ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENTS QUIZ

When using alcohol as an antiseptic, which concentration is considered most effective?

50%

25%

95%

70%

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The compound(s) which act(s) as metabolic antagonist is/are

both (a) and (b)

none of these

sulphonamides

trimethoprim

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Novobiocin can be used against

Haemophilus

gram +ve Staphylococci

gram -ve Meningococci & Gonococci

all of these

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Which antibiotic has a beta-lactam ring?

Penicillin

Cephalosporin

Tetracycline

Streptomycin

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Which of the following protein synthesis mechanisms may be affected by particular drugs?

mRNA translocation

Aminoacyl-tRNA binding

All of these

Peptide bond formation

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The antibiotics not having good activity against Enterobacteriaceae is

trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole

clindamycin

ciprofloxacin

cefoxitin

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With which of the following aminoglycosides interfere?

Protein synthesis

Cell wall synthesis

DNA function

Cell membrane function

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Cephalosporins and Penicillins interfere with which of the following?

Cell wall synthesis

Cell membrane function

Protein synthesis

DNA function

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Both penicillin and fluoroquinolones

must be transported into the cytoplasm in order to act

inhibit the cross-linking of peptidoglycan

bind to and inactivate a bacterial protein

are inactivated by β-lactamase

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A broad-spectrum antibiotic such as chloramphenicol is one that

kills all bacteria

kills both Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria

kills all microorganisms

kills numerous types of microbes

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