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OpenStax Microbiology Test Bank
Chapter 14: Antimicrobial Drugs

Chapter 14: Antimicrobial Drugs

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Multiple Choice

1. Which was the first antimicrobial agent discovered to treat syphilis?
A. chloramphenicol
B. compound 606*
C. penicillin
D. sulfonamide

Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: 14, 23

2. Who is credited for first finding an antimicrobial agent?
A. Paul Ehrlich*
B. Alexander Fleming
C. Edward Jenner
D. Joseph Lister

Difficulty: Moderate
ASM Standard: 14
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3. Who is credited for first finding a naturally occurring antimicrobial agent?
A. Paul Ehrlich
B. Alexander Fleming*
C. Edward Jenner
D. Joseph Lister

Difficulty: Moderate
ASM Standard: 14, 26

4. Alexander Fleming first observed a mold (now known as Penicillium notatum) that was able
to inhibit which organism?
A. Escherichia
B. Listeria
C. Staphylococcus*
D. Streptococcus

Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: 14, 26

5. Which of the following is a semisynthetic antimicrobial agent?
A. actinomycin
B. ampicillin*


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C. streptomycin
D. neomycin

Difficulty: Moderate
ASM Standard: 14

6. Which describes the difference between a secondary infection and a superinfection?
A. A secondary infection is a type of superinfection that develops when antibiotics are not
given.
B. A superinfection is a type of secondary infection that can develop when antibiotics kill
much of the patient’s normal flora.*
C. A superinfection is a type of secondary infection that develops when antibiotics taken to
treat a particular pathogen do not completely kill all of that original pathogen.
D. A secondary infection is a type of superinfection that develops when the pathogen mutates
in response to the antimicrobial agent.

Difficulty: Difficult
ASM Standard: 14, 23

7. Life-threatening diseases caused by bacterial pathogens should be treated with which of the
following?
A. bactericidal agents only*
B. bacteriostatic agents only
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D. neither bacteriostatic nor bactericidal agents

Difficulty: Moderate
ASM Standard: 14, 23

8. Which of the following is a -lactam antibiotic?




A. *




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D.

Difficulty: Moderate
ASM Standard: 14, 26

9. Which of the following is not a -lactam antibiotic?
A. carbapenem
B. cephalosporin
C. penicillin
D. tetracycline*

Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: 14, 26

10. How does penicillin work?

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