BIOL 2260 - Foundations of Microbiology Final Exam
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When do opportunistic pathogens tend to cause when the host is weakened
disease?
Who showed that biogenesis is responsible for the Louis Pasteur
propagation of life?
Robert Koch helped establish the germ theory of disease introduce the bacteria into a new mouse to see if it established the same infection
by discovering that anthrax was caused by a bacterial
microorganism. After he isolated and purified the same
bacteria from several diseased animals, what would be
the next step in order to show that this bacterium caused
anthrax?
How many principles are there in Koch's postulates of 4
disease?
Aseptic technique can be used for all of the following replacing gloves instead of hand washing when time is short
except ...
The scientific method starts with a(n) ... Question
Inference-observation confusion occurs when someone jumps to a conclusion
...
Which of the following is the correct way to type a Escherichia coli (first letter capitalized, the whole thing italicized)
scientific name?
What is the order of the taxonomic hierarchy from least domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
specific to most specific?
Which of the following does not ultimately contribute to proper hand-washing technique
shifts in our normal microbiota?
Carriers of the sickle-cell gene... have a survival advantage in areas where malaria is common
All of the following may involve biofilms except Influenza
When _____ bacteria attach to a surface and begin to planktonic; biofilms
replicate, creating multiple layers, sticky communities
called_____ may form
Which of the following statements is true? Agar is used as a solidifying agent for bacterial culture media
, The goal of the streak plate technique is to... isolate a pure culture for study from a single colony
Which of the following can be determined using simple E) size, shape, and cellular arrangement
stains...
All of the following can make interpreting the Gram stain the culture is between 24 and 48 hours old
difficult except
The acid-fast stain is an important diagnostic tool for tuberculosis and leprosy
detecting the causative agent(s) of ...
Which of the following statements is true about the The decolorizing step is the differentiating step.
decolorizing step for the acid-fast stain?
Which of the following statements about bright field Bright field microscopy is the simplest and most common form of microscopy.
microscopy is true?
Why do electron microscopes have a better resolution An electron beam has a wavelength of about 1 nm, and resolution improves with
than light microscopes? smallerwavelengths
For which of the following situations could Koch's Determining the specific genus and species of the bacterial organism that causes
Postulates be used? cholera.
Which of the following type of microbe is always bacteria
unicellular?
A researcher needs to view the details of the entry of a Transmission electron microscopy
virus into a host cell. Which of the following microscopic
techniques would be most appropriate?
An atom is best described as the smallest unit of an element
Isotopes are atoms of the same element that differ in the number of neutrons found in the nucleus
A feature of many of the isotopes that are used in the The nucleus of the isotope is unstable and decays over time.
field of medicine is that the isotopes are radioactive.
What does this mean?
The pictured molecules all contain six carbon atoms, Isomers
twelve hydrogen atoms, and six oxygen atoms
(C6H12O6). However, these atoms are arranged
differently in each molecule. What are these molecules
called?
Pure water is defined by D) a neutral pH of 7 and an equal number of H+ and OH− ions.
Compared to a solution with a pH value of 4, a solution one hundred times as many
with a pH value of 2 has ___ H+ ions.
Review UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
When do opportunistic pathogens tend to cause when the host is weakened
disease?
Who showed that biogenesis is responsible for the Louis Pasteur
propagation of life?
Robert Koch helped establish the germ theory of disease introduce the bacteria into a new mouse to see if it established the same infection
by discovering that anthrax was caused by a bacterial
microorganism. After he isolated and purified the same
bacteria from several diseased animals, what would be
the next step in order to show that this bacterium caused
anthrax?
How many principles are there in Koch's postulates of 4
disease?
Aseptic technique can be used for all of the following replacing gloves instead of hand washing when time is short
except ...
The scientific method starts with a(n) ... Question
Inference-observation confusion occurs when someone jumps to a conclusion
...
Which of the following is the correct way to type a Escherichia coli (first letter capitalized, the whole thing italicized)
scientific name?
What is the order of the taxonomic hierarchy from least domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
specific to most specific?
Which of the following does not ultimately contribute to proper hand-washing technique
shifts in our normal microbiota?
Carriers of the sickle-cell gene... have a survival advantage in areas where malaria is common
All of the following may involve biofilms except Influenza
When _____ bacteria attach to a surface and begin to planktonic; biofilms
replicate, creating multiple layers, sticky communities
called_____ may form
Which of the following statements is true? Agar is used as a solidifying agent for bacterial culture media
, The goal of the streak plate technique is to... isolate a pure culture for study from a single colony
Which of the following can be determined using simple E) size, shape, and cellular arrangement
stains...
All of the following can make interpreting the Gram stain the culture is between 24 and 48 hours old
difficult except
The acid-fast stain is an important diagnostic tool for tuberculosis and leprosy
detecting the causative agent(s) of ...
Which of the following statements is true about the The decolorizing step is the differentiating step.
decolorizing step for the acid-fast stain?
Which of the following statements about bright field Bright field microscopy is the simplest and most common form of microscopy.
microscopy is true?
Why do electron microscopes have a better resolution An electron beam has a wavelength of about 1 nm, and resolution improves with
than light microscopes? smallerwavelengths
For which of the following situations could Koch's Determining the specific genus and species of the bacterial organism that causes
Postulates be used? cholera.
Which of the following type of microbe is always bacteria
unicellular?
A researcher needs to view the details of the entry of a Transmission electron microscopy
virus into a host cell. Which of the following microscopic
techniques would be most appropriate?
An atom is best described as the smallest unit of an element
Isotopes are atoms of the same element that differ in the number of neutrons found in the nucleus
A feature of many of the isotopes that are used in the The nucleus of the isotope is unstable and decays over time.
field of medicine is that the isotopes are radioactive.
What does this mean?
The pictured molecules all contain six carbon atoms, Isomers
twelve hydrogen atoms, and six oxygen atoms
(C6H12O6). However, these atoms are arranged
differently in each molecule. What are these molecules
called?
Pure water is defined by D) a neutral pH of 7 and an equal number of H+ and OH− ions.
Compared to a solution with a pH value of 4, a solution one hundred times as many
with a pH value of 2 has ___ H+ ions.
