Microbiology

Bacteriology is the study of:

• Toxins

• Disease

• Bacteria

• Personal Hygiene

Bacteria that are harmless and can even be beneficial are called:

• Viruses

• Microbes

• Pathogenic

• Non-pathogenic

Pathogenic bacteria are responsible for all of the following EXCEPT:

• Causing disease

• Producing toxins

• Causing Infection

• Benefiting the environment

A communicable disease refers to a disease that is:

• Passive

• Dormant

• Spread from one person to another

• Not spread from one person to another

Rod-shaped bacterial cells are known as:

• Cocci

• Bacilli

• Spirilla

• staphylococci

What bacteria, when viewed through a microscope, would appear to be spiraled, coiled, corkscrew-shaped bacterial cells?

• Spirilla

• Flagella

• saprophytes

• staphylococci

Pus-forming bacterial cells that form grapelike bunches or clusters and are present in abscesses are called:

• spirilla

• diplococci

• Streptococci

• Staphylococci

Bacterial cells that grow in pairs and are the cause of certain infections, such as pneumonia, are known as:

• spirilla

• Bacilli

• Diplococci

• Staphylococci

During which stage of growth does bacteria reproduce and grow rapidly?

• Active Stage

• Dormant Stage

• Growth stage

• Inactive Stage

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) causes the immune system to:

• Speed up

• Break down

• Work efficiently

• Continue working properly