BARBER STATE BOARD (SCIENTIFIC
CONCEPT) EXAM 2025/2026 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
What is bacteria? - ANS Bacteria are one-celled micro-organisms
What is the study of bacteria called? - ANS bacteriology
What is nonpathogenic bacteria? - ANS Non disease producing bacteria
What is a pathogenic bacteria? - ANS bacteria that cause disease
What percent of bacteria lives in our skin? - ANS Approx. 70%
What is a virus? - ANS a tiny, nonliving, particle that enters and reproduces inside a living cell
(host)
HIV and HPV are examples of - ANS Virus
Treatment for viruses - ANS vaccines
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, What is a parasite? - ANS an organism that lives on or in a host and causes it harm
What is a parasitic fungi? - ANS molds and yeasts that produce contagious diseases
Types of bacteria - ANS cocci, bacilli, spirilla
What are the two ways that bacteria moves? - ANS Flagella or cilia
How does flagella move? - ANS Wave like motion
How does cilia move? - ANS Rowing like motion
Description of cocci - ANS Round shaped bacteria cells
Description of bacilli - ANS Bar or rod shaped bacteria cells
Description of spirilla - ANS Spiraled, coiled, corkscrew-shaped bacterial cells
example of cocci
1. Staphylococci
2. Streptococci
3. Diplococci - ANS 1. Staphylococci- Present in boils, abscesses, and pustules (grape like
bunches or clusters)
2. Streptococci- Causes strep throat, rheumatic fever and other serious infections (long chains)
3. Diplococci- Can cause pneumonia (grows in pairs)
Example of bacilli - ANS E. coli
(produce a variety of diseases including tetanus, bacterial influenza, tuberculosis)
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CONCEPT) EXAM 2025/2026 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
What is bacteria? - ANS Bacteria are one-celled micro-organisms
What is the study of bacteria called? - ANS bacteriology
What is nonpathogenic bacteria? - ANS Non disease producing bacteria
What is a pathogenic bacteria? - ANS bacteria that cause disease
What percent of bacteria lives in our skin? - ANS Approx. 70%
What is a virus? - ANS a tiny, nonliving, particle that enters and reproduces inside a living cell
(host)
HIV and HPV are examples of - ANS Virus
Treatment for viruses - ANS vaccines
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, What is a parasite? - ANS an organism that lives on or in a host and causes it harm
What is a parasitic fungi? - ANS molds and yeasts that produce contagious diseases
Types of bacteria - ANS cocci, bacilli, spirilla
What are the two ways that bacteria moves? - ANS Flagella or cilia
How does flagella move? - ANS Wave like motion
How does cilia move? - ANS Rowing like motion
Description of cocci - ANS Round shaped bacteria cells
Description of bacilli - ANS Bar or rod shaped bacteria cells
Description of spirilla - ANS Spiraled, coiled, corkscrew-shaped bacterial cells
example of cocci
1. Staphylococci
2. Streptococci
3. Diplococci - ANS 1. Staphylococci- Present in boils, abscesses, and pustules (grape like
bunches or clusters)
2. Streptococci- Causes strep throat, rheumatic fever and other serious infections (long chains)
3. Diplococci- Can cause pneumonia (grows in pairs)
Example of bacilli - ANS E. coli
(produce a variety of diseases including tetanus, bacterial influenza, tuberculosis)
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