This document contains multiple choice questions from microbiology chapters 1-2 and 3-4. It tests knowledge of scientific names, characteristics of bacteria, Koch's postulates, biogenesis, beneficial roles of microbes, bioremediation, spontaneous generation, E. coli, radioisotope labeling, acidity measurements, ATP function, organic molecules, acid/base/salt identification, staining techniques, Gram staining results, brightfield microscopy, prokaryotic cell structures, antibiotic mechanisms of action, bacterial appendages and their functions, and eukaryotic cell organelles and their roles.
This document contains multiple choice questions from microbiology chapters 1-2 and 3-4. It tests knowledge of scientific names, characteristics of bacteria, Koch's postulates, biogenesis, beneficial roles of microbes, bioremediation, spontaneous generation, E. coli, radioisotope labeling, acidity measurements, ATP function, organic molecules, acid/base/salt identification, staining techniques, Gram staining results, brightfield microscopy, prokaryotic cell structures, antibiotic mechanisms of action, bacterial appendages and their functions, and eukaryotic cell organelles and their roles.
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This document contains multiple choice questions from microbiology chapters 1-2 and 3-4. It tests knowledge of scientific names, characteristics of bacteria, Koch's postulates, biogenesis, beneficial roles of microbes, bioremediation, spontaneous generation, E. coli, radioisotope labeling, acidity measurements, ATP function, organic molecules, acid/base/salt identification, staining techniques, Gram staining results, brightfield microscopy, prokaryotic cell structures, antibiotic mechanisms of action, bacterial appendages and their functions, and eukaryotic cell organelles and their roles.
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1. Which of the following is a scientific name = Mycobacterium tuberculos
is 2. Which of the following is not a characteristic of bacteria = have the sa me shape 3. Which of the following is the most important element of Koch’s germ theo ry of disease? The animal shows disease symptoms when = microorganism is inocula ted into the animal 4. Recombinant DNA is = the DNA resulting when genes of two different organ isms are mixed 5. Which of the following statements is the best definition of biogenesis? = Living cells can only arise from preexisting cells 6. Which of the following is a beneficial activity of microorganisms? = all of the above 7. It has been said that bacteria are essential for the existence of life o n Earth. Which of the following would be the essential function performed by bac teria? = decomposed organic material and recycle elements 8. Which of the following is an example of bioremediation: = application of oil=degrading bacteria to an oil spill 9. Spallanzan’s conclusion about spontaneous generation was challenged beca use Lavoisier had just shown that oxygen was the vital component of air. Which o f the following statements is true? = some microbes do not require air. 10. Which of the following statements about E. coli is not true? E. coli was the first disease-causing bacterium identified by Koch 11. Assume E. coli are grown in a mutruent medium containing the radioisotop e 16N. After a 48 hour incubation period, the 16N would most likely be found in the E. coli’s = protein 12. If Pseudomonas bacteria are supplied with radioactively labeled cytosine , after a 24-hour incubation period this cytosine would most likely be found in the cell’s = DNA 13. If E. coli were grown in a medium containing the radioactive isotope 12P , the 32P would be found in all of the following molecules of the cell except = carbohydrates 14. A carbonated drink, ph3, is 10,000 time more acid than distilled water = 10,000 15. The best definition of ATP is that it is = a molecule that supplies ener gy to do work 16. Which of the following is an organic molecule = C₁₈H₂₉SO₃ (Styrofoam) 17. Classify wach of the molecules on the left as an acid, base or salt. Th e dissociation products of the molecules are shown to help you. HNO₃ → H+ +NO₃ = Acid H₂SO₄ → 2H+ + SO½ˉ = Acid NaOH → Na+ + OHˉ = Base MgSO₄ → Mg₂+ + SO½ = Salt
Chapter 3 and 4 Multiple Choice Quiz
1. Assume you stain Bacillus by applying malachite green with heat and then counter-stain with safranin. Through the microscope, the green structures are = impossible to identify 2. What is this question – answer is C 3. Carbolfuchsin can be used as a simple stain and a negative stain. As a s imple stain, the pH is = higher than the negative stain 4. Looking at the cell of a photosynthetic microorganism, you observe that the chloroplasts are green in brightfield microscopy and red in fluorescence mic roscopy. You conclude that = Chlorophyll is fluorescent 5. Which of the following is not a functionally analogous pair of stains = nigrosin and malachite green 6. Which of the following pairs is mismatched = none of the above 7. Assume you stain Clostridium by applying a basic stain, carbolfuchsin, w ith hear, decolorizing with acid-alcohol, and counterstaining with an acidic sta in, nigrosin. Through the microscope, the endospores are 1---red, and the cells are stained 2---colorless 8. Assume that your are viewing a Gram-stained field of red cocci and blue bacilli through the microscope. You can safely conclude that you have = two diff erent species 9. In 1996, scientist described a new tapeworm parasite that had kicked at least one person. The initial examination of the patient’s abdominal mass was mo st likely made using = brightfield microscopy 10. Which of the following is not a modification of a compound light microsc ope = electron microscopy 11. Which of the following is not a distinguishing characteristic of prokary otic cells – they lack a plasma membrane 12. Which statement best describes what happens when a gram-positive bacteri um is placed in distilled water and penicillin - the cell will undergo osmotic lysis 13. Which statement best describes what happens when a gram-negative bacteri um is placed in distilled water and penicillin - water will move into the cell 14. Which statement best describes what happens when a gram-positive bacter ium is placed in an aqueous solution of lysozyme and 10% sucrose - no change wi ll result the solution is isotonic 15. Which of the following statements best describes what happens to a cell exposed to polymyxins that destroy phospholipids – intracellular contents will l eak from the cell 16. Which of the following is not true about fimbriae – they may be used for motility 17. Which of the following pairs are mismatched – pili ---- reproduction 18. Which of the following pairs is mismatched – ribosomes-----protein stora ge 19. You have isolated a motile, gram-positive cell with no visible nucleus. You can assume this cell has - ribosomes 20. The antibiotic amphothericin B disrupts plasma membranes by combining wi th sterols; it will affect all of the following cells except – bacterial cells
Match the structures to their functions
__D___ Cell wall a. attachment to surfaces __F___ endospores b. cell wall formation __A___ fimbriae c. motility ___C__ flagella d. protection from osmotic lysis _A_E__glycocalyx e. protection from phagocytes __I___ pili f. resting _B_H__ plasma membrane g. protein synthesis __G___ ribosomes h. selective permeability i. transfer of genetic material
Match the following characteristics of eukaryotic cells with their function
__C___ pericentriolar material a. digestive enzyme storage __D___ chloroplasts b. oxidation of fatty acids __G___ Golgi complex c. microtubule formation __A___ lysosomes d. photosynthesis __F___ mitochondria e. protein synthesis __B___ peroxiisomes f. respiration __E___ rough ER g. secretion