ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENTS QUIZ

Quinolones are

antimetabolites

broad-spectrum

bacteriostatic

penicillin derivatives

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Which of the following is not a semi synthetic chemotherapeutic agent?

Carbenicillin

Penicillin

Sulfonamide

Ampicillin

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With which of the following aminoglycosides interfere?

Protein synthesis

Cell membrane function

DNA function

Cell wall synthesis

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Which of the antibiotic is not used as a food preservative ?

Tylosin

Pimaricin

β-lactam antibiotic

Nisin

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Vancomycin inhibits peptidoglycan synthesis by binding

D-alanyl - D-alanine synthetase

D-alanyl - D-alanine

alanine racemase

amidase

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Most antibiotics are isolated from

aquatic microorganisms

viruses

soil microorganisms

plants

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Which of the following antibiotics can't be used for treatment of infections with β-lactamase-producing Staphylococcus aureus?

Vancomycin

Ampicillin/sulbactam

Piperacillin

Cephalothin

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By which of the following means antifungal chemotherapeutic agents may affect fungi?

Interfere with nuclear division by preventing the aggregation of microtubules needed for mitosis

all of these

Interfere with normal nucleic acid synthesis

Interfere with ergosterol biosynthesis and thus alter the structure of the cytoplasmic membrane as well as the function of several membrane-bound enzymes like those involved in nutrient transport and chitin synthesis

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Which of the following tests is used to determine the minimal lethal concentration?

Dilution susceptibility tests

Broth dilution test

Agar dilution test

All of these

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The scientist who first discovered the substance penicillin was

none of these

Joseph Lister

Paul Ehrlich

Alexander Fleming

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