Self Quiz for "Using Antibiotics and Chemical Agents to Control of Bacteria"
A. An Overview

Study the material in this section and then write out the answers to these questions.
Do not just click on the answers and write them out. This will not test your understanding of this tutorial.

1. Matching:

_____ An agent that kills the organism. (ans)

_____ An agent that inhibits the organism's growth long enough for body defenses to remove it. (ans)

_____The chemical agent being used should inhibit or kill the intended pathogen without seriously harming the host. (ans)

_____ A chemical agent that generally works against just gram-positives, gram-negatives, or only a few bacteria. (ans)

_____ A chemical agent that is generally effective against a variety of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. (ans)

_____ Antimicrobial drugs synthesized by chemical procedures in the laboratory. (ans)

_____ Metabolic products of one microorganism that inhibit or kill other microorganisms. (ans)

_____ The process of destroying all living organisms and viruses. (ans)

_____ The elimination of microorganisms, but not necessarily endospores, from inanimate objects or surfaces. (ans)

_____ An agent that kills or inhibits growth of microbes but is safe to use on human tissue. (ans)

A. selective toxicity
B. broad spectrum agent
C. narrow spectrum agent
D. cidal
E. static
F. sterilization
G. antibiotic
H. chemotherapeutic synthetic drug
I. antiseptic
J. disinfection
K. disinfectant

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Gary E. Kaiser, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology
The Community College of Baltimore County, Catonsville Campus
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Based on a work The Grapes of Staph at https://cwoer.ccbcmd.edu/science/microbiology/index_gos.html.