Microbiology Flashcards
Bacteriology is the study of
A. Toxins
B. Disease
C. Bacteria
D. Personal hygiene
C. Bacteria
Another term that means the same as germ or bacteria is:
A. Lice
B. Mite
C. Parasite
D. Microbe
D. Microbe
Bacterial cells that are harmless thinking even be beneficial to humans are called:
A. Viruses
B. Microbes
C. Pathogenic bacteria
D. Nonpathogenic bacteria
D. Nonpathogenic bacteria
Bacterial cells that may be harmful to the body are:
A. Nontoxic
B. Vegetative
C. Pathogenic
D. Nonpathogenic
C. Pathogenic
What approximate percent of all bacteria are harmless and can even be beneficial to humans?
A. 10%
B. 30%
C. 70%
D. 90%
C. 70%
Infectious bacteria can be easily spread in the salon in all of the following ways EXCEPT:
A. Dirty hands
B. Dirty fingernails
C. Unsanitary implements
D. Covered nose while sneezing
D. Covered nose while sneezing
What communicable disease refers to a disease that is:
A. Passive
B. Dormant
C. Spread from one person to another
D. Not spread from one person to another
C. Spread from one person to another
Common cold, hepatitis, and measles are examples of:
A. Harmless diseases
B. Beneficial disease
C. Communicable diseases
D. Nonpathogenic diseases
C. Communicable diseases
What bacteria form in grape like bunches or clusters?
A. Bacilli
B. Diplococci
C. Streptococci
D. Staphylococci
D. Staphylococci
Pus-forming bacterial cells that form in long chains and cause blood poisoning are called:
A. Bacilli
B. Diplococci
C. Streptococci
D. Staphylococci
C. Streptococci
Rod-shaped bacteria cells are known as:
A. Cocci
B. Bacilli
C. Spirilla
D. Staphylococci
B. Bacilli
Corkscrew-shaped bacterial cells are called:
A. Cocci
B. Bacilli
C. Spirilla
D. Staphylococci
C. Spirilla
Eileen’s client has developed pneumonia. Which type of bacteria is caused of this disease?
A. Cocci
B. Bacilli
C. Diplococci
D. Streptococci
C. Diplococci
Bacteria can enter the body through all of the following ways EXCEPT:
A. Nose
B. Mouth
C. Healthy skin
D. Break in the skin
C. Healthy Skin
Bacteria grow and reproduce:
A. Slowly
B. Rapidly
C. In dry, clean areas
D. In light areas without a food source
B. Rapidly
As bacteria, absorbs food, each cell grows in sizes and divides, resulting in how many new cells
A. Two
B. Four
C. Six
D. Eight
A. Two
Bacteria that form spores can only be destroyed by using a product labeled as sporicidal or by:
A. Dusting
B. Cleaning
C. Sterilization
D. Disinfecting
C. Sterilization
Hair-like projections used by bacilli and spirilla to move themselves are called cilia or:
A. Feet
B. Bacilli
C. Flagella
D. Pediculosis
C. Flagella
Which of the following additions is NOT a disease caused by a virus?
A. Mumps
B. Tuberculosis
C. Common Cold
D. Respiratory infection
B. Tuberculosis
The common cold is caused by a(n) :
A. Fungi
B. Filterable virus
C. External parasite
D. Non filterable
B. Filterable virus
What is a highly infectious disease that affects the liver?
A. Polio
B. Yellow fever
C. Human hepatitis B virus (HBV)
D. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
C. Human hepatitis B virus (HBV)
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) causes the immune system to:
A. Speed up
B. Break down
C. Work efficiently
D. Continue working properly
B. Break down
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)can be transferred by all the following ways EXCEPT:
A. Blood
B. Semen
C. Body Fluids
D. Holding hands
D. Holding hands
Organisms that live on or obtain nutrients from another organism are known as :
A. Viruses
B. Bacteria
C. External Parasites
D. Internal Parasites
C. External Parasites
Parasitic fungi can cause non-contagious conditions such as:
A. Dandruff
B. Ringworm
C. Nail Fungus
D. Tinea Capitis
A. Dandruff
All of the following words describe contagious EXCEPT :
A. Fungi
B. Mites
C. Flagella
D. Bacteria
C. Flagella
What occurs when the circulatory system carries bacteria and their toxins to all parts of the body?
A. Local infection
B. Active infection
C. Passive immunity
D. General infection
D. General infection
Which of the following descriptions would be considered a universal precaution?
A. Arriving to work on time
B. Unsanitary salon conditions
C. Common use of drinking cup
D. Disinfecting salon equipment
D. Disinfecting salon equipment
The body’s ability to destroy infectious agents that enter the body is:
A. Immunity
B. Superiority
C. Common use of drinking cup
D. Infection control
A. Immunity
When a person is given antibodies to a disaster rather than producing them through his, or her own immune system, it is called?
A. Active immunity
B. Passive immunity
C. Natural immunity
D. Vaccine-induced immunity
B. Passive Immunity
