BIOS 242 CHAMBERLAIN MIDTERM EXAM | FROM
QUESTION TO PERFECTION| STUDY WITH
CONFIDENCE!
Which of the following is true?
A. Metabolism only involves breaking down larger molecules. - Answer: Amphibolic rxns
can proceed toward anabolism or catabolism.
Which of the following is associated with the greatest risks to human health? - Answer:
Ethylene oxide.
The presence of mycolic acid in the cell wall characterizes? - Answer: Myobacteria.
Which of the following is a fungis? - Answer: Saccharomyces.
Which microbe is correctly paired with its BSL level? - Answer: MRSA; BSL 2.
Which are the stages of bacterial growth in order? - Answer: A. Lag, log, stationary, death.
Which of the following are halogens? - Answer: tincture of bromine, iodophor, betadine, all
of these.
Activation energy _____________. - Answer: is lowered by the actions of enzymes.
Insects that carry pathogenic microbes, but do not serve as hosts are considered
______________. - Answer: Mechanical vectors.
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, Which of the following is true of virions?
A. They may include an envelope.
B. They always include nucleic acid.
C. They always include a protein capsid.
D. All the above. - Answer: They may include an envelope.
They always include nucleic acid.
They always include a protein capsid.
All of these are correct.
Which of the following drugs targets construction of the peptidoglycan cell wall? - Answer:
Beta-lactams.
In which habitat would you most likely find archaea?
A. Acidic hot springs.
B. Great salt lake.
C. Deep sea waters.
D. All the above. - Answer: acidic hot springs.
Great salt lake.
Deep sea waters.
All of these are correct.
Single rods are? - Answer: Bacilli.
Which of the following is true of viroids? - Answer: They contain only nucleic acid.
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QUESTION TO PERFECTION| STUDY WITH
CONFIDENCE!
Which of the following is true?
A. Metabolism only involves breaking down larger molecules. - Answer: Amphibolic rxns
can proceed toward anabolism or catabolism.
Which of the following is associated with the greatest risks to human health? - Answer:
Ethylene oxide.
The presence of mycolic acid in the cell wall characterizes? - Answer: Myobacteria.
Which of the following is a fungis? - Answer: Saccharomyces.
Which microbe is correctly paired with its BSL level? - Answer: MRSA; BSL 2.
Which are the stages of bacterial growth in order? - Answer: A. Lag, log, stationary, death.
Which of the following are halogens? - Answer: tincture of bromine, iodophor, betadine, all
of these.
Activation energy _____________. - Answer: is lowered by the actions of enzymes.
Insects that carry pathogenic microbes, but do not serve as hosts are considered
______________. - Answer: Mechanical vectors.
APPHIA – Crafted with Care and Precision for Academic Excellence.
1
, Which of the following is true of virions?
A. They may include an envelope.
B. They always include nucleic acid.
C. They always include a protein capsid.
D. All the above. - Answer: They may include an envelope.
They always include nucleic acid.
They always include a protein capsid.
All of these are correct.
Which of the following drugs targets construction of the peptidoglycan cell wall? - Answer:
Beta-lactams.
In which habitat would you most likely find archaea?
A. Acidic hot springs.
B. Great salt lake.
C. Deep sea waters.
D. All the above. - Answer: acidic hot springs.
Great salt lake.
Deep sea waters.
All of these are correct.
Single rods are? - Answer: Bacilli.
Which of the following is true of viroids? - Answer: They contain only nucleic acid.
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