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STUDENT NAME: ________________________________
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COURSE: Microbiology Exam #1 (Chapter 1 3 4 5 6) Karteikar
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EXAM CODE: MICROBIOLOGY EXAM QUESTIONS ANSW
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EXAM INSTRUCTIONS:
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1. Print your full name and date clearly in the header above.
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2. This exam booklet contains both Test Questions (Part I) and Verified Solutions (Part II).
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3. Answer all multiple-choice questions clearly. Double-check your work.
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4. Do not break the seal or open this booklet until instructed to do so by the proctor.
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Q1. Begriff
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[Verified Solution]: Definition dd dddd




Q2. Microbiology
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[Verified Solution]: The specialized area of biology that deals with organisms too small to be seen wit
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h the naked eye
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Q3. 6 major groups of microorganisms
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[Verified Solution]: 1. Bacteria 2. Algae 3. Protozoa 4. Helminths 5. Fungi 6. Viruses
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Q4. What do microbiologists study?
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[Verified Solution]: - Cell structure - Growth and Physiology - Genetics -
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Taxonomy and evolutionary history - Interactions with living and non living environment
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Q5. What are the 6 different branches of study in microbiology?
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[Verified Solution]: 1. Medical microbiology 2. Public Health microbiology and Epidemiology 3. Imm
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unology 4. Industrial Microbiology 5. Agricultural Microbiology 6. Environmental Microbiology
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,Q6. Medical Microbiology
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[Verified Solution]: Study of microbes as they relate to medicine, deals with microbes that causes dise
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ase in humans and animals
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Q7. Public Health Microbiology and Epidemiology
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[Verified Solution]: Monitor and control the spread of disease in communities. USPHS, CDC, WHO
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Q8. Industrial Microbiology
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[Verified Solution]: - Use of microbes to manufacture important compounds -
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Safeguards our food and water - Also includes biotechnology -
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Ranges from bread making to gene therapy -
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Microbes can be used to create large quantities of substances such as amino acids, beer, drugs, enzyme
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s, and vitamins
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Q9. Agricultural Microbiology
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Deals with the relationships between microbes and domesticated plants and animals -
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Plant specialists focus on plant diseases, soil fertility, and nutritional interactions -
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Animal specialists work with infectious diseases and other associations animals have with microorganis
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Q10. Immunology
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[Verified Solution]: Studies a diverse areas such as vaccination, blood testing, and allergy. Immunolog
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ists investigate the role of the immune system in cancer and autoimmune diseases
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Q11. Environmental Microbiology
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[Verified Solution]: Studies the effect of microbes on the earth's diverse habitats. Example-
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aquatic microbiology, soil microbiology, geomicrobiology, and astrobiology
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Q12. eu-kary means?
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[Verified Solution]: true nucleus; cells with a nucleus are classified as eukaryotes
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, Q13. Pro-kary means?
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[Verified Solution]: Pre- dd dddd



nucleus; bacteria and archaea do not have a nucleus and have been traditionally classified as prokaryote
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Q14. What is a microbe?
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[Verified Solution]: A microorganism
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Q15. How are biology and microbiology different? How are they similar?
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[Verified Solution]: Biology is concerned with all the different scales of size that microorganisms exis
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t on, but many fields on biology are concerned with more complex organisms such as mammals. Micro
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biology is concerned specifically with smaller, individual organisms. Microbiologists might be concerne
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d with something as big as a bacteria, and they do study systems, such as the immune system, but gene
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rally they focus on smaller individual organisms. They are similar because they both study organisms, j
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ust on different scales.
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Q16. Bacteria
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[Verified Solution]: - Unicellular microorganisms -
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Some cause human, animal, or plant diseases; others are beneficial. - Prokaryotic
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Q17. Algae
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[Verified Solution]: - Unicellular microorganisms - Prokaryotic - Food or water borne -
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Reproduce Asexually - Photosythetic
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Q18. Protozoa
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[Verified Solution]: - Unicellular - Eukaryotic - Live independently or as parasites -
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Mostly found in soil or water
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Q19. Helminths
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[Verified Solution]: - Multicellular - Eukaryotic - Worms
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Q20. Fungi/Yeast
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[Verified Solution]: - Eukaryotic - Multicellular -
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Protists characterized by the absence of chlorophyll and by the presence of a rigid cell wall
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