WGU OA D311 MICROBIOLOGY 2025
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED VERIFIED AND 100 CORRECT
ANSWERS BRAND NEW EXAM ALREADY
GRADED A+!!
1. What is the significance of microorganisms containing a thick coat of peptl-
dogiywn within the cell wall?Answer Microorganisms containing a thick coat of peptidoglycan within
the cell wall are typically classified as gram-positive bacteria.
2. Why are viruses considered aceilular?
Answer They cannot reproduce without a host.
3. What is the defining characteristic of eukaryotes?
Answer They have a nucleus.
4. Which microorganism can cause vaginal yeast Infections and oral thrush?
Answer -
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, Fungi
5. Why can It be difficult to determine the etiologic agent of a disease?
Answer Some signs and symptoms can be caused by many ditterent etiologic agents.
6. A doctor prescribed antibiotics for a patient complaining of runny nose. fever.
and aches and pains. Which type of infection did the doctor suspect?
Answer The doctor likely suspected a viral infection because antibiotics are not ettective against viral
infections.
7. A healthcare professional is treating a patient who developed a yeast infec-
tion after taking antibiotics. What type of medication should be prescribed to
this patient?Answer Antifungals
8. Which structure promotes motility in Proteus. Shigelia. and Salmonella
species. all of which can cause serious disease in humans?
Answer Presence of flagella
9. Which bacterial virulence factor allows a strain to resist phagocytosis, in-
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13
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED VERIFIED AND 100 CORRECT
ANSWERS BRAND NEW EXAM ALREADY
GRADED A+!!
1. What is the significance of microorganisms containing a thick coat of peptl-
dogiywn within the cell wall?Answer Microorganisms containing a thick coat of peptidoglycan within
the cell wall are typically classified as gram-positive bacteria.
2. Why are viruses considered aceilular?
Answer They cannot reproduce without a host.
3. What is the defining characteristic of eukaryotes?
Answer They have a nucleus.
4. Which microorganism can cause vaginal yeast Infections and oral thrush?
Answer -
1/
13
, Fungi
5. Why can It be difficult to determine the etiologic agent of a disease?
Answer Some signs and symptoms can be caused by many ditterent etiologic agents.
6. A doctor prescribed antibiotics for a patient complaining of runny nose. fever.
and aches and pains. Which type of infection did the doctor suspect?
Answer The doctor likely suspected a viral infection because antibiotics are not ettective against viral
infections.
7. A healthcare professional is treating a patient who developed a yeast infec-
tion after taking antibiotics. What type of medication should be prescribed to
this patient?Answer Antifungals
8. Which structure promotes motility in Proteus. Shigelia. and Salmonella
species. all of which can cause serious disease in humans?
Answer Presence of flagella
9. Which bacterial virulence factor allows a strain to resist phagocytosis, in-
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13
