MICRO LAB TEST 5 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Pasteurization - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The mild heating of milk and other materials to kill particular
spoilage organisms or pathogens.
Nematode - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Common name for a roundworm.
Resident flora - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The normal flora of the skin.
Disinfection - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The elimination of microorganisms from inanimate objects or
surfaces.
Solute - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The materials dissolved in a solution.
Moist heat - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Kills microorganisms by denaturing their proteins (causes proteins
and enzymes to lose their three dimensional functional shape). It also may melt lipids in the cytoplasmic
membranes.
Schizont - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The infected cells in which the protozoan Plasmodium is reproducing.
Endospores - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Chemical agents are generally unreliable for sterilization because
of bacterial _____________.
Hermaphroditic - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The organisms that has both male and female sex organs is
said to be _______________.
Decontamination - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The treatment of an object or inanimate surface to make it
safe handle.
Transient flora - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The microorganisms you pick up from what you have been
handling.
Pasteurization - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The mild heating of milk and other materials to kill particular
spoilage organisms or pathogens.
Nematode - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Common name for a roundworm.
Resident flora - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The normal flora of the skin.
Disinfection - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The elimination of microorganisms from inanimate objects or
surfaces.
Solute - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The materials dissolved in a solution.
Moist heat - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Kills microorganisms by denaturing their proteins (causes proteins
and enzymes to lose their three dimensional functional shape). It also may melt lipids in the cytoplasmic
membranes.
Schizont - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The infected cells in which the protozoan Plasmodium is reproducing.
Endospores - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Chemical agents are generally unreliable for sterilization because
of bacterial _____________.
Hermaphroditic - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The organisms that has both male and female sex organs is
said to be _______________.
Decontamination - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The treatment of an object or inanimate surface to make it
safe handle.
Transient flora - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The microorganisms you pick up from what you have been
handling.
