MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025/2026
Microbiology - CORRECT ANSWER -The study of microbes (microorganisms)
- organisms so small that a microscope is required to see them
What are the Microbes? - CORRECT ANSWER -Bacteria (bacterium)- Bacteriology
Algae (alga)- Phycology
Fungi (fungus)- Mycology
Protozoa (protozoan)- Protozoology
Viruses (virus)- Virology
Why study Microbiology? - CORRECT ANSWER -1. Microbes are important to human health and
disease.
2. Microbes can increase our understanding of biology
3. Microbes are very useful in biological research
Microbes are... - CORRECT ANSWER -- simple
- grow rapidly
- have unique and easy ways to transfer genetic information
What's unique about algae? - CORRECT ANSWER -Multicellular, defined cell nucleus and other
internal structures, Chlorophyll
What's different about helminths? - CORRECT ANSWER -Macroscopic worms
Have microscopic stages in their life cycles.
, What is an infectious disease? - CORRECT ANSWER -a disease caused by an infectious agent
(bacteria, virus, fungus, protozoan, helminth)
What is a noninfectious disease? - CORRECT ANSWER -a disease caused by any factor other than
an infectious agent (i.e. cancer, Cystic fibrosis, heart disease, etc.)
What percentage of microbes are pathogenic? - CORRECT ANSWER -less than 1%
How are microbes useful? - CORRECT ANSWER -- In our food
- Cleaning up our waste
- Killing pests
- Making medicines
- In the making of such things as leather (Aspergillus niger), soy sauce, cheese and paper.
- they generate oxygen,
- are part of the carbon and nitrogen cycles,
- can survive the harshest conditions.
Where can you find microbes in our bodies? - CORRECT ANSWER -our mouths, GI tract, vaginal
flora and on our skin
Without microbes... - CORRECT ANSWER -our bodies would not process the food we eat
Scope - CORRECT ANSWER -What's included in the discipline of Microbiology
History - CORRECT ANSWER -Some key ideas, events, & people and their significance to the
development of Microbiology
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025/2026
Microbiology - CORRECT ANSWER -The study of microbes (microorganisms)
- organisms so small that a microscope is required to see them
What are the Microbes? - CORRECT ANSWER -Bacteria (bacterium)- Bacteriology
Algae (alga)- Phycology
Fungi (fungus)- Mycology
Protozoa (protozoan)- Protozoology
Viruses (virus)- Virology
Why study Microbiology? - CORRECT ANSWER -1. Microbes are important to human health and
disease.
2. Microbes can increase our understanding of biology
3. Microbes are very useful in biological research
Microbes are... - CORRECT ANSWER -- simple
- grow rapidly
- have unique and easy ways to transfer genetic information
What's unique about algae? - CORRECT ANSWER -Multicellular, defined cell nucleus and other
internal structures, Chlorophyll
What's different about helminths? - CORRECT ANSWER -Macroscopic worms
Have microscopic stages in their life cycles.
, What is an infectious disease? - CORRECT ANSWER -a disease caused by an infectious agent
(bacteria, virus, fungus, protozoan, helminth)
What is a noninfectious disease? - CORRECT ANSWER -a disease caused by any factor other than
an infectious agent (i.e. cancer, Cystic fibrosis, heart disease, etc.)
What percentage of microbes are pathogenic? - CORRECT ANSWER -less than 1%
How are microbes useful? - CORRECT ANSWER -- In our food
- Cleaning up our waste
- Killing pests
- Making medicines
- In the making of such things as leather (Aspergillus niger), soy sauce, cheese and paper.
- they generate oxygen,
- are part of the carbon and nitrogen cycles,
- can survive the harshest conditions.
Where can you find microbes in our bodies? - CORRECT ANSWER -our mouths, GI tract, vaginal
flora and on our skin
Without microbes... - CORRECT ANSWER -our bodies would not process the food we eat
Scope - CORRECT ANSWER -What's included in the discipline of Microbiology
History - CORRECT ANSWER -Some key ideas, events, & people and their significance to the
development of Microbiology
