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Microbiology Quiz Questions
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February 25, 2002
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Question 1:
What type of bacterial morphology is
shown in the picture below?
Streptococcus
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Question 2:
What type of bacterial morphology and
gram stain reaction is shown in the
picture below?
Gram Negative
Diplococcus
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Question 3:
What type of genetic exchange is being
exhibited by the E. coliin the picture
below? What is the red structure
connecting the two cells together?
Conjugation;
Sex Pili
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Question 4:
What kind of microscope was used to
get this image of the mosquito below?
If this mosquito passes microorganisms
from person to person, what do we call
it?Scanning EM;
A Vector
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Question 5:
What Kingdom of organisms is
represented by the image below? What
are the spherical blue structures? What
is the name used for the study of
these organisms?Fungi; Spores;
Mycology
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Question 6:
What organism is shown in the image
below? How does it reproduce?
Yeast (Candida
albicans); by
budding
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Question 7:
Most of the culture medias below are in
the solid state. What substance must
be in these medias?
Agar
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Question 8:
What is the name of the technique
shown in the image below? What is the
purpose of this technique? What kind of
culture plate is being used?Streak-Plating; to
isolate bacterial
colonies; BAP
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Question 9:
The microorganism circled in the image
below is the causative agent of syphilis.
What is the scientific name for this
microbe?Treponema
pallidum
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Question 10:
What flagella arrangement is exhibited
in the image below?
Lophotrichous
flagella
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Question 11:
What 3 types of hemolysis are shown in
letters A, B, and C below?
A=Alpha
B=Beta
C=Gamma
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Question 12:
The image below is a picture of
Clostridium tetani, the causative agent
of tetnus. What unique morphological
feature is seen in the image?
Terminal
Endospores
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Question 13:
What kind of microscope was used to
view the microbes in the image below?
Fluorescent
Microscope
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Question 14:
Image A below represents a positive
API 20 reaction forE. coli. In image
B, which patient (1, 2, or 3) tested
positive for an E. coliinfection?
A
B
1
2
3
Patient
3
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Question 15:
What classification group of Helminth is
shown in picture A? Picture B shows
Helminth eggs. Why do we study them?
A
B
Nematoda; to properly
identify the worm theycame from.
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Question 16:
What bacterial morphology is shown in
the picture below? What organism that
has been in the news lately looks like
this under the microscope?
Streptobacillus;
Bacillus anthracis
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Question 17:
This is a unicellular microorganism. Is it
a bacterium or a protist?
A Protist
(look for
the nucleus)
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Question 18:
What organism is shown in the picture
below? What is the head of this
organism called?
Tapeworm;
Scolex