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