BARBER STATE BOARD SCIENTIFIC CONCEPT EXAM SCRIPT 2026 FULL SOLUTION PRACTICE

BARBER STATE BOARD SCIENTIFIC CONCEPT
EXAM SCRIPT 2026 FULL SOLUTION PRACTICE

◉ What is the study of bacteria called? Answer: bacteriology


◉ What is nonpathogenic bacteria? Answer: Non disease producing
bacteria


◉ What is a pathogenic bacteria? Answer: bacteria that cause
disease


◉ What percent of bacteria lives in our skin? Answer: Approx. 70%


◉ What is a virus? Answer: a tiny, nonliving, particle that enters and
reproduces inside a living cell (host)


◉ HIV and HPV are examples of Answer: Virus


◉ Treatment for viruses Answer: vaccines


◉ What is a parasite? Answer: an organism that lives on or in a host
and causes it harm

, ◉ What is a parasitic fungi? Answer: molds and yeasts that produce
contagious diseases


◉ Types of bacteria Answer: cocci, bacilli, spirilla


◉ What are the two ways that bacteria moves? Answer: Flagella or
cilia


◉ How does flagella move? Answer: Wave like motion


◉ How does cilia move? Answer: Rowing like motion


◉ Description of cocci Answer: Round shaped bacteria cells


◉ Description of bacilli Answer: Bar or rod shaped bacteria cells


◉ Description of spirilla Answer: Spiraled, coiled, corkscrew-shaped
bacterial cells


◉ example of cocci
1. Staphylococci