MIP 300 Test with Questions and Verified Answers

MIP 300 Test with Questions and Verified
Answers
What components of the peptidoglycan can be altered to change the thickness of
a gram-negative peptidoglycan layer?


a. the number of NAG and NAM sheets
b. the type of amino acids in the interbridge
c. the number of amino acids in the interbridge
d. a and b

e. a and b and c - ✔✔a


What components of the peptidoglycan can be altered to change the thickness of
a gram-positive peptidoglycan layer?


a. the number of NAG and NAM sheets
b. the type of amino acids in the interbridge
c. the number of amino acids in the interbridge
d. a and b

e. a and b and c - ✔✔e


You do a Gram stain. You realize when you finish that you forgot to add Gram's
Iodine. What color will a Gram-positive cell be at the end of staining?


a. purple
b. pink

, c. colorless

d. brown - ✔✔b


You isolate a cell and find that is has 70S ribosomes. This cell could be...


a. prokaryotic
b. eukaryotic

c. either prokaryotic or eukaryotic - ✔✔c


plasmids are not required for bacterial cell growth or reproduction


a. true

b. false - ✔✔true


most spore-forming bacteria are Gram-positive


a. true

b. false - ✔✔true


Sporulation allows a bacterial cell to survive harsh conditions by causing it to
divide into two cells


a. true

b. false - ✔✔false