Question: Which pertains to RNA but not to DNA:

Answer Options:
Contains ribose
Contains adenine
Contains thymine
Contains guanine

Answer: Contains ribose

Question: The production or synthesis of proteins and carbohydrates by a bacterial cell is an example of:

Answer Options:
substrate-level phosphorylation
induction
catabolism
anabolism
fermentation

Answer: anabolism

Question: True or False: Protozoa are microorganisms.

Answer Options:
True
False

Answer: True

Question: The Gram stain is considered a multiple or differential stain.

Answer Options:
True
False

Answer: True

Question: Which of the following is the most exclusive hierarchical taxonomic group?

Answer Options:
Species
Family
Genus
Phylum

Answer: Species

Question: The most abundant macromolecule (by weight) in a cell is:

Answer Options:
water
carbon
oxygen
protein

Answer: water

Question: Lysozyme and the antibiotic penicillin have similar mechanisms of action in that they both cause damage to the bacterial ___.

Answer Options:
Cell membrane
Capsule
Cell wall
Ribosomes
DNA

Answer: Cell wall

Question: Which of the following can develop antibiotic resistance:

Answer Options:
Humans
Viruses
Bacteria
Fungi
All of the answers are correct

Answer: Bacteria

Question: Infection with which herpesvirus can lead to lifelong neurological damage or death in fetuses and/or infants?

Answer Options:
Adenoviruses
Varicella zoster
Cytomegalovirus
Epstein-Barr

Answer: Cytomegalovirus

Question: Which of these is never a virulence factor?

Answer Options:
Capsules
Ribosomes
Exotoxins
Endotoxins

Answer: Ribosomes

Question: Which of the following is NOT an example of a DNA virus?

Answer Options:
Adenoviruses
Papilloma viruses
HIV
Poxviruses
All of the above are DNA viruses.

Answer: HIV

Question: What is the total magnification of an image, if you are using the 100X objective lens with an ocular lens magnification power of 10X?

Answer Options:
10X
100X
1000X
1X

Answer: 1000X

Question: Starch is a type of:

Answer Options:
protein
lipid
nucleic acid
carbohydrate

Answer: carbohydrate

Question: True or False: You must heat Ebola-contaminated materials to 80°C for 60 minutes in order to decontaminate them.

Answer Options:
True
False

Answer: True

Question: A dimorphic fungus ___________.

Answer Options:
Stains both gram + and gram –
Has both pathogenic and non-pathogenic forms
Can infect the same patient more than once
Has two different growth morphologies depending on the temperature

Answer: Has two different growth morphologies depending on the temperature

Question: Penicillin is an antibiotic produced by:

Answer Options:
Protozoa
Pigs
Viruses
Fungi
All the above

Answer: Fungi

Question: __________ microscopy involves the use of dyes that must be exposed to UV light.

Answer Options:
Electron
Bright field
Phase contrast
Fluorescent

Answer: Fluorescent

Question: Approximately how many CFU would you expect to count if you plated 0.1 mL of a broth with a cell density of 3.50 x 10^2 CFU/mL?

Answer Options:
35 CFU
3.50 CFU
350 CFU
0.35 CFU

Answer: 35 CFU

Question: The key differentiating (most crucial) step in the Gram stain is the application of Gram’s iodine.

Answer Options:
True
False

Answer: True

Question: The English physician Edward Jenner is considered the “Father of Immunology” because:

Answer Options:
He developed Jenner’s Postulates
He developed the first vaccine
He was responsible for aseptic technique in hospitals
He was the first to disprove spontaneous generation
He invented microscopes

Answer: He developed the first vaccine

Question: Which of the following is NOT associated with inflammation?

Answer Options:
Margination
Edema
Phagocytosis
T cells

Answer: T cells