MIC 205A EXAM 1 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Unlike the term microorganism, the term microbe also includes
Answer:
viruses
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2. Unlike newspapers or blog articles, communications about scientific discoveries in respected scientific
journals include
Answer:
a pre-publication review process; information about the methods used in the experiment
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3. Organisms that populate the human body and protect it from disease are called
Answer:
normal flora
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4. In the name E. coli K12, the part after the species is the ________________ designation
Answer:
strain
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5. Characteristics of Archaea that are similar to bacteria include
Answer:
energy sources used, multiplication method, prokaryotic cell structure; shapes
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6. What disease killed one-third of the population of Europe in the 14th century
Answer:
Bubonic Plague
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7. What is a viroid
Answer:
a single short piece of RNA that can infect plants
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8. What are the microscopic filaments of molds
Answer:
hyphae
, Question:
9. What is an example of a single celled fungus
Answer:
yeast
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10. What type of diseases are due to organisms "jumping" from a natural animal host to using humans as a
host
Answer:
emerging
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11. A bacterium that has a cylindrical shape is called
Answer:
rod or bacillus
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12. A bacterium that has a spherical shape is called
Answer:
coccus
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13. The cell wall is apart of a bacterium's
Answer:
cell envelope
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14. Unlike a stained specimen, living moving organisms can be observed using a ________________
Answer:
wet mount
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15. Modern day bacterial endosymbionts in eukaryotes have similarities to ______________________
Answer:
chloroplasts and mitochondria
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16. The two most common examples of endospore forming genera are
Answer:
Clostridium and Bacillus
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17. Immersion oil must be used for viewing a specimen with which lens?
Answer:
100x
CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Unlike the term microorganism, the term microbe also includes
Answer:
viruses
Question:
2. Unlike newspapers or blog articles, communications about scientific discoveries in respected scientific
journals include
Answer:
a pre-publication review process; information about the methods used in the experiment
Question:
3. Organisms that populate the human body and protect it from disease are called
Answer:
normal flora
Question:
4. In the name E. coli K12, the part after the species is the ________________ designation
Answer:
strain
Question:
5. Characteristics of Archaea that are similar to bacteria include
Answer:
energy sources used, multiplication method, prokaryotic cell structure; shapes
Question:
6. What disease killed one-third of the population of Europe in the 14th century
Answer:
Bubonic Plague
Question:
7. What is a viroid
Answer:
a single short piece of RNA that can infect plants
Question:
8. What are the microscopic filaments of molds
Answer:
hyphae
, Question:
9. What is an example of a single celled fungus
Answer:
yeast
Question:
10. What type of diseases are due to organisms "jumping" from a natural animal host to using humans as a
host
Answer:
emerging
Question:
11. A bacterium that has a cylindrical shape is called
Answer:
rod or bacillus
Question:
12. A bacterium that has a spherical shape is called
Answer:
coccus
Question:
13. The cell wall is apart of a bacterium's
Answer:
cell envelope
Question:
14. Unlike a stained specimen, living moving organisms can be observed using a ________________
Answer:
wet mount
Question:
15. Modern day bacterial endosymbionts in eukaryotes have similarities to ______________________
Answer:
chloroplasts and mitochondria
Question:
16. The two most common examples of endospore forming genera are
Answer:
Clostridium and Bacillus
Question:
17. Immersion oil must be used for viewing a specimen with which lens?
Answer:
100x
