MICROBIOLOGY FUNDAMENTALS A CLINICAL
APPROACH EXAM SCRIPT 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ Helminths. Answer: Multicellular animals whose mature form is
visible to the naked eye.
◉ Virus and prions. Answer: Acellular organisms that cause human
disease
◉ Bacterium/ archaeon and eukaryote. Answer: Cellular organisms
◉ Eukaryotic cell. Answer: Contains a nucleus
◉ Prokaryotic cell or akaryote. Answer: Lacks the nucleus
◉ Three domains. Answer: Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya
◉ ubiquitous. Answer: found everywhere
◉ Theory of evolution. Answer: The accumulation of changes that
occur in organisms as they adapt to their environments.
, ◉ Alexander fleming. Answer: Discovered penicillin. Also discovered
that mold generated a substance that kills bacteria
◉ Biotechnology. Answer: The manipulation of living organisms or
their components to produce useful products.
◉ Genetic engineering. Answer: Manipulating the genetics of
microbes, plants and animals to create new products. Called GMO's
◉ Bioremediation. Answer: The use of organisms to detoxify and
restore polluted and degraded ecosystems.
◉ Pathogens. Answer: disease causing agents
◉ Infectious disease. Answer: disease caused by a microorganism
◉ Which disease processes has microbial infection been implicated?.
Answer: Gastric ulcers, diabetes type 1, schizophrenia, and obesity.
◉ Organelles. Answer: Small membrane-bound structures in the
eukaryotic cell that perform specific functions and include the
nucleus, mitochondria, and chloroplasts.
APPROACH EXAM SCRIPT 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ Helminths. Answer: Multicellular animals whose mature form is
visible to the naked eye.
◉ Virus and prions. Answer: Acellular organisms that cause human
disease
◉ Bacterium/ archaeon and eukaryote. Answer: Cellular organisms
◉ Eukaryotic cell. Answer: Contains a nucleus
◉ Prokaryotic cell or akaryote. Answer: Lacks the nucleus
◉ Three domains. Answer: Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya
◉ ubiquitous. Answer: found everywhere
◉ Theory of evolution. Answer: The accumulation of changes that
occur in organisms as they adapt to their environments.
, ◉ Alexander fleming. Answer: Discovered penicillin. Also discovered
that mold generated a substance that kills bacteria
◉ Biotechnology. Answer: The manipulation of living organisms or
their components to produce useful products.
◉ Genetic engineering. Answer: Manipulating the genetics of
microbes, plants and animals to create new products. Called GMO's
◉ Bioremediation. Answer: The use of organisms to detoxify and
restore polluted and degraded ecosystems.
◉ Pathogens. Answer: disease causing agents
◉ Infectious disease. Answer: disease caused by a microorganism
◉ Which disease processes has microbial infection been implicated?.
Answer: Gastric ulcers, diabetes type 1, schizophrenia, and obesity.
◉ Organelles. Answer: Small membrane-bound structures in the
eukaryotic cell that perform specific functions and include the
nucleus, mitochondria, and chloroplasts.
