DAS110 FUNDAMENTALS OF DENTAL
ASSISTING FINAL EXAM
### True or False Questions
### 1. True or False: Some microbes can live in ice and will die at room temperature.
**Answer:** True, Psychrophiles - "cold lovers"
### 2. True or False: Oxygen kills some microbes.
**Answer:** True
### 3. True or False: Boiling water kills all bacteria.
**Answer:** False, some bacteria thrive in boiling water, such as those found in hot springs.
### 4. True or False: A clean home is free of microbes.
**Answer:** False
### 5. True or False: Microbes can help fight diseases caused by other microbes.
**Answer:** True
### 6. True or False: Eating a bowl of yogurt means you are consuming live bacteria.
**Answer:** True
### 7. True or False: Milk stored in a refrigerator will not grow bacteria.
**Answer:** False
### 8. True or False: Antibiotics can cure a cold, the flu, or other illnesses caused by viruses.
**Answer:** False
### 9. True or False: Without microbes, there would be no farms to grow food.
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**Answer:** True
### 10. True or False: Bacteria are immune to viruses.
**Answer:** False
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### Multiple-Choice Questions
### 11. What is the study of microorganisms called?
a) Biology
b) Cytology
c) Microbiology
d) Pathology
**Answer:** c) Microbiology
### 12. Which type of microorganisms will appear rod-shaped under a microscope?
a) Bacilli
b) Diplococci
c) Spirilla
d) Streptococci
**Answer:** a) Bacilli
### 13. What does infection control involve?
a) Controlling microbial contamination and infection
b) Disinfecting surfaces only
c) Handling sharps carefully
d) Sterilizing instruments
**Answer:** a) Controlling microbial contamination and infection
### 14. Which group of bacteria forms a chain shape?
a) Bacilli
b) Diplococci
c) Staphylococci
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d) Streptococci
**Answer:** d) Streptococci
### 15. Which of the following agents cause prion disease?
a) Bacteria
b) Special proteins
c) Viruses
d) Yeast
**Answer:** b) Special proteins
### 16. Candidiasis is an infection caused by which of the following?
a) Fungus
b) Herpes
c) Influenza
d) Virus
**Answer:** a) Fungus
### 17. What is an individual called who can resist pathogens?
a) Allergic
b) Erythemic
c) Hypersensitive
d) Immune
**Answer:** d) Immune
### 18. Which type of bacteria must have oxygen to grow and live?
a) Anaerobic
b) Facultative anaerobic
c) Aerobic
d) Sporulating
**Answer:** c) Aerobic
### 19. What do you call microbes that contaminate the hands after touching surfaces?
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a) Anaerobic flora
b) Resident flora
c) Resistant flora
d) Transient flora
**Answer:** d) Transient flora
### 20. Which of the following is not a major group of microorganisms?
a) Algae
b) Bacteria
c) Chancre
d) Fungi
e) Viruses
**Answer:** c) Chancre
### 21. What part of a bacterial cell protects it from being crushed?
a) Capsule
b) Cell membrane
c) Cell wall
d) Fimbriae
**Answer:** c) Cell wall
### 22. What are endospores?
a) Aerobic structures
b) Chancre structures
c) Resistant structures
d) Vital structures
**Answer:** c) Resistant structures
### 23. Which type of microorganism is the smallest?
a) Bacilli
b) Cocci
c) Viruses
d) Yeast
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