BS PSY 3-1T: Microbiology and

Parasitology - Quiz 2
Read and analyze each question. Select the BEST answer to each multiple-choice
question.

1. SURNAME, First Name and Middle Initial *

GLORIA, AIRA MARIE M.

2. What is the indication of microbial growth? * (1 Point)

Increase in cell weight

Increase in cell height

Increase in cell mass

Increase in cell number

3. It refers to the temperature range for the microbial growth. * (1 Point)

Minimum temperature

Cardinal temperature

Optimum temperature

Maximum temperature

4. Picrophilus oshimae is a species of Archaebacteria that can grow well at

pH 0.7 and 60°C. At what pH and temperature class does this specific
Archaebacterium belongs? * (1 Point)

Acidophiles; Hyperthermophiles

Acidophiles; Thermophiles

Alkaliphiles: Hyperthermophiles

Alkaliphiles: Thermophiles

5. Which food products do Xerophiles thrive on and could eventually cause

food spoilage? * (1 Point)

Candy

Cereals

Dried fruit

All of the above

6. Microorganisms could be categorized based on oxygen requirement.
What do we call the type of microorganisms that thrive well in both
aerobic and anaerobic nature, but prefer more anaerobic conditions and
at the same time, use fermentation as the mode of metabolism? *
(1 Point)

Facultative aerobes

Facultative anaerobes

Microaerophilic

Aerotolerant

7. It is the most common form of cell division. * (1 Point)

Multiple fission

Budding with hyphae

Binary fission

Budding with stalk

8. When a cell undergo septum formation during cell division, it results to
two identical daughter cells. At the same time, it resulted to _________. *
(1 Point)

1 generation

2 generations

3 generations

4 generations

9. In the microbial growth cycle, this phase is the most ideal for
experimental sample collection because almost all cells are metabolically
identical.
* (1 Point)

Stationary phase

Lag phase

Death phase

Exponential phase
10. It forms when a population of cells are enmeshed in a complex sugar
matrix and exhibits a sessile growth. * (1 Point)

Biofilm

Slime matrix

Extracellular polysaccharide

Glycocalyx

11. What are the criteria for being a viable cell? * (1 Point)

It must be alive

It is actively growing

It can multiply or undergo cell division

All of the above

12. Direct cell mass measurement: Dry weight; Indirect cell mass
measurement: ____________________ * (1 Point)

Viable cell count

Microscopic cell count

Turbidity

Wet weight
13. What is the unit used in reporting the plate counts after serial dilution? *
(1 Point)

Cells/mL

mL

Colonies/plate

Colony-forming units

14. In the principle of turbidity to measure the cell mass, more cells are
present when there is _______________ * (1 Point)

Less turbid cell suspension; More scattered light

Less turbid cell suspension; Less scattered light

More turbid cell suspension; Less scattered light

More turbid cell suspension; More scattered light

15. It is the destruction of all viable microorganisms in a material. * (1 Point)

Sanitization

Sterilization

Cleaning

Disinfection
16. These are the agents used when treating and controlling microbes in
living tissues. * (1 Point)

Sanitizing agents

Antiseptics

Sterilant

Disinfectants

17. These are nonliving matter that may come into contact with individuals as
well as can be a source of microbes. * (1 Point)

Fomites

Tiles

Floor

Surfaces

18. It is the principle of autoclaving that needs to be achieved as a key to

successful sterilization? * (1 Point)

Steam under pressure

High temperature

Steam

Moist heating
19. It is a physical method of microbial control which deeply penetrates
objects. * (1 Point)

Ionizing radiation

Irradiation

Non-ionizing radiation

Ultraviolet radiation

20. A natural or synthetic chemical that kills the growth of microbes. *

(1 Point)

Bacteriolytic agent

Antimicrobial agent

Bacteriostatic agent

Bactericidal agent

21. It is a chemical sterilant employed for appropriate specimen preservation.

* (1 Point)

Ethylene

Formaldehyde

Glutaraldehyde

Ethylene oxide
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