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Microbiology 101 quiz

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Viruses can be cultured using the same methods of bacteria and fungi

a)

True

b)

False

2.

What types of cells can Viruses infect

a)

Only bacterial cells

b)

Only animal cells

c)

Only prokaryotic ones

d)

all of them

3.

How do viruses reproduce

a)

They take over the living cells machinery

b)

They slide in the cell on their own

c)

They can reproduce themselves

d)

They put themselves in our bloodstream first

4.

protein shells are also known as

a)

Capsid

b)

Nuclei

c)

Cell Envelope

d)

Chemical Machinery

5.

Describe cell shape

a)

spheres/cocci

b)

rod

c)

filamentous

d)

vibrio

6.

Describe cell arrangement

a)

tetrads

b)

streptococci

c)

sarcinae

d)

staphylococci

7.
Which of these would you not expect to find in a bacterial cell?
a)
cell wall
b)
cell membrane
c)
nucleus
d)
cytoplasm
8.

Bacterial cells are...

a)

Prokaryotes

b)

Eukaryotes

9.
Letter A is pointing to the:
a)
Pili
b)
Flagellum
c)
Cell Wall
d)
Plasmid
10.
Which is correct for these bacterial cells?
a)
Gram positive staphylobaccillus
b)
Gram negative staphylobacillus
c)
Gram negative streptobacillus
d)
Gram positive streptobacillus
11.
Which part of a bacteria cell wall "holds" the stain? 
a)
plasma membrane
b)
fimbriae
c)
peptidoglycan
d)
pilus
12.
Which is applied last in gram staining?
a)
alcohol
b)
crystal violet
c)
safranin
d)
grams iodine
13.
Viruses are cells. 
a)
True 
b)
False
14.
A(n) _____ is a virus that enters a bacterial cell.
a)
endospore
b)
decomposer
c)
plasmid
d)
bacteriophage
15.
Antibiotics kill viruses
a)
True
b)
False
16.

Vegetative cells are much more sensitive to heat than are spores.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

A chemical agent that kills the microorganisms and is commonly applied to substances used on inanimate objects are _______________

a)

Antiseptics

b)

Sanitizer

c)

Disinfectants

d)

Antibiotics

18.

Which of the following is the characteristics of a sanitizer?

a)

destroys all microbial forms

b)

prevents the growth or action of microorganisms

c)

reduces the microbial population to safe levels

d)

kills all the bacteria and the bacterial spores

19.

Low temperature reduces the

a)

activity of microorganisms by reducing the chemical reaction and action of enzymes.

b)

cheapest form of radiation for food preservation.

c)

concentrations of an antibiotic, thus resistant strains finally develop.

d)

hazard is reported and possible control measures are identified.

20.
Aerobic bacteria require what to live?
a)
Oxygen
b)
Acid
c)
Plants
d)
Sunlight
21.
When streaking a plate, the loop should be flamed
a)
At the beginning and end 
b)
 At the beginning and end and between the first 2 zones 
c)
At the beginning and end and between the second and third zone 
d)
At the beginning and end and between each zone 
22.

Why is it important that the Petri plates are incubated upside down?

a)

To get dense colonies

b)

To get mat culture

c)

To get colonies with reduced growth

d)

To prevent moisture from condensing onto the agar surface