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Microbiology Final Exam
Why study microbiology - correct answer ✔microbes have profound impact
on our lives and health


Most microorganisms are harmful - correct answer ✔False


The leading cause of death resulting from infectious disease is - correct
answer ✔acute respiratory infection


Which of the following has been a major factor leading to emerging disease -
correct answer ✔all of the above


_________ has returned to the ranks of leading causes of death as a "re-
emerging" disease becuase of increasing drug resistance - correct answer
✔Tuberculosis


Which of the following is a disease caused by a new human pathogen -
correct answer ✔SARS


Which of the following has been used as a biological weapon - correct
answer ✔anthrax and smallpox


Who developed the first true vaccine - correct answer ✔E. Jenner


Aseptic surgical practices were introduced by - correct answer ✔J lister

,Who among the following first detected the existence of noncellular infectious
agents, which are now known as viruses - correct answer ✔L. Pasteur


The use of microorganisms to clean up toxic spills known as - correct answer
✔Bioremediation


Which of the following first proposed that health care workers should wash
their hands before coming into contact with their patients - correct answer
✔I. Semmelweis


The process for determining the etiologic agent of an infectious disease was
developed by___________, and used to identify the bacteria caused by
anthrax - correct answer ✔R. Koch


Mycology is the study of - correct answer ✔Fungi


The study of the body's defenses against invading microbes is called - correct
answer ✔immunology


Which of the following cellular structures is not found in all organisms - correct
answer ✔Cell wall


Which of the following organisms are prokaryotes - correct answer ✔Bacteria


Which of the following infectious agents is not an organism - correct answer
✔Virus


The genetic material of prokaryotes is - correct answer ✔a single circular
chromosome

,Bacterial cell walls are composed of - correct answer ✔peptidoglycan


Human tapeworms are best measured in - correct answer ✔meters


The genetic material of eukaryotes is found in the _________ of the cell -
correct answer ✔nucleus


The organelle involved in both digestion and apoptosis is the - correct answer
✔lysosome


Which of the following is best described as an infectious protein - correct
answer ✔prions


The primary function of the ________________ is production of the short-term
energy storage molecule ATP - correct answer ✔mitcohondrion


The first antibiotic discovered kills bacteria but does not harm people. This is
an example of - correct answer ✔selective toxicity


Yeasts are members of the - correct answer ✔Mycetae


The scientific name of an organism is the - correct answer ✔genus and
species


Which version of binomial nomenclature form is correct - correct answer
✔Escherichia coli

, The microscopes used in AC microbiology laboratory
are__________________ - correct answer ✔compound bright-field
microscopes


In microbiology growth usually means - correct answer ✔an increase in the
number of microbial cells


Proteins that catalyze the reactions of metabolism are called - correct answer
✔enzymes


Organisms which obtain their carbon and energy from organic sources of
carbon are called - correct answer ✔chemoheterotrophs


Dehydration synthesis reactions are a common type of _____________
reaction - correct answer ✔anabolic


In Dr. Dolby's class organic means grown without the use of chemicals -
correct answer ✔False


An organism described as fastidous - correct answer ✔has extensive
nutrient requirements


All living things require nitrogen - correct answer ✔True


Which of the following statements are true of anabolic metabolism - correct
answer ✔it results in the formation of biomolecules


Which of the following is a feature that eukaryotes have but prokaryotes lack -
correct answer ✔nucleus