Chapter 1-5 (Microbio)
Chapter 1-5 (Microbio)
Chapter 1-5 (Microbio)
a. Bacteria c. Viruses
b. Fungi d. Algae
________ 2. Which among the following types of microscopes is used together with computers to
produce a three – dimensional image and is also useful in the study of cell physiology?
________ 3. Which among the following parts of the microscope is used to gather and focus light
________ 4. Who among the following scientists made the initial postulates regarding the germ
theory of disease?
________ 5. You discovered a new organism and you want to study its molecular and atomic
properties. Which among the following types of microscopes would be suited for this
purpose?
________ 6. You are given a new slide to study in the laboratory. Which part of the microscope will
________ 7. Which among the following classes of culture media is used to isolate fungi?
_______ 8. Which among the following reagents used in Gram – staining will enhance the uptake of
_______ 9. You culture an organism using blood agar and after 24 hours of incubation you noted
complete hemolysis of red blood cells surrounding the colonies. This is classified as what
_______ 10. Which among the following reagents is used as the counterstain in the Ziehl – Neelsen
Column A Column B
B. Organism Group
Column A Column B
a. Cocci c. Spirochetes
b. Bacilli d. Coccobacilli
_______ 2. Which among the following bacterial structures acts as a functional analogue of the
mitochondria?
_______ 3. Which among the following cell wall components is found only in gram – positive
bacteria?
_______ 4. Which among the following statements is correct regarding the cell wall of acid – fast
bacteria?
c. Its outer layer is hydrophilic due to the presence of a multi – layered peptidoglycan
a. Lophotrichous c. Peritrichous
b. Monotrichous d. Amphitrichous
_______ 6. Which of the following structures is utilized by bacteria in exchanging genetic material
a. Pilus c. Mesosome
_______ 7. Which among the following provides rigid support to bacteria and gives shape to the
bacteria?
______ 8. The bacterial endospore is resistant to heat and drying due to the presence of this
component?
______ 9. Which among the following is a structure utilized by some bacteria for food storage?
c. Endospores
______ 10. Which of the following contain enzymes used by bacteria to breakdown large molecules
a. Phototrophs c. Chemotrophs
b. Heterotrophs d. Autotrophs
________ 2. Which among the following is essential for the synthesis of nucleic acids and proteins?
a. Iron c. Calcium
b. Nitrogen d. Potassium
________ 3. Organisms that strictly require oxygen for growth are called:
a. Photoorganotrophs c. Mesophiles
b. Alkalophiles d. Halophiles
________ 5. Bacteria that require an optimum temperature of more than 40 °C are called:
a. Thermophiles c. Psychrophiles
b. Mesophiles d. Neutrophiles
________ 6. Microorganisms that require carbon dioxide for growth are called:
a. Halophiles c. Capnophiles
b. Mesophiles d. Psychrophiles
Matching Type
Column A Column B
________ 7. Nutrients are depleted and toxic wastes accumulate a. Lag phase
________ 10. Period when spores begin to form d. Death or decline phase
a. Mouth c. Skin
c. Pharynx
c. Nasopharynx
________ 5. In commensalism:
d. One organism benefits while the other derives neither benefit nor harm
b. Mouth d. Vagina
c. Skin
________ 7. An outbreak of sepsis caused by Staphylococcus aureus has occurred in the newborn
nursery. You are called upon to investigate. According to your knowledge of the normal
a. Nose c. Vagina
b. Colon d. Throat
_______ 9. Which among the following statements is true about normal flora?
c. Mostly fungi
________ 10. Which among the following is true regarding normal flora?