UTA 2460 CERT.IFICATION EVALUATION
2026 PRACTICE SOLUTION TESTED.
⫸ Each of the following is a target of antimicrobial agents except....
Answer- cytoplasm
⫸ Who discovered transposons.... Answer- Barbara McClintock
⫸ A drug exhibiting which therapeutic index value would be the safest,
most effective to use on a patient.... Answer- 20
⫸ Which of the following microorganisms would find hypotonic
conditions most detrimental.... Answer- protozoa
⫸ The shortest time required to kill all the microbes in a sample at a
specified temperature is called the.... Answer- thermal death time (TDT)
⫸ All __ consist of a thiazolidine ring, a beta-lactam ring, and an R
group.... Answer- penicillins
⫸ The development of virulent, toxin-producing bacterial strains due to
the presence of a temperate phage can occur through the process of....
Answer- specialized transduction
, ⫸ Cultures of a bacterial species were incubated in a refrigerator (5C),
on a lab bench top (22C), in a 37C incubator and in a 50C incubator.
After incubation, there was no growth at 37C and 50C, slight growth in
the refrigerator and abundant growth on the lab bench top. What term
could be used for this species.... Answer- psychotroph
⫸ A chemical that inhibits beta-lactamase enzymes is.... Answer-
clavulanic acid
⫸ Heavy metals work by.... Answer- inactivating proteins
⫸ Which of the following is not a mode of action of antiviral drugs....
Answer- bond to ergosterol in the cell membrane
⫸ The alcohol wipe used on a patient's skin before an injection is an
example of.... Answer- antisepsis
⫸ Which is incorrect about inducible operons.... Answer- have genes
turned off by a buildup of end product
⫸ Which of the following does not affect microbial nucleic acids....
Answer- moist heat
2026 PRACTICE SOLUTION TESTED.
⫸ Each of the following is a target of antimicrobial agents except....
Answer- cytoplasm
⫸ Who discovered transposons.... Answer- Barbara McClintock
⫸ A drug exhibiting which therapeutic index value would be the safest,
most effective to use on a patient.... Answer- 20
⫸ Which of the following microorganisms would find hypotonic
conditions most detrimental.... Answer- protozoa
⫸ The shortest time required to kill all the microbes in a sample at a
specified temperature is called the.... Answer- thermal death time (TDT)
⫸ All __ consist of a thiazolidine ring, a beta-lactam ring, and an R
group.... Answer- penicillins
⫸ The development of virulent, toxin-producing bacterial strains due to
the presence of a temperate phage can occur through the process of....
Answer- specialized transduction
, ⫸ Cultures of a bacterial species were incubated in a refrigerator (5C),
on a lab bench top (22C), in a 37C incubator and in a 50C incubator.
After incubation, there was no growth at 37C and 50C, slight growth in
the refrigerator and abundant growth on the lab bench top. What term
could be used for this species.... Answer- psychotroph
⫸ A chemical that inhibits beta-lactamase enzymes is.... Answer-
clavulanic acid
⫸ Heavy metals work by.... Answer- inactivating proteins
⫸ Which of the following is not a mode of action of antiviral drugs....
Answer- bond to ergosterol in the cell membrane
⫸ The alcohol wipe used on a patient's skin before an injection is an
example of.... Answer- antisepsis
⫸ Which is incorrect about inducible operons.... Answer- have genes
turned off by a buildup of end product
⫸ Which of the following does not affect microbial nucleic acids....
Answer- moist heat
