SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY CHAPTER 7
EXAMINATION TEST 2026 TESTED QUESTIONS
WITH FULL SOLUTION GRADED A+
◉ What are the three broad classifications of microbes? Answer:
prokaryotes, eukaryotes, and viruses
◉ Microbes account for what percentage of total organic matter of
the planet? Answer: 60%
◉ What are microbes that live on skin and inside the human body?
Answer: indigenous microflora
includes bacteria, fungi, viruses, and protozoa
◉ What are indigenous microflora also called? Answer:
opportunistic pathogens
◉ What is the relationship between human hosts and indigenous
microflora called? Answer: symbiosis
◉ What refers to both organisms? Answer: symbiont
,◉ What are the three categories of symbiosis? Answer: mutualism,
commensalism, parasitism
◉ both organisms benefit from and depend on one another to a
certain extent Answer: mutualism
◉ What is an example of mutualism? Answer: E. coli in the large
intestine
◉ What is a subcategory of mutualism? Answer: synergism
◉ What is synergism? Answer: two organisms work together to
achieve a result neither could obtain alone
ex: fusobacteria and spirochetes
◉ one organism benefits but neither benefits nor is harmed Answer:
commensalism
◉ what is an example of commensalism? Answer: indigenous
microflora
◉ What are the two subcategories of commensalism? Answer:
neutralism and antagonism
, ◉ What is neutralism? Answer: two organisms occupy the same area
with no effect on each other
◉ What is anatagonism? Answer: one microorganism interferes with
the growth of another
◉ one organism benefits and the other is harmed Answer:
parasitism
◉ what is an example of parasitism? Answer: endoparasites
(intestinal worms)
◉ what are microorganisms that cause an infection? Answer:
pathogens
◉ the multiplication of organisms in the tissue of a host Answer:
infection
◉ an infection that develops while a patient is in a health care
facility Answer: nosocomial infection/HAI
◉ what percentage of SSIs do not become visible until discharged?
Answer: 25%
EXAMINATION TEST 2026 TESTED QUESTIONS
WITH FULL SOLUTION GRADED A+
◉ What are the three broad classifications of microbes? Answer:
prokaryotes, eukaryotes, and viruses
◉ Microbes account for what percentage of total organic matter of
the planet? Answer: 60%
◉ What are microbes that live on skin and inside the human body?
Answer: indigenous microflora
includes bacteria, fungi, viruses, and protozoa
◉ What are indigenous microflora also called? Answer:
opportunistic pathogens
◉ What is the relationship between human hosts and indigenous
microflora called? Answer: symbiosis
◉ What refers to both organisms? Answer: symbiont
,◉ What are the three categories of symbiosis? Answer: mutualism,
commensalism, parasitism
◉ both organisms benefit from and depend on one another to a
certain extent Answer: mutualism
◉ What is an example of mutualism? Answer: E. coli in the large
intestine
◉ What is a subcategory of mutualism? Answer: synergism
◉ What is synergism? Answer: two organisms work together to
achieve a result neither could obtain alone
ex: fusobacteria and spirochetes
◉ one organism benefits but neither benefits nor is harmed Answer:
commensalism
◉ what is an example of commensalism? Answer: indigenous
microflora
◉ What are the two subcategories of commensalism? Answer:
neutralism and antagonism
, ◉ What is neutralism? Answer: two organisms occupy the same area
with no effect on each other
◉ What is anatagonism? Answer: one microorganism interferes with
the growth of another
◉ one organism benefits and the other is harmed Answer:
parasitism
◉ what is an example of parasitism? Answer: endoparasites
(intestinal worms)
◉ what are microorganisms that cause an infection? Answer:
pathogens
◉ the multiplication of organisms in the tissue of a host Answer:
infection
◉ an infection that develops while a patient is in a health care
facility Answer: nosocomial infection/HAI
◉ what percentage of SSIs do not become visible until discharged?
Answer: 25%
