Interpretation of equations and numerical answers is another fundamentally important concept in this course.   In the hypothetical equation:  ,  Hint:  Assume quantity a remains unchanged in this exercise. In answering these types of questions, you can always try plugging in simple numbers. If you want a calculator to aid in answering any of these questions, click the calculator icon on the far right of this question.

The scolex of Taenia saginata has: 4 suckers no suckers and 14 hooklets 24 hooklets 26 to 28 sucking disks

  The best medium for culture of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Bordet-Gengou                 3  Lowenstein-Jensen’s Loeffler’s                          4  cystine blood agar

A positive niacin test is most characteristic of Mycobacterium 

Any medium used for the isolation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis must contain _____. whole eggs                        4   milk potato flour                       5   malachite green asparagine

  The identification of Histoplasma capsulatum should include: diphasic growth, thick-walled tuberculate macroconidia barrel-shaped arthrospores budding yeast cells at room temperature multiple budding cells, double contoured

After 48 hours of incubation on anaerobic sheep-blood agar, Clostridium perfringens appears as a  

  The presence of this anaerobe’s capsule alone can produce an abscess.

India ink preparations of CSF sediment are the best way to demonstrate _____. Hemophilus influenzae    budding Cryptococcus Pneumococci    Neisseria meningitidis

The Weil-Felix test which serologically is helpful for many Rickettsiae infections uses ____