Question #2: Cryptococcus neoformans causes:
Meningitis
Bone tuberculosis
Typhoid
Food poisoning

Question #3: Which one of the following medium is used to isolate fungi?
Blood agar
Sabouraud Dextrose Agar
Chocolate agar
Nutrient agar

Question #4: Dermatophytes are fungus which:
require complex growth media
invariably invade the sub cutaneous tissue
cause in apparent systemic infections
live in superficial keratinized area of the body -the skin-hair and nail

Question #5: Candida albicans is noteworthy as the etiological agent of:
Thrush
valley fever
desert fever
rheumatic fever

Question #6: All of the following are classified dermatophytes, eccept
Microsporum
Trichophyton mentagrophyte
Trichophyton rubrum
C. albicans

Question #7: Ringworm is the disease caused by:
C. albicans
C. neoformans
T. rubrum
H. capsulatum

Question #8: The cell wall of the fungus:
made of chitin
provides rigidity and strength
absence of cellulose
all of the above

Question #9: Which of the following is non pathogenic fungi?
Candida
Cruptococcus
Rhizopus
Aspergillus

Question #10: The commonest fungus that cause meningitis is:
Cryptococcus
Coccdioides
Aspergillus
Histoplasma

Question #11: Pseudohyphae are seen in:
Aspergillus
Cryptococcus
Candida
Alternaria

Question #12: Growth media for the fungus inhibits the growth of :
bacteria
protozoa
fungus
virus

Question #13: "Darling disease", the term associated with:
bats
Candida albicans
Histoplasma capsulatum
none of them

Question #14: Yeasts are which type of fungi?
Non filamentous
Filamentous
Mycelial
none of them

Question #15: Cryptococcus neoformans differs from the pathogenic fungi because it:
is an intracellular parasite
has a separate hyphae
reproduces by binary fission
has a capsule

Question #16: Farmer's lung is caused by :
Aspergillus
Microsporum
Histoplasma capsulatum
all of the above

Question #17: Cryptococcus neoformans has been found growing most often in:
chicken dropping
desert soil
soil containing pigeon dropping
water

Question #18: The fungus nucleus:
contains true chromosomes
has a nuclear membrane
differ from the bacterial nucleus
all of the above

Question #19: Amphotericin B inhibits:
synthesis of ergosterol
nucleic acid synthesis
cell wall synthesis
all of the above

Question #20: The first antifungal drug discovered was:
Amphotericin B
Nystatin
Clotrimazole
None of them

Question #21: Ringworm group of fungi include
Trichophyton
Candia
Aspergillus
Epidermophyton

Question #22: Spindle shape microconidia is observed in-
Trichophyton
Microsporum
Epidermophyton
Penicillium

Question #23: One of the following caused opportunistic infection-
Candida albicans
Nocardia
Epidermophyton
All of the above

Question #24: Microscopic identification of the fungi is based on -
The type of spores produced and their arrangement in hyphae
Their staining reaction
Their ability to absorb lactophenol cotton blue
their solubility in 10% KOH

Question #25: Sulphur granules are characteristically present in infections by
Blastomyces dermatidis
Histoplasma capsulatum
Nocardia asteroides
Actinomyces israelii