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Hml 2308: Clinical Bacteriology Question Paper

Hml 2308: Clinical Bacteriology

Course:Bachelor Of Medical Laboratory Sciences

Institution: Jomo Kenyatta University Of Agriculture And Technology question papers

Exam Year:2013

JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY

UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2013/2014

EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE

HML 2308: CLINICAL BACTERIOLOGY

DATE: AUGUST 2013 TIME: 3 HOURS

SECTION A : ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS

QUESTION ONE

1. Aesculin hydrolysis demonstrates:
(a) Streptococcus agalactiae
(b) Streptococcus pheumoniae
(c) Streptococcus faecalis
(d) Stretpococcus pyogenes

2. Causative agent for ophthalmic neonatorum is:
(a) Neisseria menengitidis
(b) Neisseria gonorrhea
(c) Neisseria catarrhalis
(d) Neisseria mucosa

3. Campylobacter jejuni and helicobacter pylori are distinguished by one of the following tests:
(a) Oxidase
(b) Motility
(c) Urease
(d) Catalase

4. One of the following bacteria causes pempigus neonatorum;
(a) Yersinia eurocolitica
(b) Pseudomonas flourescens
(c) Streptococcus aureus
(d) Streptococcus agalactiae

5. False catalase test can be due to;
(a) Long incubation period
(b) Short incubation period
(c) Presence of staphylokinase
(d) Presence of Red blood cells

6. Prolonged transport may cause deterioration of most typical specimens. Deterioration may be due to the following except;
(a) Death of fastidious species
(b) Overgrowth of commensals
(c ) Overgrowth of pathogens
(d) Desiccation of specimen

7. The role of coagulase enzyme is to;
(a) To coagulate lenkocytes
(b) To coagulate fibrin
(c ) To coagulate fibrinogen
(d) To coagulate Red blood cells

8. Nagler plate reaction is mainly demonstrated by:
(a) Clostridium fallax
(b) Clostridium perfrigens
(c ) Clostridium botulinum
(d) Clostridium yetani

9. Swollen lymp nodes and septicaemia is associated with one of the following bacteria:
(a) Yersnia Pestis
(b) Klebsiella ozaenae
(c) Staphlococcus albus
(d) Pasteurella multocida

10. ELEK’S precipitation test is positive for:
(a) Capsule of Bacillus anthracis
(b) Capsule of streptococcus pheumoniae
(c ) Toxins of clostridium tetani
(d) Toxins of corynebacterium diptheriae

11. Name a bacteria demonstrated by Albert staining technique.
(a) Bordetella pertusis
(b) Pseudomona aeruginosa
(c ) Corynebacterium diptheriae
(d) Klebsiella Pheumoniae

12. Glycopeptides antibiotics are:
(a) Cell membrane inhibitors
(b) DNA synthesis inhibitors
( c) Cell wall inhibitors
(d) Protein synthesis inhibitors

13. Dead cow syndrome disease is characterized by;
(a) A malignant pustule
(b) Bloody diarrhea
( c) Brain tumors
(d) Liver enlargement

14. Acid slant and acid butt reaction in TSI media is positive for one of the following bacteria;
(a) Proteus mirabilis
(b) Escherichia coli
( c) Shigella dysenteriae
(d) Solmonella Paratyphi

15. Neisseria gonorrhea is distinguished from Neisseria Menengitides by;
(a) Both ferment glucose
(b) Both are oxidase positive
(c) Both ferment maltose
(d) Both are diplococcic

16. Novabiocin inhibition test is a confirmatory test for;
(a) Staphylococcus saprophyticus
(b) Stphylococcus albus
( c) Staphylococcus epidermidis
(d) Staphylococcus aureus

17. Bacitracin is a test for one of the following bacteria;
(a) Streptococcus agalactice
(b) Streptococcus pyogenes
( c) Streptococcus mutans
(d) Streptococcus faecium

18. Name the bacteria causing whooping cough;
(a) Haemophilus influen

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