MICROBIOLOGY FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS /
NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 140+
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS
What is found in ALL prokaryotic organisms? - AnswerRibosomes
What is the best description of the log phase of a bacterial growth curve? -
AnswerPopulations double under optimum conditions
Through feedback inhibition a noncompetitive inhibitor of enzyme activity would... -
AnswerBind to the allosteric site of the enzyme and stop the reaction
Yeast infections such as thrush are caused by what? - AnswerCandida albicans
The outer protein coat of a simple virus particle is called? - AnswerCapsid
In the disease cycle of animal viruses(Lysogenic), uncoating takes place between which
two stages? - AnswerPenetration and biosynthesis
What would be used to sterilize disposable prepackaged gloves? - AnswerGamma
Which type of hepatitis might you acquire by eating raw tomatoes or green onions at a
restaurant? - AnswerHepatitis A
The bacteria that causes meningitis usually attach and multiply in this area of the body -
AnswerUpper respiratory system
Helper T cells... - AnswerFunction in both humoral and cell-mediated immune function
activation
The function of chemical substances such as histamine and leukotrienes would be -
AnswerTo stimulate inflammation
A cell is said to be _______________ when its cell wall is permeable to foreign DNA -
AnswerCompetent
An enzyme that assembles free nucleotides to make a molecule of RNA is -
AnswerRNA polymerase
, What do Rickettsias and Chlamydias have in common with viruses? - AnswerThey
are both obligated to live inside of a host cell
Who discovered penicillin? - AnswerAlexander Flemming
What is the difference between fimbriae and pili? - AnswerPili is involved in bacterial
sex(conjugation), whereas fimbriae is just for attachment
New strains of the flu are made through _______________ _______________. -
AnswerAntigenic shifts
Prokaryotic ribosome subunits = - Answer50 + 30 = 70
Eukaryotic ribosome subunits = - Answer60 + 40 = 80
Fermenters - AnswerHomolactic, Alcohol, Ethanol
The prefix for fungi is - AnswerMyco-
could be used in the word Mycology (the study of fungi) or Mycoses (a fungi-related
disease)
Endotoxin - AnswerGram negative
Exotoxin - AnswerGram positive
Lytic - AnswerThe virus hijacks the cell and then destroys it
Lysogenic - AnswerThe virus integrates itself into the DNA and stays there indefinitely
What is the least effective antibiotic? - AnswerPenicillin
What does betalactimase do? - AnswerCreates resistance to penicillin
Chlamydia has _____________ bodies - Answerelementary
Treatment for tetanus? - AnswerIf you have been vaccinated (DTaP) before
exposure:
If you have not been vaccinated: Tetanus immune globulin
What is the leading cause of blindness? - AnswerTrachoma
What causes trachoma? - AnswerChlamydia
NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 140+
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS
What is found in ALL prokaryotic organisms? - AnswerRibosomes
What is the best description of the log phase of a bacterial growth curve? -
AnswerPopulations double under optimum conditions
Through feedback inhibition a noncompetitive inhibitor of enzyme activity would... -
AnswerBind to the allosteric site of the enzyme and stop the reaction
Yeast infections such as thrush are caused by what? - AnswerCandida albicans
The outer protein coat of a simple virus particle is called? - AnswerCapsid
In the disease cycle of animal viruses(Lysogenic), uncoating takes place between which
two stages? - AnswerPenetration and biosynthesis
What would be used to sterilize disposable prepackaged gloves? - AnswerGamma
Which type of hepatitis might you acquire by eating raw tomatoes or green onions at a
restaurant? - AnswerHepatitis A
The bacteria that causes meningitis usually attach and multiply in this area of the body -
AnswerUpper respiratory system
Helper T cells... - AnswerFunction in both humoral and cell-mediated immune function
activation
The function of chemical substances such as histamine and leukotrienes would be -
AnswerTo stimulate inflammation
A cell is said to be _______________ when its cell wall is permeable to foreign DNA -
AnswerCompetent
An enzyme that assembles free nucleotides to make a molecule of RNA is -
AnswerRNA polymerase
, What do Rickettsias and Chlamydias have in common with viruses? - AnswerThey
are both obligated to live inside of a host cell
Who discovered penicillin? - AnswerAlexander Flemming
What is the difference between fimbriae and pili? - AnswerPili is involved in bacterial
sex(conjugation), whereas fimbriae is just for attachment
New strains of the flu are made through _______________ _______________. -
AnswerAntigenic shifts
Prokaryotic ribosome subunits = - Answer50 + 30 = 70
Eukaryotic ribosome subunits = - Answer60 + 40 = 80
Fermenters - AnswerHomolactic, Alcohol, Ethanol
The prefix for fungi is - AnswerMyco-
could be used in the word Mycology (the study of fungi) or Mycoses (a fungi-related
disease)
Endotoxin - AnswerGram negative
Exotoxin - AnswerGram positive
Lytic - AnswerThe virus hijacks the cell and then destroys it
Lysogenic - AnswerThe virus integrates itself into the DNA and stays there indefinitely
What is the least effective antibiotic? - AnswerPenicillin
What does betalactimase do? - AnswerCreates resistance to penicillin
Chlamydia has _____________ bodies - Answerelementary
Treatment for tetanus? - AnswerIf you have been vaccinated (DTaP) before
exposure:
If you have not been vaccinated: Tetanus immune globulin
What is the leading cause of blindness? - AnswerTrachoma
What causes trachoma? - AnswerChlamydia
