MI Lesson 1.1

In an ELISA assay, ________ and ________ are added to facilitate a color change.

• antibodies and antigens
• primary antibodies and secondary antibodies
• enzymes and substrates
• antigen and enzymes

Sue Smith was inflicted with 

• viral meningitis
• mononucleosis
• bacterial meningitis
• influenza H1N1

Which of the following most definitively identifies a pathogen during an epidemic?

• Consensus of the symptoms of those that are affected.
• Presence or absence of a rash.
• Response to antibiotics.
• DNA sequencing.

A sample of spinal fluid is taken from a college student suspected to have contracted spinal meningitis.Which diagnostic test will confirm the diagnosis fastest?

• Culturing the spinal fluid and testing for bacterial colony growth in a Petri dish.

• An ELISA Assay to determine the presence of menigitis antigens.

• DNA sequencing

• Protein Chromatography

The collection, classification, storage and analysis of biochemical and biological information using computers, especially as applied to molecular genetics and genomics is known as which of the following?

• DNA sequencing

• Bioinformatics

• Immunological assay

• ELISA

What does ELISA stand for?

• E coli Immune System Antigen
• Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay
• Enzyme Leuko-immune Standard Assessment
• Estimated Lymph Integrated System Assessment

What do antibodies attach to on the pathogen?

• Anti inflammatory
• Antigens
• Antiseptic
• Antibodies

You go to the doctor for a cut you got moving the lawn. The doctor takes xrays to make sure there are no broken bones, then he cleans and stitches the cut, wraps it in gauze and prescribes antibiotics to prevent infection. What medical interventions have you had today?

• surgical
• pharmacology
• diagnostics
• all of the above

A doctor orders an ELISA test for two patients. The results show a color change from clear to blue. Patient A results are a dark blue while the results for patient B are a light blue. What is the most likely diagnosis?

• Patient A is more infected

• Patient B is more infected

• The patients are infected equally

• Neither patient is infected

The search tool used to identify pathogens from a sequence of nucleotides is which of the following?

• ELISA

• BLAST

• DNA Sequencing

• PCR