Explore topic-wise MCQs in Microbiology.

This section includes 16 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Microbiology knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

1.

Which of the following does not grow in Sabouraud’s glucose agar media?

A. Histoplasma capsulatum
B. Coccidioides immitis
C. Sporothrix schenckii
D. Blastomyces dermatitidis
Answer» E.
2.

Which of the following disease is an infection of the reticuloendothelial system?

A. Cryptococcosis
B. Moniliasis
C. Histoplasmosis
D. Coccidioidomycosis
Answer» D. Coccidioidomycosis
3.

Blastomyces brasiliensis causes which of the following disease?

A. North American blastomycosis
B. South American blastomycosis
C. Histoplasmosis
D. Sporotrichosis
Answer» C. Histoplasmosis
4.

Moniliasis disease is caused by ________________

A. Histoplasma capsulatum
B. Blastomyces dermatitidis
C. Coccidioides immitis
D. Candida albicans
Answer» E.
5.

Dermatophytic diseases attributed infections to ______________

A. humans
B. insects
C. monkeys
D. birds
Answer» C. monkeys
6.

BLASTOMYCES_BRASILIENSIS_CAUSES_WHICH_OF_THE_FOLLOWING_DISEASE??$

A. North American blastomycosis
B. South American blastomycosis
C. Histoplasmosis
D. Sporotrichosis
Answer» C. Histoplasmosis
7.

Which of the following does not grow in Sabouraud’s glucose agar media?$#

A. Histoplasma capsulatum
B. Coccidioides immitis
C. Sporothrix schenckii
D. Blastomyces dermatitidis
Answer» E.
8.

Which_of_the_following_disease_is_an_infection_of_the_reticuloendothelial_system?$

A. Cryptococcosis
B. Moniliasis
C. Histoplasmosis
D. Coccidioidomycosis
Answer» D. Coccidioidomycosis
9.

Moniliasis disease is caused by _______________?

A. Histoplasma capsulatum
B. Blastomyces dermatitidis
C. Coccidioides immitis
D. Candida albicans
Answer» E.
10.

The systemic mycoses are caused mainly by air-borne organisms.

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
11.

Tinea versicolor is caused by _______________

A. Piedraia hortae
B. Trichosporon beigelii
C. Malassezia furfur
D. Candida albicans
Answer» D. Candida albicans
12.

Which of the following causes epidemic ringworm of the scalp in children?

A. Microsporum audouinii
B. Trichophyton rubrum
C. Candida albicans
D. Epidermophyton floccosum
Answer» B. Trichophyton rubrum
13.

Black piedra is a fungus infection of the ___________

A. skin
B. foot
C. hair
D. nails
Answer» D. nails
14.

Ringworm of the scalp is known as ______________

A. tinea capitis
B. tinea pides
C. tinea unguium
D. onychomycosis
Answer» B. tinea pides
15.

Fungus diseases that occur on the nails, skin, hair are referred to as systemic mycoses.

A. True
B. False
Answer» C.
16.

Dermatophytic diseases attributed infections to ______________

A. humans
B. insects
C. monkeys
D. birds
Answer» C. monkeys