Question: In a Colilert technique, the presence of this bacterial enzyme is visualized as blue fluorescence under UV light and indicative of E. coli contamination.

Answer Choices:
Catalase
Galactosidase
Glucuronidase
Oxidase

Answer: Galactosidase

 

Question: Which of the following is measured to determine the zone of inhibition?

Answer Choices:
Volume
Diameter
Radius
Area

Answer: Diameter

 

Question: Individual fungal filaments are called hyphae.

Answer Choices:
True
False

Answer: True

 

Question: If a pregnant woman contracts toxoplasmosis, the fetus may suffer devastating complications including brain damage, liver damage, or stillbirth.

Answer Choices:
True
False

Answer: True

 

Question: The time interval from parent cell to two new daughter cells is called:
Binary fission

Answer Choices:
Growth curve
Generation time
Death phase

Answer: Generation time

 

Question: Urea broth is an example of a medium that is:

Answer Choices:
Selective
Differential
Both

Answer: Both

 

Question: β-Galactosidase is a constitutive enzyme that breaks down lactose.

Answer Choices:
True
False

Answer: True

 

Question: Euglena is capable of both photosynthesis and heterotrophy, and therefore classified as a mixotroph.

Answer Choices:
True
False

Answer: True

 

Question: If you perform a Gram stain on a pure culture of bacteria and you observe pink, sausage-shaped cells at 1000X magnification. How would you characterize this particular bacteria?

Answer Choices:
Gram negative spirals
Gram positive rods
Gram positive cocci
Gram negative cocci
Gram negative rods

Answer: Gram negative rods

 

Question: Which of the following is an environment where an oligotroph might be found?

human large intestine
open ocean
waste water
coastal freshwater

Answer Choices:
human large intestine
open ocean
waste water
coastal freshwater

Answer: open ocean

 

Question: A phage is a virus that infects:
Bacteria
Archaea

Answer Choices:
Protists
Humans
It is not a virus

Answer: Bacteria