SERIES MICROBIOLOGY LAB 1-4 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS | GRADED AND THE LATEST SERIES

2025-2026 SERIES
MICROBIOLOGY LAB 1-4 COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS | GRADED AND THE
LATEST SERIES
Student lab attire


Ans: -closed shoes (toe and heel)
-Protective coating (lab coats)
-Hair secured back
-gloves worn when there are open wounds on hands


Question: Student conduct


Ans: -wash hands thoroughly
-use lab disinfectant before and after labs on the tables
-Push chairs under the bench when not in use
-Immediately notify instructor any accidents, injuries, spills, & misconduct.


Question: How to deal with dropped or broken cultures?


Ans: -immediately notify the instructor
-Cover the contaminated area with paper towels and saturate with disinfectant
-Allow disinfectant to remain for 10 minutes before proceeding with clean up


Question: Cultures must:

, 2025-2026 SERIES
Ans: -NEVER be removed from the lab
-be properly labeled with student's initials, instructor's name, date, and organism ID
-Decontaminated prior to disposal


Question: How to dispose Petri plates?


Ans: place in Red Biohazard Bin


Question: How to dispose glass test tubes?


Ans: Writing must be removed with alcohol and store upright in wire baskets in
metal tubs. Do NOT remove caps or empty contents


Question: How to dispose pipettes?


Ans: Place in the metal pitcher, pipette tip downward


Question: How to dispose wet mounts slides (live microbes)?


Ans: Remove coverslip, place in proper disposal container, and deposit slide in
10% bleach solution


Question: What statement is true for all conversions?


Ans: If the unit increases in size, the numerical value for that unit must decrease
and vice versa


Question: Standard unit of measurements for length, volume, mass, and

temperature are: