Question

A 20-year old college male presented at the student health clinic with swollen salivary glands and was diagnosed with mumps. This diagnosis was based upon the characteristic symptom known as____________.

Question 1 options:

	Goiters
	Parotitis
	Koplic's spots
	Buboes

Which of the following pathogens does NOT cause a respiratory illness?

Question 3 options:

	Streptococcus pneumonieae
	Influenza virus
	Clostridium difficile
	Mycobacterium tuberculosis

The presence of gram-positive diplococci in a sputum sample most likely indicates an infection by?

Question 4 options:

	Streptococcus pneumoniae
	Streptococcus pyogenes
	Bordetella pertussis
	Neisseria meningitidis

Which statement is TRUE?

Question 7 options:

	Syphilis is a viral infection
	Chicken pox is a bacterial infection
	Rabies is a viral infection
	Tuberculosis is a viral infection

Which illness is caused by a bacterial infection?

Question 9 options:

	Plantar warts
	Cold Sores
	West Nile Encephalitis
	Lyme disease

A college student experiencing sudden onset of headache, vomiting, and a stiff neck with gram-negative diplococci in their cerebrospinal fluid would be suffering from?

Question 10 options:

	Meningitis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae
	Encephalitis caused by West Nile Virus
	Influenza caused by Influenza virus
	Meningitis caused by Neisseria meningitides

Answer 1

1. viral infections like flu and mumps can cause swelling of salivary glands . Parotid glands are the major salivary glands. parotitis is a condition in which swelling of salivary glands is commonly associated with mumps. Option is parotitis

2. Clostridium difficle is a bacteria that infect bowel and causes diarrhoea. It does not cause respiratory illness. Option is Clostridium difficle.

3. The presence of gram-positive diplococci in a sputum sample most likely indicates an infection by streptococcus pneumoniae

4. Syphilis, Tuberculosis are the bacterial infections, and chickenpox is a viral infection. So the correct statement is Rabies is a viral infection.

5. Lyme disease is caused by the borrelia bacterium. Option is Lyme disease.

6. Sudden onset of headache, vomiting, and a stiff neck with gram-negative diplococci in their cerebrospinal fluid would be suffering from Meningitis caused by neisseria meningitis.