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Preservation of foods by using salts and sugars works by
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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?
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A. Alcohol
B. Cetylpyridinium chloride
C. Ethylene oxide
D. Chlorine
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Correct Answer: Ethylene oxide
2. Which of the following process can be efficiently carried out by incineration?
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A. Sterilization of scalpel blades and needles
B. Sterilization of all glass syringes
C. Sterilization of points of forceps
D. Destruction of contaminated materials
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Correct Answer: Destruction of contaminated materials
3. Which of the following hepatitis viruses is not RNA virus?
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A. Hepatitis A virus
B. Hepatitis B virus
C. Hepatitis E virus
D. Hepatitis G virus
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Correct Answer: Hepatitis B virus
4. The development of hepatocellular carcinoma is associated with
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A. ground squirrel hepatitis virus
B. hepatitis B virus
C. woodchuck hepatitis virus
D. all of the above
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Correct Answer: all of the above
5. Which of the following specimens contain/s hepatitis B virus in an infected person?
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A. Blood
B. Semen
C. Saliva
D. All of these
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Correct Answer: All of these
6. Which of the following has most heat resistant spores?
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A.
Clostridium histolyticum
B.
Clostridium perfringens
C.
Bacillus stearothermophilus
D.
Bacillus cereus
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Correct Answer:
Bacillus stearothermophilus
7. The time required to kill 90% of the microorganisms in a sample at a specific temperature is the
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A. decimal reduction time
B. thermal death point
C. F value
D. D value
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Correct Answer: D value
8. Which of the following items could be sterilized by dry heat sterilization?
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A. Intravenous (IV) solution
B. Plastic IV bags
C. Glass pipettes
D. rubber gloves
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Correct Answer: Glass pipettes
9. Microbes can be removed from a liquid solution by the process of
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A. filtration
B. freeze-drying
C. osmosis
D. desiccation
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Correct Answer: filtration
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
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Correct Answer: F value
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