MICROBIOLOGY LECTURE FINAL EXAMS
REVIEW QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS 2025/2026
Which of the following microorganisms are not eukaryotic? - CORRECT ANSWER -Bacteria
Which microorganisms are used to make microbiological growth media? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Algae
In which habitat would you most likely find archaea? - CORRECT ANSWER -Acidic hot springs,
Swamp mud, Great Salt Lake
which Of the following scientists, who first promulgated the theory of abiogenesis? - CORRECT
ANSWER -Aristotle
Which of the following scientists hypothesized that a bacterial colony arises from a single
bacterial cell? - CORRECT ANSWER -Robert Koch
Which scientists first hypothesized those medical personnel can infect patients with pathogens?
- CORRECT ANSWER -Ignaz Semmelweis
Leeuwenhoek described microorganisms as - CORRECT ANSWER -Animalcule
Which of the following favored the theory of spontaneous generations? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Needham
A scientist who studies the role of microorganisms in the environment is - CORRECT ANSWER -
An environmental microbiologist
,The laboratory of Robert Koch contributed which of the following to the field of microbiology? -
CORRECT ANSWER -Simple staining technique, Use of Petri dishes, First photomicrograph of
bacteria
Developed smallpox immunization by - CORRECT ANSWER -Edward Jenner
First photomicrograph of bacteria by - CORRECT ANSWER -Robert Koch
Germ theory of disease by - CORRECT ANSWER -Louis Pasteur
Germ cause disease by - CORRECT ANSWER -Louis Pasteur, Robert Koch, Girolamo Fracastoro
Sought a "magic bullet" to destroy pathogens by - CORRECT ANSWER -Paul Ehrlich
Early epidemiologist by - CORRECT ANSWER -John Snow
Father of microbiology - CORRECT ANSWER -Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
Classification system by - CORRECT ANSWER -John Needham
Discoverer of bacteria by - CORRECT ANSWER -Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
Founder of antiseptic surgery by - CORRECT ANSWER -Joseph Lister
developed the most widely used bacterial staining technique by - CORRECT ANSWER -Hans
Christian Gram
, A cell may allow a large or charged chemical to move across the cytoplasmic membrane, down
the chemical's electrical and chemical gradients, in a process called - CORRECT ANSWER -
Facilitated diffusion
Which of the following statements concerning growth and reproduction is false? - CORRECT
ANSWER -A living organism must reproduce to be considered alive
A "9+2" arrangement of microtubules is seen in - CORRECT ANSWER -Eukaryotic flagella
Which of the following is most associated with diffusion? - CORRECT ANSWER -Carrier proteins
Which of the following is associated with prokaryotic organisms? - CORRECT ANSWER -Cilia
Which of the following is true of Svedbergs? - CORRECT ANSWER -They are an expression of
sedimentation rate during high-speed centrifugation.
Which of the following statements is true? - CORRECT ANSWER -The cell walls of bacteria are
composed of peptidoglycan.
Which of the following is not a function of a glycocalyx? - CORRECT ANSWER -It forms
pseudopodia for faster mobility of an organism.
Bacterial flagella - CORRECT ANSWER -are anchored to the cell by a basal body.
Which cellular structure is important in classifying a bacterial species as Gram-negative? -
CORRECT ANSWER -Cell wall
REVIEW QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS 2025/2026
Which of the following microorganisms are not eukaryotic? - CORRECT ANSWER -Bacteria
Which microorganisms are used to make microbiological growth media? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Algae
In which habitat would you most likely find archaea? - CORRECT ANSWER -Acidic hot springs,
Swamp mud, Great Salt Lake
which Of the following scientists, who first promulgated the theory of abiogenesis? - CORRECT
ANSWER -Aristotle
Which of the following scientists hypothesized that a bacterial colony arises from a single
bacterial cell? - CORRECT ANSWER -Robert Koch
Which scientists first hypothesized those medical personnel can infect patients with pathogens?
- CORRECT ANSWER -Ignaz Semmelweis
Leeuwenhoek described microorganisms as - CORRECT ANSWER -Animalcule
Which of the following favored the theory of spontaneous generations? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Needham
A scientist who studies the role of microorganisms in the environment is - CORRECT ANSWER -
An environmental microbiologist
,The laboratory of Robert Koch contributed which of the following to the field of microbiology? -
CORRECT ANSWER -Simple staining technique, Use of Petri dishes, First photomicrograph of
bacteria
Developed smallpox immunization by - CORRECT ANSWER -Edward Jenner
First photomicrograph of bacteria by - CORRECT ANSWER -Robert Koch
Germ theory of disease by - CORRECT ANSWER -Louis Pasteur
Germ cause disease by - CORRECT ANSWER -Louis Pasteur, Robert Koch, Girolamo Fracastoro
Sought a "magic bullet" to destroy pathogens by - CORRECT ANSWER -Paul Ehrlich
Early epidemiologist by - CORRECT ANSWER -John Snow
Father of microbiology - CORRECT ANSWER -Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
Classification system by - CORRECT ANSWER -John Needham
Discoverer of bacteria by - CORRECT ANSWER -Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
Founder of antiseptic surgery by - CORRECT ANSWER -Joseph Lister
developed the most widely used bacterial staining technique by - CORRECT ANSWER -Hans
Christian Gram
, A cell may allow a large or charged chemical to move across the cytoplasmic membrane, down
the chemical's electrical and chemical gradients, in a process called - CORRECT ANSWER -
Facilitated diffusion
Which of the following statements concerning growth and reproduction is false? - CORRECT
ANSWER -A living organism must reproduce to be considered alive
A "9+2" arrangement of microtubules is seen in - CORRECT ANSWER -Eukaryotic flagella
Which of the following is most associated with diffusion? - CORRECT ANSWER -Carrier proteins
Which of the following is associated with prokaryotic organisms? - CORRECT ANSWER -Cilia
Which of the following is true of Svedbergs? - CORRECT ANSWER -They are an expression of
sedimentation rate during high-speed centrifugation.
Which of the following statements is true? - CORRECT ANSWER -The cell walls of bacteria are
composed of peptidoglycan.
Which of the following is not a function of a glycocalyx? - CORRECT ANSWER -It forms
pseudopodia for faster mobility of an organism.
Bacterial flagella - CORRECT ANSWER -are anchored to the cell by a basal body.
Which cellular structure is important in classifying a bacterial species as Gram-negative? -
CORRECT ANSWER -Cell wall
