Fortis Microbiology Final UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Microorganisms that do not have a nucleus in their cells - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Prokaryotes
Disease causing microorganisms - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Pathogens
Microorganisms composed only of heredity material wrapped in a protein covering -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Viruses
Orderly arrangement of organisms into a hierarchy of taxonomic categories - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Classification
When assigning a scientific name to an organism, both the genus and species names are
______ or ______. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Italicized or underlined
The five I's of studying microorganisms are? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Inoculation,
incubation, inspection, isolation, and identification
Contains only one species of microorganisms - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Pure culture
An important component of media because it provides a solid surface for bacterial growth -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Agar
Magnifies the specimen to produce the real image of the specimen - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Objective lens
How is total magnification determined? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The power of the ocular
lens is multiplied by the power of the objective lens
Two functions of bacterial appendages - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Attachment and motility
, The presence of flagella all over the cell surface - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Peritrichous
Prokaryotic flagella has three parts in the order from cytoplasm to external environment is? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Basal body, hook and filament
Often the site of pathogenic genes - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Plasmids
A unique macromolecule found in bacterial cell walls - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Peptidoglycan
-DNA not encased in a membrane
- has a cell wall made of peptidoglycans or other distinct chemicals
- does not have membrane-bound organelles
- DNA is wrapped around histones - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Prokaryotes
Short, numerous appendages used by some bacterial cells for adhering to surfaces -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Fimbriae
The most immediate result of destruction of a cell's ribosomes would be that? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Protein synthesis would stop
Host cells of viruses include? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Humans, other animals, plants,
fungi, and bacterial
The core of every virus particle always contains? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Either DNA or
RNA but not both
Where does DNA viruses multiply? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Host cell's bucleus
Where does RNA viruses multiply? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Host cell's cytoplasm
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Microorganisms that do not have a nucleus in their cells - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Prokaryotes
Disease causing microorganisms - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Pathogens
Microorganisms composed only of heredity material wrapped in a protein covering -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Viruses
Orderly arrangement of organisms into a hierarchy of taxonomic categories - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Classification
When assigning a scientific name to an organism, both the genus and species names are
______ or ______. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Italicized or underlined
The five I's of studying microorganisms are? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Inoculation,
incubation, inspection, isolation, and identification
Contains only one species of microorganisms - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Pure culture
An important component of media because it provides a solid surface for bacterial growth -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Agar
Magnifies the specimen to produce the real image of the specimen - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Objective lens
How is total magnification determined? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The power of the ocular
lens is multiplied by the power of the objective lens
Two functions of bacterial appendages - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Attachment and motility
, The presence of flagella all over the cell surface - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Peritrichous
Prokaryotic flagella has three parts in the order from cytoplasm to external environment is? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Basal body, hook and filament
Often the site of pathogenic genes - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Plasmids
A unique macromolecule found in bacterial cell walls - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Peptidoglycan
-DNA not encased in a membrane
- has a cell wall made of peptidoglycans or other distinct chemicals
- does not have membrane-bound organelles
- DNA is wrapped around histones - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Prokaryotes
Short, numerous appendages used by some bacterial cells for adhering to surfaces -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Fimbriae
The most immediate result of destruction of a cell's ribosomes would be that? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Protein synthesis would stop
Host cells of viruses include? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Humans, other animals, plants,
fungi, and bacterial
The core of every virus particle always contains? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Either DNA or
RNA but not both
Where does DNA viruses multiply? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Host cell's bucleus
Where does RNA viruses multiply? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Host cell's cytoplasm
