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MCQOPTIONS
This section includes 9 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Microbiology knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Tyrocidines are more effective against ___________________ |
| A. | Gram-positive organisms |
| B. | Gram-negative organisms |
| C. | Mycoplasmas |
| D. | Spirochetes |
| Answer» B. Gram-negative organisms | |
| 2. |
Which of the following inhibits protein synthesis by combining with the 50S subunit ribosome? |
| A. | Streptomycin |
| B. | Tetracycline |
| C. | Chloramphenicol |
| D. | Penicillin |
| Answer» D. Penicillin | |
| 3. |
Antibiotic produced by Streptomyces rimosus is _______________ |
| A. | chlortetracycline |
| B. | oxytetracycline |
| C. | tetracycline |
| D. | doxycycline |
| Answer» C. tetracycline | |
| 4. |
Streptomycin is produced by which of the following organisms? |
| A. | Stretomyces noursei |
| B. | Streptomyces nodosus |
| C. | Streptomyces fradiae |
| D. | Streptomyces griseus |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. |
Polymyxins inhibits the growth of the microbes by carrying out which of the following actions? |
| A. | inhibition of cell-wall synthesis |
| B. | damage to cytoplasmic membrane |
| C. | inhibition of nucleic acid and protein synthesis |
| D. | inhibition of specific enzyme systems |
| Answer» C. inhibition of nucleic acid and protein synthesis | |
| 6. |
Which of the following interferes with the regeneration of the monophosphate form of bactoprenol from the pyrophosphate form? |
| A. | Vancomycin |
| B. | Ampicillin |
| C. | Bacitracin |
| D. | Cephalosporins |
| Answer» D. Cephalosporins | |
| 7. |
Streptomyces orientalis produces which of the following antibiotics? |
| A. | Cephalosporins |
| B. | Cycloserine |
| C. | Bacitracin |
| D. | Vancomycin |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8. |
Cell-wall biosynthesis is inhibited by antibiotics by inhibiting the biosynthesis of which of the following? |
| A. | lipopolysaccharide |
| B. | cellulose |
| C. | peptidoglycan |
| D. | proteins |
| Answer» D. proteins | |
| 9. |
Bacterial cells grown in a medium exposed to high osmotic pressure, changes shape from rod-shaped to __________ shaped. |
| A. | spherical |
| B. | rod shaped |
| C. | irregular |
| D. | elongated |
| Answer» B. rod shaped | |