Microbiology Test: Chapter I
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Cells are the basic building blocks of the human body. Microbiology gives the learner an insight into how cells work. Are you a microbiology student and have just finished chapter. The test below encompasses all you have covered and is designed to see how much of it you understood. Give it a shot and see how high your absorption level is.
- 1.
- A.
They produce antibiotics.
- B.
They are used in production of many types of food and beverages.
- C.
They decompose dead organisms.
- D.
They all cause disease in humans.
- 2.Microorganisms are found:
- A.
In and on the bodies of warm blooded mammals.
- B.
In soil.
- C.
In air.
- D.
Microorganisms are found in all of the above places.
- 3.Microbiology is the study of microorganisms which include all of the following except:
- A.
Bacteria
- B.
Viruses
- C.
Plants
- D.
Protozoa
- 4.Which of the following groups of organisms contains members better known for transmitting agents of disease than for causing illness themselves?
- A.
Arthropods
- B.
Protozoa
- C.
Fungi
- D.
Helminths
- 5.Which of the following fields is concerned with the study fungi?
- A.
Bacteriology
- B.
Physiology
- C.
Virology
- D.
Mycology
- 6.A pure culture refers to:
- A.
A culture containing bacteria that all have the same shape.
- B.
A culture which has never been used to inoculate a patient.
- C.
A culture which causes only a single disease.
- D.
A culture which contains only a single type of organism.
- 7.
- A.
Quinine
- B.
Lysozyme
- C.
Salvarsan
- D.
Mercury
- 8.Microorganisms are nearly ubiquitous (found everywhere) in the environment.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.Microorganisms can be genetically engineered to produce economically essential products, such as enzymes and hormones.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.Protozoa generally have the smallest cells of any of the organisms commonly studied by microbiologists.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 11.One of the reasons microorganisms are used in research is that they have most of the same structures found in a human cell.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 12.Immunology deals with the biological response of a host to invasion by a foreign object such as a microorganism.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 13.An electron microscope is needed to visualize viruses.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 14.Most microorganisms cause disease in humans.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 15.Some microorganisms can synthesize substances called blank, which inhibit the growth of other microorganisms.
- 16.The field of blank involves studying how a person defends herself against microbial infection.
- 17.Blank are the fundamental units of life and carry out the function of all living things.
- 18.Cells or viruses that cause disease are said to be:
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