Micro 290 Lab Final Examination and
All Correct Answers.
heat and radiation - Answer (2) Examples for a physical method of killing germs
alcohol and bleach - Answer (2) Examples for a chemical method of killing germs
antibiotics - Answer (2) Examples for a biological method of killing germs
DNA - Answer Which structure of microbes are mostly damaged by UV light ?
thymine dimers - Answer What type of lesion UV makes in the DNA of bacteria and what does
it lead to ?
UV-C - Answer What is the most lethal form of UV light
100-280 nm - Answer what is the lethal form of UV light's wavelength?
254 nm - Answer What is the wavelength of UV light emitted by germicidal lamp ?
UV-C - Answer What is the best sterilization of air?
UV-C - Answer What is the best sterilization of surfaces?
UV-C - Answer What is the best sterilization of water?
UV-C - Answer What is the best sterilization of operating rooms?
air, operating rooms, surfaces, water - Answer (4) Examples of type of material that germicidal
lamps are used for?
(alphabetical order)
, antibiotics - Answer A type of antimicrobial agent is made by a microorganism and kills or
inhibit other microorganisms
efficacy - Answer How effectively the antibiotics is killing or inhibiting the microbe of our
interest.
Kirby-Bauer test - Answer What tests sensitivity of bacteria to antibiotics?
E - Answer Which antibiotic is best to treat the bacteria?
B - Answer If patient is allergic to antibiotic E, which antibiotic is best to treat bacteria?
Mueller-Hinton agar - Answer What type of agar is commonly used for Kirby-Bauer test?
epidemiology - Answer The study of the causes, distribution, and control of disease in a
population
outbreak - Answer Sudden and unexpected start of an infectious disease in a specific
geographical area.
Example: food poisoning in a restaurant
endemic - Answer when a disease is regularly and unexpectedly found among particular
people or in a certain geographical area.
Example: Malaria in sub-saharan Africa because of the abundance of mosquitos that cause the
disease
epidemic - Answer A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a
particular time beyond what is expected
Example: flu in CA
pandemic - Answer multiple epidemics of the same disease throughout the world at the same
time.
Example: Covid-19
All Correct Answers.
heat and radiation - Answer (2) Examples for a physical method of killing germs
alcohol and bleach - Answer (2) Examples for a chemical method of killing germs
antibiotics - Answer (2) Examples for a biological method of killing germs
DNA - Answer Which structure of microbes are mostly damaged by UV light ?
thymine dimers - Answer What type of lesion UV makes in the DNA of bacteria and what does
it lead to ?
UV-C - Answer What is the most lethal form of UV light
100-280 nm - Answer what is the lethal form of UV light's wavelength?
254 nm - Answer What is the wavelength of UV light emitted by germicidal lamp ?
UV-C - Answer What is the best sterilization of air?
UV-C - Answer What is the best sterilization of surfaces?
UV-C - Answer What is the best sterilization of water?
UV-C - Answer What is the best sterilization of operating rooms?
air, operating rooms, surfaces, water - Answer (4) Examples of type of material that germicidal
lamps are used for?
(alphabetical order)
, antibiotics - Answer A type of antimicrobial agent is made by a microorganism and kills or
inhibit other microorganisms
efficacy - Answer How effectively the antibiotics is killing or inhibiting the microbe of our
interest.
Kirby-Bauer test - Answer What tests sensitivity of bacteria to antibiotics?
E - Answer Which antibiotic is best to treat the bacteria?
B - Answer If patient is allergic to antibiotic E, which antibiotic is best to treat bacteria?
Mueller-Hinton agar - Answer What type of agar is commonly used for Kirby-Bauer test?
epidemiology - Answer The study of the causes, distribution, and control of disease in a
population
outbreak - Answer Sudden and unexpected start of an infectious disease in a specific
geographical area.
Example: food poisoning in a restaurant
endemic - Answer when a disease is regularly and unexpectedly found among particular
people or in a certain geographical area.
Example: Malaria in sub-saharan Africa because of the abundance of mosquitos that cause the
disease
epidemic - Answer A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a
particular time beyond what is expected
Example: flu in CA
pandemic - Answer multiple epidemics of the same disease throughout the world at the same
time.
Example: Covid-19
