• 1. 
    Viruses were discovered by filtering infectious fluid through a filter designed to trap what ?

  • Bacteria
  • Algae
  • Fungi
  • Membranes within the cell
  • 2. 
    What is the proper way to write escherichia coli?

  • Escherichia coli
  • Escherichia coli
  • Escherichia C.
  • Es coli
  • 3. 
    Pleomorphic is the term used particularly for bacteria having

  • One shape
  • Rod
  • Spiral
  • Variable shape
  • 4. 
    Endotoxin is extremely potent than exotoxin.

  • True
  • False
  • 5. 
    A 40X objective and 10X produce a magnification of

  • 50X
  • 100X
  • 400X
  • 4000X
  • 6. 
    Viruses are not organisms, instead what are they ?

  • pathogens
  • diseases
  • bacteria
  • Infectious Particles
  • 7. 
    Counter stain used in Gram's Staining is

  • Crystal Violet
  • Ethanol
  • Safranin
  • Malachite green
  • 8. 
    How do viruses reproduce

  • They take over the living cells machinery
  • They slide in the cell on their own
  • They can reproduce themselves
  • They put themselves in our bloodstream first
  • 9. 
    Aeromicrobiology refers to

  • Study of living microbes
  • study of Algae
  • Study of living microbes which are suspended in the air
  • none of the above
  • 10. 
    What percentage of the bacterial chromosomes is composed of viral genes ?

  • 20-25%
  • 5-10%
  • 10-20%
  • 30-60%
  • 11. 
    Spherical shaped bacteria are referred to as:

  • coccus
  • bacillus
  • spiral
  • none of the above
  • 12. 
    Which of the following statement is TRUE regarding Gram positive bacteria?

  • Cell wall have high lipid content
  • Lipopolysacharides layer is present
  • crystal violet stain is retained
  • Have 2 layers of cytoplasmic membrane.
  • 13. 
    How large are viruses ?

  • 100-150 nm
  • 300-600nm
  • 20-200 nm
  • 10-100nm
  • 14. 
    The primary use of Koch postulates is to

  • Clearly identify and characterize a particular microorganism
  • Isolate microbes from diseased animals
  • demonstrate that disease is caused by microorganisms
  • develop vaccines for specific disease
  • 15. 
    The space between the cytoplasmic membrane and the outer membrane is called the periplasm.

  • True
  • False
  • 16. 
    The bacteria were first observed in the year 1675 by

  • Carolus Linnaeus
  • Alexander Fleming
  • Anton Von Leenuwenhoek
  • Robert Brown
  • 17. 
    E.coli was first isolated by

  • Hooke
  • Pasteur
  • Koch
  • Escherich
  • 18. 
    The study of Fungi is

  • Algalogy
  • Mycology
  • Bacteriology
  • Phycology
  • 19. 
    What did the experiment of the bacteria through the porcelain filters teach us ?

  • That bacteria was the cause of disease
  • That disease was caused by something smaller than bacteria
  • That viruses couldn't fit through the filters
  • That Viruses are larger than Bacteria
  • 20. 
    Which of these is a cocci occurring in pairs?

  • Streptococci
  • Diplococci
  • Streptococci
  • Staphylococci
  • 21. 
    Which of these is the correct way to write staphylococcus aureus

  • Staphylococcus aureus
  • staphylococcus aureus
  • Staphylococcus Aureus
  • STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS
  • 22. 
    The main feature of prokaryotic organism is

  • Absence of locomotion
  • Absence of nuclear envelope
  • Absence of nuclear material
  • Absence of protein synthesis
  • 23. 
    These are the major group of microbes

  • bacteria
  • viruses
  • fungi
  • algae
  • All of above
  • 24. 
    The first physician to make practical application of the germ theory of disease to surgery was

  • Joseph Lister
  • Louis Pastuer
  • Robert Koch
  • Edward Jenner
  • 25. 
    Can cells make their own proteins ?

  • yes
  • no
  • 26. 
    A slippery outer covering in some bacteria that protects them from phagocytosis by host cells is

  • cell wall
  • capsule
  • peptidoglycan
  • Teichoic acid
  • 27. 
    Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells have many differences, but they also share some common features. Which of the following may be found in either type of cell?

  • Golgi bodies
  • mitochondria
  • ribosomes
  • nucleus
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