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Aseptic Technique and Performing Isolation Streaks

Total questions: 8

Worksheet time: 4mins

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Class
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1.

The use of sterile techniques and agar media enabled early microbiologists to:

a)

Study pure cultures

b)

Demonstrate the nature of infectious disease

c)

Study mixed cultures

d)

Study agar-metabolizing cultures e

2.

What are the requirements for isolation?

a)

Culture medium

b)

Petri dish (agar plate)

c)

Separation tools

d)

All of the above

3.

What is the first step in the streak plate method of isolation technique

a)

Flame loop in between each quadrant that you make (cool before streaking)

b)

Use the thin edge of the loop to give better isolation than the flat part

c)

Hold the plate in the opposite hand while streaking (do not lay flat on the lab benchtop)

d)

Keep plates closed between streaking (don't talk, cough on plates, etc)

4.

What is the third step in the streak plate method of isolation technique

a)

Flame loop in between each quadrant that you make (cool before streaking)

b)

Use the thin edge of the loop to give better isolation than the flat part

c)

Hold the plate in the opposite hand while streaking (do not lay flat on the lab benchtop)

d)

Keep plates closed between streaking (don't talk, cough on plates, etc)

5.

In what quadrant do the isolated colonies appear in the streak plate method of isolation?

a)

1st quadrant

b)

2nd quadrant

c)

4th quadrant

d)

All quadrant

6.

A culture medium consisting of agar, human blood, and beef heart is a _____ medium.

a)

Complex

b)

Selective

c)

Differential

d)

Chemically defined

7.
After using an inoculating loop or needle to transfer a culture from one medium to the next, what stop should be taken next to avoid contamination.
a)
Heat the inoculating loop or needle with the bunsen burner flame until it becomes cool to the touch.
b)
Heat the inoculating loop or needle with the bunsen burner flame until it becomes purple hot.
c)
Heat the inoculating loop or needle with the bunsen burner flame until it becomes red hot.
8.
Which of the following should be done first in the event a liquid broth culture is spilled?
a)
Cover the spill with paper towels to prevent the microorganisms from being spread around.
b)
Do nothing, germs are for babies.
c)
Lick it, yum, takes good.