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Koch's Postulates and Microbiology Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

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Class
Date
1.

Koch’s postulates are used to:

a)

Identify viruses

b)

Establish relationship between microbe & disease

c)

Classify bacteria

d)

Detect immunity

2.

One requirement of Koch’s postulates is:

a)

Organism must be present in all healthy individuals

b)

Organism must be isolated in pure culture

c)

Organism must grow only in vivo

d)

Organism must be acid-fast

3.

Koch proved that tuberculosis is caused by:

a)

Mycobacterium bovis

b)

Klebsiella pneumoniae

c)

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

d)

Actinomyces

4.

Who discovered the tubercle bacillus?

a)

Louis Pasteur

b)

Robert Koch

c)

Edward Jenner

d)

Joseph Lister

5.

Paul Ehrlich is known as:

a)

Father of virology

b)

Father of chemotherapy

c)

Father of immunology

d)

Father of antisepsis

6.

“Magic bullet” therapy was proposed by:

a)

Pasteur

b)

Koch

c)

Ehrlich

d)

Fleming

7.

First successful treatment of syphilis (Salvarsan) was discovered by:

a)

Koch

b)

Ehrlich

c)

Jennings

d)

Leeuwenhoek

8.

Edward Jenner is known for:

a)

Discovering penicillin

b)

Developing smallpox vaccine

c)

Discovering TB bacillus

d)

Developing Gram stain

9.

Jenner used which virus for vaccination?

a)

Variola major

b)

Variola minor

c)

Cowpox virus

d)

Monkeypox virus

10.

Gram stain was developed by:

a)

Christian Gram

b)

Pasteur

c)

Ehrlich

d)

Koch

11.

Primary stain in Gram staining is:

a)

Safranin

b)

Methylene blue

c)

Crystal violet

d)

Malachite green

12.

Mordant used in Gram staining is:

a)

Iodine

b)

Alcohol

c)

Acetone

d)

Carbol fuchsin

13.

Decolorizer in Gram stain is:

a)

Water

b)

Phenol

c)

Alcohol/acetone

d)

Acetic acid

14.

Gram-positive bacteria appear:

a)

Pink

b)

Red

c)

Blue-purple

d)

Colorless

15.

Reason for Gram-positive reaction:

a)

Thin peptidoglycan

b)

High lipid content

c)

Thick peptidoglycan

d)

Absence of teichoic acid

16.

Ziehl–Neelsen stain is used to detect:

a)

Gram-positive cocci

b)

Gram-negative bacilli

c)

Acid-fast bacilli

d)

Fungi

17.

Primary stain in acid-fast stain:

a)

Methylene blue

b)

Crystal violet

c)

Carbol fuchsin

d)

Malachite green

18.

Decolorizer in ZN staining is:

a)

Alcohol-acetone

b)

20% sulfuric acid

c)

Water

d)

Phenol only

19.

Counterstain used in ZN staining:

a)

Crystal violet

b)

Safranin

c)

Methylene blue

d)

Malachite green

20.

Acid-fastness is due to:

a)

Peptidoglycan

b)

Teichoic acid

c)

Mycolic acid in cell wall

d)

Glycocalyx