Answer Options:
Coccidioides immitis
Histoplasma capsulatum
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
More than one of these answers are correct.
None of these answers are correct.
Answer: More than one of these answers are correct.
Question: Bacterial and fungal colonies are easily distinguished by their appearance on Trypticase Soy Agar plates. True False
Answer: True
Question: Which father of microbiology created the smallpox vaccine?
Answer Options:
Louis Pasteur
Edward Jenner
Joseph Lister
Robert Koch
Answer: Edward Jenner
Question: A diel cycle:
Answer Options:
Is a cycle that occurs over a 24 hour period
Is a cycle that occurs over a 24-hour period
Is how a Hawaiian bobtail squid produces its bioluminescent “glow”
Both a 24 hour cycle and how the bobtail squid obtains its symbiont
Answer: Both a 24 hour cycle and how the bobtail squid obtains its symbiont
Question: Protozoa are eukaryotic, single-celled organisms.
Answer Options:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: One mL of a sample had been diluted to 10^-8 and was spread on a TSA plate. The plate yielded 80 CFU. What is the original cell density (OCD)?
Answer Options:
80 x 10^8 CFU/mL
8 x 10^8 CFU/mL
Answer: 80 x 10^8 CFU/mL
Question: The herpesvirus Varicella Zoster causes which disease(s)?
Answer Options:
Mononucleosis
Chicken Pox
Genital Warts
Shingles
Both Chicken Pox and Shingles
Both Mononucleosis and Shingles
Answer: Both Chicken Pox and Shingles
Question: You are using a microscope that has a 10x ocular lens to look at a specimen. Using both ocular lenses, you use a 25x objective lens for your observation. What is the total magnification of the image?
Answer Options:
35x
250x
2500x
95x
Answer: 250x
Question: A segment of DNA that codes for the synthesis of an RNA molecule that will then code for a specific protein is a ________.
Answer Options:
lysosome
plasmid
gene
chromosome
Answer: gene
Question: Uptake of naked DNA by a bacterium is:
Answer Options:
Conjugation
Transfection
Transduction
Transformation
Answer: Transformation
Question: True or False: Viruses are part of the healthy human microbiome.
Answer Options:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: The laboratory manual will be provided free of charge, and can be accessed via Canvas within weekly Modules.
Answer Options:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: Mannitol salt agar (MSA) is an example of a medium that is:
Answer Options:
Selective
Differential
Both
Answer: Both
Question: True or False: The coral/Symbiodinium symbiosis is an example of vertical transfer of symbionts.
Answer Options:
True
False
Answer: False