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BIOS 242 Microbiology Week 4 Midterm Exam / BIOS242 Microbiology Week 4 Midterm Exam (Latest ): Chamberlain College of Nursing
BIOS242 Week 4 Midterm Exam / BIOS 242 Week 4 Midterm Exam (Latest): Microbiology: Chamberlain College of Nursing


 Question1.	Question :	Antoni van Leeuwenhoek was the first person in history to

 	Student Answer:		 use a magnifying glass.

 			 develop a taxonomic system.

 		 	 view protozoa and bacteria.

 			 disprove spontaneous generation.

 			 prove the germ theory.







Question 2.	Question :	Microbes that can live in the presence or absence of oxygen are called

 	Student Answer:		 anaerobes.

 		 	 facultative anaerobes.

 			 obligate parasites.

 			 archaea.

 			 prokaryotes.



		
		



Question 3.	Question :	Which of the following scientists provided evidence in favor of the concept of spontaneous generation?

 	Student Answer:		 Pasteur

 		 	 Needham

 			 Redi

 			 Buchner

 			 Spallanzani



 		
 		



Question 4.	Question :	The microbial production of alcohol from sugar is known as

 	Student Answer:	 	 fermentation.

 			 pasteurization.

 			 metabolism.

 			 abiogenesis.

 			 antisepsis.



 		
 		



Question 5.	Question :	Which of the following statements concerning Koch's postulates is false?

 	Student Answer:		 Koch's postulates cannot be used to demonstrate the cause of all diseases.
 			 A suspected pathogen must be able to be grown in the laboratory.
 			 All of Koch's postulates must be satisfied before an organism can be proven to cause a particular disease.
 			 Koch's postulates involve the experimental infection of susceptible hosts.
 		 	 A suspected pathogen must be found in the majority of individuals with a particular disease.


 		
 		



Question 6.	Question :	The study of the body's defenses against pathogens is called

 	Student Answer:		 etiology.

 		 	 immunology.

 			 chemotherapy.

 			 molecular biology.

 			 epidemiology.



 		
 		



Question 7.	Question :	Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of viruses?

 	Student Answer:	 	 they are visible with a light microscope.

 			 they are acellular.

 			 they are composed of genetic material and protein.

 			 they are smaller than prokaryotic cells.

 			 they are obligatory parasites.



 		
 		



Question 8.	Question :	Saccharomyces cerevisiae is an example of which of the following types of microbes?

 	Student Answer:	 	 fungus

 			 protozoan

 			 prokaryote

 			 alga

 			 virus



 		
 		



Question 9.	Question :	Proteins that promote chemical reactions in the cell are called

 	Student Answer:		 spores.

 		 	 enzymes.

 			 genes.

 			 protozoa.

 			 flagella.



 		
 		



Question 10.	Question :	Which of the following scientists was the first to develop a taxonomic system for classifying organisms?

 	Student Answer:	 	 Linnaeus

 			 Needham

 			 Leeuwenhoek

 			 Lister

 			 Pasteur



 		
 		



Question 11.	Question :	Robert Koch was involved in research on all of the following topics EXCEPT

 	Student Answer:		 the cause of anthrax.

 		 	 the cause of fermentation.

 			 development of a method to prove the cause of an infectious disease.
 			 the cause of tuberculosis.

 			 techniques for isolating microbes in the laboratory.



 		
 		



Question 12.	Question :	Microorganisms characterized by the absence of a nucleus are called

 	Student Answer:		 fungi.

 			 pathogens.

 			 eukaryotes.

 		 	 prokaryotes.

 			 viruses.



 		
 		



Question 13.	Question :	The term __________ literally means "produces disease."

 	Student Answer:		 prokaryote

 		 	 pathogen

 			 nosocomial

 			 facultative anaerobe

 			 animalcule



 		
 		



Question 14.	Question :	The study of the causation of disease is known as

 	Student Answer:		 epidemiology.

 			 immunology.

 			 biotechnology.

 		 	 etiology.

 			 chemotherapy.



 		
 		



Question 15.	Question :	The study of the occurrence, distribution, and spread of disease is known as

 	Student Answer:		 biotechnology.

 		 	 epidemiology.

 			 molecular biology.

 			 serology.

 			 biochemistry.



 		
 		



Question 16.	Question :	Short, hairlike structures used only by eukaryotic cells for movement are called

 	Student Answer:		 pili.

 			 flagella.

 			 fimbriae.

 			 pseudopodia.

 		 	 cilia.



 		
 		



Question 17.	Question :	Which of the following is NOT a component of bacterial cell walls?

 	Student Answer:		 peptidoglycan

 			 lipoteichoic acids

 			 mycolic acid

 			 tetrapeptide

 		 	 tubulin



 		
 		



Question 18.	Question :	Endospores survive a variety of harsh conditions in part because of the presence of

 	Student Answer:		 mycolic acid.

 			 lipopolysaccharide.

 			 hopanoids.

 		 	 dipicolinic acid.

 			 glycoproteins.



 		
 		



Question 19.	Question :	When cells are placed in a hypertonic solution, they lose water and shrivel. This process is called

 	Student Answer:	 	 crenation.

 			 endocytosis.

 			 passive transport.

 			 periplasm.

 			 plasmalemma.



 		
 		



Question 20.	Question :	All of the following are common to both the Gram stain and the acid-fast stain EXCEPT

 	Student Answer:		 primary stain.

 			 counterstain.

 			 a decolorizing agent.

 		 	 a mordant.

 			 a decolorizing agent and a counterstain.



 		
 		



Question 21.	Question :	A patient suffering from tuberculosis could be diagnosed by use of the __________ stain.

 	Student Answer:		 Gram

 			 endospore

 		 	 acid-fast

 			 flagellar

 			 capsule



 		
 		



Question 22.	Question :	Carbolfuchsin is the __________ in the acid-fast stain.

 	Student Answer:	 	 primary stain

 			 mordant

 			 decolorizer

 			 counterstain

 			 fixing reagent



 		
 		



Question 23.	Question :	The kingdoms included in the Linnaeus system are

 	Student Answer:		 Animalia and Prokaryotae.

 			 Protista and Plantae.

 			 Fungi and Protista.

 		 	 Animalia and Plantae.

 			 Prokaryotae and Protista.



 		
 		



Question 24.	Question :	The rules of naming organisms are called

 	Student Answer:		 taxonomy.

 		 	 nomenclature.

 			 classification.

 			 binomials.

 			 identification.



 		
 		



Question 25.	Question :	In the Gram stain procedure, iodine serves as a

 	Student Answer:		 counterstain.

 			 decolorizing agent.

 		 	 mordant.

 			 primary stain.

 			 fixative.



 		
 		



Question 26.	Question :	Crystal violet is the __________ in the Gram stain.

 	Student Answer:		 counterstain

 			 decolorizing agent

 			 mordant

 			 neutralizing agent

 		 	 primary stain



 		
 		



Question 27.	Question :	The __________ makes use of malachite green.

 	Student Answer:		 negative stain

 			 flagellar stain

 		 	 endospore stain

 			 electron microscopy stain

 			 acid-fast stain



 		
 		



Question 28.	Question :	The molecule that an enzyme acts upon is known as its

 	Student Answer:	 	 substrate.

 			 coenzyme.

 			 apoenzyme.

 			 holoenzyme.

 			 catalyst.



 		
 		



Question 29.	Question :	Pyruvic acid is a product of

 	Student Answer:		 the Krebs cycle.

 			 fermentation.

 			 glycolysis.

 			 the Entner-Doudoroff pathway.

 		 	 both glycolysis and the Entner-Doudoroff pathway.



 		
 		



Question 30.	Question :	In microbiology, the term growth usually refers to an increase in

 	Student Answer:		 a microbe's size.

 		 	 the number of microbial cells.

 			 the amount of ATP produced.

 			 the number and size of microbial cells.

 			 the number and size of microbial cells and the amount of ATP produced.


 		
 		



Question 31.	Question :	Human pathogens are classified as

 	Student Answer:		 thermoduric.

 			 thermophiles.

 		 	 mesophiles.

 			 hyperthermophiles.

 			 psychrophiles.



 		
 		



Question 32.	Question :	Organisms that can grow with or without oxygen present are

 	Student Answer:		 obligate aerobes.

 			 facultative anaerobes.

 			 aerotolerant anaerobes.

 			 obligate anaerobes.

 		 	 either facultative anaerobes or aerotolerant anaerobes.



 		
 		



Question 33.	Question :	Another term for the logarithmic growth of bacterial cells is

 	Student Answer:		 generation time.

 		 	 exponential growth.

 			 arithmetic growth.

 			 absorbance.

 			 binary fission.



 		
 		



Question 34.	Question :	During the __________ of growth, cells are dying faster than new cells are being produced.

 	Student Answer:	 	 death phase

 			 lag phase

 			 log phase

 			 stationary phase

 			 longitudinal phase



 		
 		



Question 35.	Question :	Metabolic activity is at maximum level in the __________ of growth.

 	Student Answer:		 lag phase

 		 	 log phase

 			 death phase

 			 stationary phase

 			 intermediate phase



 		
 		



Question 36.	Question :	Cells are rapidly growing and dividing during the __________ of growth.

 	Student Answer:		 death phase

 			 lag phase

 		 	 log phase

 			 stationary phase

 			 indeterminate phase



 		
 		



Question 37.	Question :	Microaerophiles are microbes that grow best at low

 	Student Answer:		 carbon dioxide levels.

 			 pH values.

 			 hydrostatic pressure.

 		 	 oxygen levels.

 			 salt concentrations.



 		
 		



Question 38.	Question :	An acidophile thrives under conditions of low

 	Student Answer:		 carbon dioxide levels.

 			 salt concentrations.

 			 oxygen levels.

 			 hydrostatic pressure.

 		 	 pH.



 		
 		



Question 39.	Question :	The bacterial chromosome is

 	Student Answer:		 usually circular.

 			 found in a nucleoid.

 			 found in a nucleus.

 		 	 both circular and found in a nucleoid.

 			 both circular and found in a nucleus.



 		
 		



Question 40.	Question :	Which of the following is an example of sanitization?

 	Student Answer:	 	 A public toilet is treated with disinfectants.

 			 A surgeon washes her hands before surgery.

 			 Heat is used to kill potential pathogens in apple juice.

 			 An autoclave is used to prepare nutrient agar.

 			 A nurse prepares an injection site with an alcohol swab.



 		
 		



Question 41.	Question :	Aseptic means

 	Student Answer:		 sterile.

 			 free of all microbes.

 			 clean.

 			 sanitized.

 		 	 free of pathogens.



 		
 		



Question 42.	Question :	Which of the following is a sterilizing agent?

 	Student Answer:		 ozone

 			 hydrogen peroxide

 		 	 peracetic acid

 			 dish soap

 			 ozone and hydrogen peroxide



 		
 		



Question 43.	Question :	The process of filtration is a(n)

 	Student Answer:		 disinfectant method.

 		 	 sterilizing method.

 			 sanitization method.

 			 antiseptic procedure.

 			 ineffective method for removing microbes.



 		
 		



Question 44.	Question :	Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a genus name?

 	Student Answer:	 	 it is usually an adjective.

 			 it is written before the specific epithet.

 			 it is always capitalized.

 			 it is either underlined or in italics.

 			 it is one of two names used to identify an organism.



 		
 		



Question 45.	Question :	Acidic dyes

 	Student Answer:		 work best in low pH environments.

 			 are negatively charged.

 			 are used for staining negatively charged molecular structures.

 			 are lipid soluble.

 		 	 are negatively charged and work best at low pH.



 		
 		



Question 46.	Question :	All of the following are associated with smear preparation EXCEPT

 	Student Answer:	 	 agglutination of the specimen.

 			 spreading the specimen onto a slide.

 			 fixation using heat.

 			 killing the microbes in the specimen.

 			 fixation using methanol or formalin.



 		
 		



Question 47.	Question :	The Gram stain works because of differences in the __________ of bacteria.

 	Student Answer:		 genetic characteristics

 		 	 cell walls

 			 cell membranes

 			 antigens

 			 capsules



 		
 		



Question 48.	Question :	The metabolic processes called fermentation

 	Student Answer:		 produce substrates for the Krebs cycle.

 			 are alternatives for the pentose phosphate pathway.

 		 	 use an organic molecule as a final electron acceptor.

 			 occur only when oxygen is readily available.

 			 produce substrates for glycolysis.



 		
 		



Question 49.	Question :	Which of the following is an incorrect pairing?

 	Student Answer:	 	 protozoa: multicellular

 			 fungi: cell walls

 			 algae: aquatic and marine habitats

 			 prokaryotes: no nuclei

 			 viruses: acellular parasites



 		
 		



Question 50.	Question :	Who discovered penicillin?

 	Student Answer:	 	 Fleming

 			 Ehrlich

 			 Kitasato

 			 Pasteur

 			 Domagk