensitivity reaction is the type IV hypersensitivity
reaction; example of which is the tuberculin test
16.Immune deficiency results from a loss of self-tolerance
17.Autoimmunity is due to defective or absent genes
18.AIDS is the final stage of HIV
19.HIV infection with categorized CD4 T-cell numbers of 200 CD4 cells/mm 3 is
reported as AIDS
20.Progression of HIV infection to AIDS takes about 10 years
II.

Matching column A to B and B to C (2 points each)

Column A. Definition
1. A parasitic disease
caused by eating
raw or
undercooked pork;
also called
or
2. trichinellosis
Also known as
threadworm or
seatworm,
nematode
(roundworm)
3. A cutaneous
condition
characterized by
skin lesions that
are erythematous
macules and
papules
4. A disease of
humans caused by
a parasitic
roundworm
characterized by

Column B. Disease
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

Aspergillosis
Candidiasis
Pneumonia
Ringworm
Tapeworm
infestation
F. Swimmers itch
G. Ascariasis
H. Hookworm disease
I. Pinworm disease
J. Trichinosis

Column C. Causative
agent
a. Taenia saginata or
Taenia solium
b. Aspergillus
fumigatus
c. Pneumocystis
jiroveci
d. Schistosoma
e. Trichophyton
f. Ascaris
lumbricoides
g. Trichinella spiralis
h. Necator
americanus
i. Enterobius
vermicularis
j. Candida albicans

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Name:__________________________________________
Final Exams
Course & Year: _______________
Date:___________
Microbiology
hepatosplenomega
ly and a verminous
pneumonitis
5. Fungal infection
that causes
pulmonary
aspergilloma
6. A lung infection
that can make you
very sick, with
cough and fever
with teethchattering chills
7. Also known as
cercarial dermatitis
characterized as
itchy, raised
papules
8. Also referred to as
a yeast infection
9. Common fungal
infection of the
skin and is not due
to a worm causing
itching, dandruff,
athletes foot
10.Infection of the
digestive tract by
adult parasitic
flatworms called
cestodes

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