Review Questions Students /Achar : Exam 2 Chapter 5-9 only
Chapter 10 will be included in Exam 3.
- The simplest virus, also known as a naked virus, consists of:
- Nucleic acid
- Protein coat capsid
- Both a nucleic acid & Protein coat capsid
- None of the above
- Which of the following are known types of infectious agents:
- Viruses
- ViroidsVirusoids
- Prions
- All of the above
- Only 2 of these
- The general pattern of viral multiplication consists of how many stages?
- 5
- 3
- 1
- 4
- The following phase (s) are characteristic of a Temperate Phage:
- Lytic Cycle
- LysogenicCylce
- Both A & B
- None of the above
- Viruses have been known to employ which types of nucleic acids?
- (ss) DNA
- (ds) DNA
- ssRNA
- dsRNA
- all of the above
- These infectious agents consist only of RNA
- ViroidsVirusoids
- Viruses
- Prions
- These infectious agents are known to cause a number of neurodegenerative diseases in humans and animals such as scrapie in sheep
- Viruses
- Viroids
- Virusoids
- Prions
- Lysogeny is the relationship between a host and a
- Prophage
- Virulent phage
- Temperate phage
- Viruses can enter a host cell by way of
- Endocytosis
- Fusing with the plasma membrane of host cell
- Both A & B
- None of the above
- A member of a group of viruses with RNA genomes that carry the enzyme reverse transcriptase and form a DNA copy of their genome during their reproductive cycle is called
- Provirus
- Retrovirus
- Naked virus
- Enveloped virus
- Pure culturesare usually obtained by isolating individual cells using what plating technique?
- Streak-plate
- Spread-plate
- Pour-plate
- All of the above
- Which technique(s) uses an inoculating loop to spread cells across an agar surface?
- Streak-plate
- Spread-plate
- Pour-plate
- All of the above
- Due to larger amounts of required resources, colonies usually grow most rapidly ......
- in the center of an agar
- at the edge of an agar
- all over the agar
- None of the above
- All organisms need which of the following nutrients to survive.
A. Carbon
B. Sulfur
C. Antimony
D. Electron source
E. Both A and D are correct - Which statement is true about a photolithoautotroph?
A. They get carbon from organic materials and energy from light
B. They get carbon from organic materials and energy from inorganic chemicals
C. They get carbon from CO2 and energy from light
D. They get carbon from CO2 and energy from inorganic chemicals
- Microorganisms can get nitrogen from which of the following?
- organic molecules
- Nitrogen in ammonia
- nitrate via nitrate reduction to ammonia (phototrophs and Chemotrophs)
- nitrogen gas via nitrogen fixation
- All of the above
- Cells are recovering from transfer, may be synthesizing new components, adapting to new environment, etc.
- Stationary phase
- Death phase
- Log phase
- Lag phase
- Cells start growing and divide at the maximum rate that is genetically possible.
- Stationary phase
- Death phase
- Log phase
- Lag phase
- Cells are either dividing and dying at the same rate or the cells have stopped dividing, but remain metabolically active.
- Stationary phase
- Death phase
- Log phase
- Lag phase
- Cells are dying more than they are dividing.
- Stationary phase
- Death phase
- Log phase
- Lag phase
- During which phase do they microorganisms grow and divide at the maximum rate possible? A=log phase
- (T/F) A thermophile has optimum growth between 80 and 113 degrees Celsius. A=F
- Staphylococcus aureus and Saccharomycesrouxii are representative organisms of what type of microorganisms? A=osmotolerant
- (T/F) Generation times vary markedly with the species of microorgansims and environmentla conditions. A=T
- Which of the following is the best definition of generation time?
- The length of time it takes for lag phase.
- The length of time it takes for a population of cells to double.
- The maximum rate of doubling divided by the initial count.
- The duration of log phase.
- The time it takes for nuclear division.
- An experiment began with 4 cells and ended with 128 cells. How many generations did the cells go through?
- 64
- 32
- 6
- 5
- 4
- A culture of bacteria produces 5 generations in 2 hours. What is the generation time for this bacterium under those conditions?
- 15 minutes
- 24 minutes
- 30 minutes
- 0.75 hours
- l hour
- What is the site where chromosomes replicate called?
- Cytokinesis
- Origin of reproduction
- Origin of replication
- Metaphase
- As turbidity increases, ______light is scattered and the absorbance reading ______.
- more; increases
- more; decreases
- less; increases
- less; decreases
- On a temperature dependence curve, is the temperature optimum closer to the maximum or minimum growth temperature?
- Minimum
- Maximum
- Both
- Neither
- True or False: DNA replication and partition and cytokinesis are two pathways that function during the procaryotic cell cycle. (True)
- What plays a role in determination of cell shape and movement of chromosomes to opposite cell poles.
- MinCD
- Protein FtsZ
- Protein MreB
- All of the above
- During log phase, cells exhibit what kind of growth?
- Optimum
- Balanced
- Unbalanced
- Regulated
- Typically, a batch culture pasess through four distinct statges:
- Lag Stage, Logarithmic growth, stationary, death
- Log growth, Lag stage, stationary, death
- Stationary, log growth, lag stage, death
- Death, Lag stage, log growth, stationary
- Which of the following correlate with Exponential Phase?
- Also called log phase
- Rate of growth is constant and also called as balanced growth
- Population is most uniform in terms of chemical and physical properties during this phase
- Exponential growth- all cellular components are synthsized at constant rate
- All of the above.
- Alcohols are bactericidal, fungicidal, and sporicidal. True or False
- Answer: False
- The longer a population is exposed to a microbial agent, the more organisms are killed. True or False
- Answer: True
- What Sterilization is more effective?
- Moist Heat Sterilization
- Dry Heat Sterilization
- Mixed Heat Sterilization
- The Halogen- "Iodine" can cause problems such as allergies? T/F
- True
- False
- Surgical masks used in hospitals and labs are an example of what physical method?
- Heat
- Radiation
- Filtration
- Bactericides, fungicides, algaecides, and viricides are included in ______antimicrobial agents?
- static
- cidal
- boil
- Bacteriostatic and fungistatic are "cidal" agents? T/F
- True
- False
- A condition that influences effectiveness of antimicrobial agent activity:
- population size
- population composition
- population color
- both a and b
- True or False? The effectiveness of various control methods depend on many factors such as the types of microorganisms, the number of microbes, environment conditions, and time of exposure. Answer: True
Matching Section:
Sterilization b. disinfection c. sanitization d. antisepsis e. none of the above
- Destruction or removal of all viable organisms from an object or habitat . Answer: a)sterilization
- Killing, Inhibition, of or removal of pathogenic organisms that may cause disease . Answer: b) Disinfection
- Reduction of microbial population to levels deemed safe . Answer: c) Sanitization
- Prevention of infection or sepsis of living tissue by microorganisms using antiseptics. Answer: d) antisepsis
- True or false: Decimal Reduction time is the time required to kill 80% of the microorganisms or spores in a sample under specified conditions. Answer: False
- What is thermal death time?
a)Shortest time needed to kill all microorganisms in a suspension at a specific temperature and under defined conditions
b)time required to kill 90% microorganisms or spores in a sample at a specific temperature
c)controlled heating at temperatures well below boiling
d)none of the above
- The environmental protection agency regulates disinfectants. True or False?
Answer: True
- The food and drug administration regulates agents used against humans and animals. True or False? Answer: True
- Which is not a halogen?
A Fluorine
B Asatine
C Bromine
D Chlorine
E Benzene
- An aldehyde is a highly reactive molecule that combines with nucleic acids and proteins and inactivates them
True or False
- Heavy metals CANNOT be used as germicides
True or False
- Alcohols are used as disinfectiants and antiseptics; they are bacterialcidal, fungicidal, anfdsporicidal
True or False
- Disinfection is the substantial reduction of the total microbial population and the destruction of potential pathogens.
a. True b. False
- Pasteurization is a filtration method used to reduce the numberof microbes without destroying them.
a. Trueb. False
- What is Sterilization?
- Destruction or removal of all viable organisms from an object or habitat.
- Killing, inhibition, or removal of pathogenic organisms that may cause disease:substantial reduction of total population.
- reduction of microbial population to levels deemed safe (based on public health standards)
- Prevention of infection or sepsis. of living tissue by microorganisms using antiseptics.