ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
What is microbiology? - CORRECT ANSWER - The study of living things to small to be
seen without magnification
What are microorganisms (microbes)? - CORRECT ANSWER - Organisms to small to be
seen with the naked eye
What are the major groups of microorganisms? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Bacteria
2. Algae
3. Protozoa
4. Helminths
5. Fungi
6. Viruses
Prokaryotes with peptidoglycan in their cell walls and circular chromosomes are classified as
______. - CORRECT ANSWER - Bacteria
Photosynthetic plant-like organisms are classified as ______. - CORRECT ANSWER -
Algae
Single-celled eukaryotic organisms are classified as ______. - CORRECT ANSWER -
Protozoa
Parasitic inverterbrates(worms) are classified as ______. - CORRECT ANSWER -
Helminthes
, Non-cellular, parasitic, protein-coated genetic elements that can infect all living things including
other microorganisms are classified as ______. - CORRECT ANSWER - Viruses
What appeared first: prokaryotes or eukaryotes? - CORRECT ANSWER - prokaryotes
What are the three domains of living things? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Bacteria
2. Archaea
3. Eukarya
Bacteria and archaea are both classified as what type of cell? - CORRECT ANSWER -
prokaryote
Which types of cells utilize binary fission to replicate? - CORRECT ANSWER - Bacteria
and archaea
What cell do we see prominent shapes such as rod-shaped, spherical and spiral? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Bacteria
What types of cell are the most common type in human infection? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Bacteria
What features distinguish archaea from baceria? - CORRECT ANSWER - -Chemical
composition of cell wall
-Archaea are usually found in extreme environments (extremophiles)
What are key features of eucarya? - CORRECT ANSWER - -Membrane bound nucleus
-Organelles
-Single and/or multicellular