The Ultimate Microbiology Trivia Test! Quiz

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The test below is a prep for Micro test 1 Chapters 1 - 6 from Burton's Microbiology for the Health Sciences by Paul G. Engelkirk Janet Duben-Engelkirk. If you are a microbiology student looking for the ultimate trivia test that will refresh your memory on some chapters, consider giving this a shot and get to see which chapters you are having a hard time with and put more effort on them.

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1.

Microbiology is the study of
2.

Idividual microbes can be observed with the use of what?
3.

Two major categories of microbes are called what?
- A.
  
  Eucaryotes and Procaryotes
- B.
  
  Acellular and cellular
- C.
  
  Pathogentic and Nonpathogenic
4.

Another name for acellular microbes are _____ and another name for cellular microbes are ____.
5.

3 Microbes that do not cause disease are known as pathogens.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
6.

Nondisease causing microbes are considered to be nonpathogenic.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
7.

Microbes that live on and in the human body are referred to as our ____.
8.

Define opportunistic pathogens.
9.

Pathogens cause 2 major types of diseases: infectious diseases and microbial diseases.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
10.

Pathogens cause what 2 major types of diseases?
11.

The size of bacteria are expressed in nanometeres whereas the sizes of viruses are expressed in micrometers.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
12.

What is used to measure the dimensions of objects being viewed with a compund light microscope?
- A.
  
  Lens x Stage
- B.
  
  An Ocular Lens
- C.
  
  Ocular Micrometer
- D.
  
  All of the Above
13.

A simple microscope contains only ___ magnifying lens, whereas as compound microscope contains ___ magnifying lens.
14.

A simple microscope contains 4 different magnifying lens.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
15.

Explain how to calculate the total magnification of the compound light microscope.
16.

The resolving power of the unaided human eye is 0.2 mm
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
17.

When using a brightfield microscope a person observes objects _______ backgroud. When using a darkfield microscope a person observes objects _______background.
18.

The resolving power of a transmission electron microscope is what?
- A.
  
  Approximately 0.2 nanometeres
- B.
  
  1 million times better that the human eye
- C.
  
  1,000 times better than the resolving power of a compound microscope.
- D.
  
  Both A and C
- E.
  
  All of the Above
19.

Scanning electron microscopes have a resolving power of approxiamtely 20 nanometers which is about 100 times stronger than the resolving power of a transmission electron microscope.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
20.

Photographs taken using compound light microscopes are called what?
21.

Photographs taken using a transmission electron microscope or a scanning electron microscope are called transmission electron micrographs and scanning electron micrographs.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
22.

What do Eucaryote cells possess that Procaryote cell do not?
- A.
  
  A true nucleus
- B.
  
  A cell wall
- C.
  
  Ability to be selectively permeable
- D.
  
  Both B and C
23.

A "true nucleus" consists of neucleoplasm, chromosomes, and a nuclear membrane.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
24.

What are the three parts of a "true nucleus"?
25.

An organisims complete collection of genes is referred to as what?
- A.
  
  Genome
- B.
  
  Genotype
- C.
  
  A complete cell
- D.
  
  A true nucleus
- E.
  
  Both A & B
- F.
  
  Both C & D