Emerging Antimicrobial Resistance Practice Questions

Question 1

Which of the following is NOT a core component of the WHO's global STI control strategy?

Accepted Answer

Universal mandatory screening

Answer

Case management

Answer

Strategic information systems

Answer

Prevention services

Question 2

Which of the following statements about antibiotic resistance in N. gonorrhoeae is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

Tetracycline resistance is primarily mediated by beta-lactamase production

Answer

Ceftriaxone resistance typically involves alterations in the penA gene

Answer

Resistance to fluoroquinolones is often due to mutations in gyrA and parC genes

Answer

Spectinomycin resistance remains extremely rare globally

Question 3

The initial origin of new drug resistance genes in bacteria most commonly occurs due to:

Accepted Answer

Mutation

Answer

Translation

Answer

Conjugation

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Transduction

Question 4

Which of the following strategies are part of the National Leprosy Control Programme?

Accepted Answer

Early detection of cases and short course multi-drug therapy

Answer

Chemoprophylaxis with dapsone and rehabilitation

Answer

Short course multi-drug therapy and chemoprophylaxis

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Rehabilitation and early detection of cases

Question 5

Drug resistance is not transmitted by-

Accepted Answer

Ribosomes

Answer

Plasmids

Answer

Chromosomes

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Transposons

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT a criterion for defining extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB)?

Accepted Answer

Fluoroquinolone

Answer

Isoniazid + Rifampicin + Fluoroquinolone

Answer

Isoniazid + Rifampicin + Ethambutol + Fluoroquinolone

Answer

Isoniazid + Rifampicin + Kanamycin

Question 7

Production of inactivating enzymes is an important mechanism of drug resistance for all of these antibiotics EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

Quinolone

Answer

Penicillin

Answer

Chloramphenicol

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Aminoglycoside

Question 8

Which of the following statements about Campylobacter jejuni is correct?

Accepted Answer

Most often occurs several days after consumption of undercooked chicken.

Answer

Gram-positive coccus

Answer

Symptoms may initially mimic appendicitis

Answer

Macrolides should be used in all cases

Question 9

Following are true of Gram negative bacterial cell wall compared to Gram positive bacteria except:

Accepted Answer

Presence of Teichoic acid

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Thinner

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Presence of lipopolysaccharide

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Presence of outer membrane

Question 10

What is the drug of choice for organism producing the following colonies?

Accepted Answer

Ciprofloxacin

Answer

Erythromycin

Answer

Ceftriaxone

Answer

No treatment with approx. 100% mortality

Emerging Antimicrobial Resistance — MCQs

Emerging Antimicrobial Resistance — MCQs

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