Questions
Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Which of the following food crop diseases are caused by a virus?
- Citrus canker and rice stripe necrosis
- Cassava mosaic disease and rice stripe necrosis
- Potato late blight and citrus canker
- Rice stripe necrosis and potato late blight
- Potato late blight and cassava mosaic disease
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Which of the following is a pair of protozoan diseases?
- Chagas’ disease and malaria
- Ebola haemorrhagic fever and dengue haemorrhagic fever
- Typhoid fever and yellow fever
- Cholera and diphtheria
- Bubonic plague and rabies
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Which of the following is not a viral disease?
- Hepatitis A
- Mumps
- Measles
- Leprosy
- Rubella
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Nosocomial diseases are
- transmitted by air and usually inhaled
- transmitted through contact with infected blood
- ingested with food
- transmitted during stay in a hospital
- ingested with drinking or recreational waters
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Match the columns:
| Column I | Column II |
| P. Sporadic disease | 1. Disease that remains in a population, causing new cases at a regular frequency |
| Q. Epidemic disease | 2. Sudden increase in a disease in a large population in a given period |
| R. Pandemic disease | 3. Expansion of an epidemic over a very large region, usually worldwide |
| S. Endemic disease | 4. Disease that appears occasionally in a population at irregular intervals |
- P - 1; Q - 2; R - 3; S - 4
- P - 2; Q - 1; R - 4; S - 3
- P - 3; Q - 2; R - 1; S - 4
- P - 3; Q - 4; R - 1; S - 2
- P - 4; Q - 2; R - 3; S - 1
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Which of the following is a pair of antimicrobials acting as inhibitors of nucleic acid synthesis?
- β-lactam and macrolides
- Aminoglycosides and tetracyclines
- Rifamycins and quinolones
- Sulfonamides and β-lactam
- Rifamycins and sulfonamide
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
The first genetically engineered vaccine was developed by
- Hall and Ammerer
- James Thomson
- Nathans, Smith and Arber
- Holley, Khorana and Nirenberg
- Watson and Crick
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
All of the following are bacterial diseases, except
- tuberculosis
- pertussis
- Clostridium tetani
- poliomyelitis
- diphtheria
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Match the columns:
| Column I | Column II |
| P. Coffee rust | 1. Cronartium ribicola |
| Q. Corn smut | 2. Ustilago maydis |
| R. White pine rust | 3. Hemileia vastatrix |
| S. Chestnut blight | 4. Endothia parasitica |
- P - 2; Q - 1; R - 4; S - 3
- P - 2; Q - 4; R - 1; S - 3
- P - 3; Q - 2; R - 1; S - 4
- P - 3; Q - 4; R - 1; S - 2
- P - 4; Q - 1; R - 3; S - 2
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Dandruff is caused by
- Candida albicans
- Corynebacterium acnes
- Malassezia furfur
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Streptococcus pneumoniae
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Match the columns:
| Column I | Column II |
| P. Non-gonococcal urethritis | 1. Mycoplasma genitalium |
| Q. Pyelonephritis | 2. Mycoplasma hominis |
| R. Mycoplasmal pneumonia | 3. Mycoplasma pneumoniae |
- P - 1; Q - 2; R - 3
- P - 1; Q - 3; R - 2
- P - 2; Q - 1; R - 3
- P - 2; Q - 3; R - 1
- P - 3; Q - 2; R - 1
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Match the columns:
| Column I | Column II |
| A. Azidothymidine | 1. Protease inhibitor |
| B. Delaviridine | 2. Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor |
| C. Indinavir | 3. Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor |
- A - 1; B - 2; C - 3
- A - 1; B - 3; C - 2
- A - 2; B - 1; C - 3
- A - 2; B - 3; C - 1
- A - 3; B - 2; C - 1
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Which of the following is/are first-generation derivative(s) of methicillin?
- Carfecillin
- Amoxycillin
- Oxacillin
- Only 1
- Only 2
- Only 3
- 1 and 2
- 2 and 3
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Which of the following fungal pathogens primarily affect grain crops?
- Alternaria and Puccinia
- Alternaria and Fusarium
- Fusarium and Puccinia
- Puccinia and Ustilago
- Alternaria and Ustilago
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Match the columns:
| Column I | Column II |
| P. Acute | 1. having a long duration |
| Q. Chronic | 2. appears suddenly and may be brief in duration |
| R. Fulminating | 3. microorganism has spread throughout the body |
| S. Systemic | 4. microorganisms multiply rapidly to high numbers |
- P - 1; Q - 2; R - 3; S - 4
- P - 1; Q - 3; R - 2; S - 4
- P - 2; Q - 1; R - 4; S - 3
- P - 2; Q - 4; R - 1; S - 3
- P - 3; Q - 1; R - 4; S - 2