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Microbiology Final ExamWhy study microbiology - answer microbes have profound impact on our lives and
health
Most microorganisms are harmful - answer False
The leading cause of death resulting from infectious disease is - answer acute
respiratory infection
Which of the following has been a major factor leading to emerging disease -
answerable of the above
_________ has returned to the ranks of leading causes of death as a "re-emerging"
disease because of increasing drug resistance - answer Tuberculosis
Which of the following is a disease caused by a new human pathogen - answer SARS
Which of the following has been used as a biological weapon - answeranthrax and
smallpox
Who developed the first true vaccine - answerE. Jenner
Aseptic surgical practices were introduced by - answerJ lister
Who among the following first detected the existence of noncellular infectious agents,
which are now known as viruses - answerL. Pasteur
The use of microorganisms to clean up toxic spills known as - answerBioremediation
Which of the following first proposed that health care workers should wash their hands
before coming into contact with their patients - answerI. Semmelweis
The process for determining the etiologic agent of an infectious disease was developed
by___________, and used to identify the bacteria caused by anthrax - answerR. Koch
Mycology is the study of - answerFungi
The study of the body's defenses against invading microbes is called -
answerimmunology
Which of the following cellular structures is not found in all organisms - answerCell wall
,Which of the following organisms are prokaryotes - answerBacteria
Which of the following infectious agents is not an organism - answerVirus
The genetic material of prokaryotes is - answera single circular chromosome
Bacterial cell walls are composed of - answerpeptidoglycan
Human tapeworms are best measured in - answermeters
The genetic material of eukaryotes is found in the _________ of the cell -
answernucleus
The organelle involved in both digestion and apoptosis is the - answerlysosome
Which of the following is best described as an infectious protein - answerprions
The primary function of the ________________ is production of the short-term energy
storage molecule ATP - answermitcohondrion
The first antibiotic discovered kills bacteria but does not harm people. This is an
example of - answerselective toxicity
Yeasts are members of the - answerMycetae
The scientific name of an organism is the - answergenus and species
Which version of binomial nomenclature form is correct - answerEscherichia coli
The microscopes used in AC microbiology laboratory are__________________ -
answercompound bright-field microscopes
In microbiology growth usually means - answeran increase in the number of microbial
cells
Proteins that catalyze the reactions of metabolism are called - answerenzymes
Organisms which obtain their carbon and energy from organic sources of carbon are
called - answerchemoheterotrophs
Dehydration synthesis reactions are a common type of _____________ reaction -
answeranabolic
In Dr. Dolby's class organic means grown without the use of chemicals - answerFalse
, An organism described as fastidous - answerhas extensive nutrient requirements
All living things require nitrogen - answerTrue
Which of the following statements are true of anabolic metabolism - answerit results in
the formation of biomolecules
Which of the following is a feature that eukaryotes have but prokaryotes lack -
answernucleus
the agent that causes mad cow disease is a newly recognized type of agent of
infectious disease known as - answerprions
Chemoautotroph - answeruses inorganic chemicals to fuel its metabolism
Photautotroph - answeruses inorganic sources of carbon and light energy
Facultative anaerobe - answercan grow in the presence or absence of oxygen
Halophile - answergrows best in high salt concentrations
Microaerophile - answercan only grow in low oxygen conditions
Some archea of thermophiles, which means they thrive under _________________ -
answerhigh temperature
A few prokaryotes are capable of fixing nitrogen which means they - answerconvert
nitrogen gas to organic nitrogen
The first use of microbes as weapons in North america occured in 2001 when anthrax
was sent throughtthe mail to several polititiacans - answerFalse
Which of the listed taxonimic ranks is the larges, containing the greatest number of
different kinds of organisms - answerDomain
Which of the following is produced by the activity of microorganisms - answerAll
Sexual reproduction involves meiosis. - answerTrue
Which of the following organisms is beneficial?
A) Lactobacillus
B) Streptomyces
C) Cyanobacteria
D) Cephalosporium niveum - answerAll of the above
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