EXAMS UPDATED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SURE A+
✔✔The development of virulent, toxin-producing bacterial strains due to the presence of
a temperate phage can occur through the process of... - ✔✔specialized transduction
✔✔Cultures of a bacterial species were incubated in a refrigerator (5C), on a lab bench
top (22C), in a 37C incubator and in a 50C incubator. After incubation, there was no
growth at 37C and 50C, slight growth in the refrigerator and abundant growth on the lab
bench top. What term could be used for this species... - ✔✔psychotroph
✔✔A chemical that inhibits beta-lactamase enzymes is... - ✔✔clavulanic acid
✔✔Heavy metals work by... - ✔✔inactivating proteins
✔✔Which of the following is not a mode of action of antiviral drugs... - ✔✔bond to
ergosterol in the cell membrane
✔✔The alcohol wipe used on a patient's skin before an injection is an example of... -
✔✔antisepsis