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  • Question
  • Preservation of foods by using salts and sugars works by


  • Options
  • A. raising pH
  • B. lowering osmotic pressure
  • C. creating a hypertonic environment
  • D. creating a hypotonic environment

  • Correct Answer
  • creating a hypertonic environment 


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    • 1. Which of the following substances can sterilize?

    • Options
    • A. Alcohol
    • B. Cetylpyridinium chloride
    • C. Ethylene oxide
    • D. Chlorine
    • Discuss
    • 2. Which of the following process can be efficiently carried out by incineration?

    • Options
    • A. Sterilization of scalpel blades and needles
    • B. Sterilization of all glass syringes
    • C. Sterilization of points of forceps
    • D. Destruction of contaminated materials
    • Discuss
    • 3. Which of the following hepatitis viruses is not RNA virus?

    • Options
    • A. Hepatitis A virus
    • B. Hepatitis B virus
    • C. Hepatitis E virus
    • D. Hepatitis G virus
    • Discuss
    • 4. The development of hepatocellular carcinoma is associated with

    • Options
    • A. ground squirrel hepatitis virus
    • B. hepatitis B virus
    • C. woodchuck hepatitis virus
    • D. all of the above
    • Discuss
    • 5. Which of the following specimens contain/s hepatitis B virus in an infected person?

    • Options
    • A. Blood
    • B. Semen
    • C. Saliva
    • D. All of these
    • Discuss
    • 6. Which of the following has most heat resistant spores?

    • Options
    • A. Clostridium histolyticum
    • B. Clostridium perfringens
    • C. Bacillus stearothermophilus
    • D. Bacillus cereus
    • Discuss
    • 7. The time required to kill 90% of the microorganisms in a sample at a specific temperature is the

    • Options
    • A. decimal reduction time
    • B. thermal death point
    • C. F value
    • D. D value
    • Discuss
    • 8. Which of the following items could be sterilized by dry heat sterilization?

    • Options
    • A. Intravenous (IV) solution
    • B. Plastic IV bags
    • C. Glass pipettes
    • D. rubber gloves
    • Discuss
    • 9. Microbes can be removed from a liquid solution by the process of

    • Options
    • A. filtration
    • B. freeze-drying
    • C. osmosis
    • D. desiccation
    • Discuss
    • 10. The time in minutes at a specific temperature needed to kill a population of cells is the

    • Options
    • A. decimal reduction time
    • B. thermal death point
    • C. thermal death temperature
    • D. F value
    • Discuss


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