Please Read the Clinical Scenario, and Then Answer the Questions

question 5

Multiple Choice

Please read the clinical scenario, and then answer the questions that follow to become familiar with the traditional NCLEX question format.
Ms. Hungh, a Burmese immigrant, enters your clinic with her interpreter complaining of fatigue, weight loss, persistent cough, and rust-colored sputum. The interpreter explains that Ms. Hungh has had this cough for many months in her home country and, now that she is in America, is seeking assistance for her condition.
-Culturing of the sputum resulted in the growth of distinct colonies on the medium,and the technician informs you that further isolation by subculturing is now needed.You understand that this is accomplished by taking a bit of growth from an isolated colony and inoculating a separate medium,resulting in the production of a

• A)diagnosis.
• B)pure culture.
• C)broth.
• D)mixed culture.

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Definitions:

Cyclopentadiene

A cyclic hydrocarbon with the formula C5H6, known for its role in Diels-Alder reactions.

Acidic Hydrogen

A hydrogen atom bonded to an electronegative atom, making it easily released as a proton (H+).

AntiAromatic

Refers to a cyclic, conjugated compound with an odd number of pairs of pi electrons that does not follow Huckel's rule, often making it less stable.

π Network

A system of connected π bonds, allowing delocalized electron movement across molecule segments.