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The means of entry by a pathogen through skin or mucous membranes when these barriers are breached
Microbiology Pharmacist Competitive Exams
Q. The means of entry by a pathogen through skin or mucous membranes when these barriers are breached
Ans → parenteral route
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Q. On a light microscope, the lenses closest to the specimen, typically located at the ends of turrets is called as
Ans → objective lenses
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Q. A form of microbial control using heat that is applied to foods; kills pathogens and reduces the number of spoilage-causing microbes while maintaining food quality
Ans → pasteurization
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Q. Microorganism that cannot synthesize its own ATP and, therefore, must rely on a host cell for energy; behaves like a parasite when inside a host cell,
Ans → obligate intracellular pathogen
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Q. An adaptive immune defenses received from another individual or animal
Ans → passive immunity
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Q. A a special objective lens on a microscope designed to be used with immersion oil to improve resolution
Ans → oil immersion lens
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Q. An individual capable of transmitting a pathogen to another individual without becoming infected
Ans → passive carrier
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Q. The short fragment of DNA made during lagging strand synthesis
Ans → Okazaki fragment
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Q. Name the most serious stage of pertussis (whooping cough), characterized by severe and prolonged coughing spells
Ans → paroxysmal stage
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Q. DNA sequence located between the promoter region and the first coding gene to which a repressor protein can bind
Ans → operator
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Q. The means of entry by a pathogen through skin or mucous membranes when these barriers are breached
Ans → parenteral route
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Q. Name the type of symbiosis in which one population benefits while harming the other parasitology the study of parasites
Ans → parasitism
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Q. A group of genes with related functions often found clustered together within the prokaryotic chromosome and transcribed under the control of a single promoter and operator repression sequence
Ans → operon
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Q. This refers to a cytokine signal released from a cell to a receptor on a nearby cell
Ans → paracrine function
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Q. Inflammation of the conjunctiva in newborns caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae transmitted during childbirth
Ans → ophthalmia neonatorum
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Q. Growth on the skin associated with infection by any of the human papilloma viruses (HPV); commonly known as a wart
Ans → papilloma
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Q. Salivary -amylase becomes inactive in the stomach primarily due to
Ans → Inactivation by low pH
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Q. Part of the orbital area in an atom where it is impossible to find an electron.
Ans → node
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Q. The ‘burning feet syndrome’ in man is associated with the deficiency of
Ans → Pantothenic acid
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Q. The process by which proteins lose their 3-D (tertiary and secondary) structure by application of an external stress, most often heat.
Ans → Denatured
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Q. Used on tablets, granules, pellets, and capsules to make them resistant to gastric fluids but designed to disintegrate, disrupt, or dissolve when the preparation enters the duodenum.
Ans → enteric coating
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Q. Name the antiviral drug that blocks the fusion of HIV receptors to the coreceptors required for virus entry into the cell
Ans → fusion inhibitor
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Q. A Pharmaceutical preparation that releases the drug(s) at a time other than promptly after administration.
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Q. Non-fluid colloidal network or polymer network that is expanded throughout its whole volume by a fluid.
Ans → gel
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Q. The ‘parent’ nucleotide synthesized in the biosynthesis of purines is
Ans → Inosine monophosphate
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Q. Name the formula that shows the number and kinds of atoms in a molecule.
Ans → Molecular Formula
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Q. A compound released from a natural killer cell that creates pores in the target cell through which other toxins (particularly granzymes) can gain access to the cytoplasm
Ans → perforin
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Q. Pace at which a drug along with the stomach content leaves and enters the duodenum.
Ans → gastric emptying rate
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Q. When a substance, called a solvent, is added to a suspension to reduce the concentration.
Ans → dilution
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Q. A substance that cannot be divded chemically into component substances.
Ans → element
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Q. When a complex is formed between a metal ion and an a ligand in solution, the equilibrium may be expressed by a constant which is related to the free energy change for the process
Ans → stability constant
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Q. The minimum energy which reacting species must possess in order to be able to form an 'activated complex', or 'transition state', before proceeding to the products.
Ans → activation energy
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Q. The distortion of a light wave due to interaction with another wave
Ans → interference
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Q. Name the capillary bed in the nephron of the kidney that filters blood to form urine
Ans → glomerulus
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Q. The stage of replication during which various proteins bind to the origin of replication to begin the replication process
Ans → initiation of DNA replication
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Q. Characteristic angle of slope formed with the horizontal by the side of a static conical mound of powder.
Ans → angle of repose
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Q. The process of separation of a racemate into its two enantiomers by means of some chiral agency.
Ans → resolution
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Q. What is the name of the condition in which there is blood in the urine
Ans → hematuria
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Q. A a stain that produces colour around the structure of interest while not coloring the structure itself
Ans → negative stain
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Q. The nitrogen atoms in the purine ring are obtained from
Ans → Glycine , Glutamine , Aspartate
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Q. Name an inflammatory response that involves both the brain and the membranes that surround it
Ans → meningoencephalitis
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Q. The third stage of acute disease, during which the number of pathogens present in the host is greatest and the signs and symptoms of disease are most severe
Ans → period of illness
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Q. Name the compound that is increased in RBC of anemic patients to facilitate the supply of O2 to the tissues
Ans → 2,3-Bisphosphoglycerate
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Q. A common STI of the reproductive system caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Ans → Gonorrheao
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