Microbiology

Question 1

Bacteriology is the study of
A. Toxins
B. Disease
C. Bacteria
D. Personal hygiene

Answer 1

C. Bacteria

Question 2

Another term that means the same as germ or bacteria is:
A. Lice
B. Mite
C. Parasite
D. Microbe

Answer 2

D. Microbe

Question 3

Bacterial cells that are harmless thinking even be beneficial to humans are called:
A. Viruses
B. Microbes
C. Pathogenic bacteria
D. Nonpathogenic bacteria

Answer 3

D. Nonpathogenic bacteria

Question 4

Bacterial cells that may be harmful to the body are:
A. Nontoxic
B. Vegetative
C. Pathogenic
D. Nonpathogenic

Answer 4

C. Pathogenic

Question 5

What approximate percent of all bacteria are harmless and can even be beneficial to humans?
A. 10%
B. 30%
C. 70%
D. 90%

Answer 5

C. 70%

Question 6

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

Answer 6

D. Covered nose while sneezing

Question 7

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

Answer 7

C. Spread from one person to another

Question 8

Common cold, hepatitis, and measles are examples of:
A. Harmless diseases
B. Beneficial disease
C. Communicable diseases
D. Nonpathogenic diseases

Answer 8

C. Communicable diseases

Question 9

What bacteria form in grape like bunches or clusters?
A. Bacilli
B. Diplococci
C. Streptococci
D. Staphylococci

Answer 9

D. Staphylococci

Question 10

Pus-forming bacterial cells that form in long chains and cause blood poisoning are called:
A. Bacilli
B. Diplococci
C. Streptococci
D. Staphylococci

Answer 10

C. Streptococci

Question 11

Rod-shaped bacteria cells are known as:
A. Cocci
B. Bacilli
C. Spirilla
D. Staphylococci

Answer 11

B. Bacilli

Question 12

Corkscrew-shaped bacterial cells are called:
A. Cocci
B. Bacilli
C. Spirilla
D. Staphylococci

Answer 12

C. Spirilla

Question 13

Eileen’s client has developed pneumonia. Which type of bacteria is caused of this disease?
A. Cocci
B. Bacilli
C. Diplococci
D. Streptococci

Answer 13

C. Diplococci

Question 14

Bacteria can enter the body through all of the following ways EXCEPT:
A. Nose
B. Mouth
C. Healthy skin
D. Break in the skin

Answer 14

C. Healthy Skin

Question 15

Bacteria grow and reproduce:
A. Slowly
B. Rapidly
C. In dry, clean areas
D. In light areas without a food source

Answer 15

B. Rapidly

Question 16

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

Answer 16

A. Two

Question 17

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

Answer 17

C. Sterilization

Question 18

Hair-like projections used by bacilli and spirilla to move themselves are called cilia or:
A. Feet
B. Bacilli
C. Flagella
D. Pediculosis

Answer 18

C. Flagella

Question 19

Which of the following additions is NOT a disease caused by a virus?
A. Mumps
B. Tuberculosis
C. Common Cold
D. Respiratory infection

Answer 19

B. Tuberculosis

Question 20

The common cold is caused by a(n) :
A. Fungi
B. Filterable virus
C. External parasite
D. Non filterable

Answer 20

B. Filterable virus

Question 21

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)

Answer 21

C. Human hepatitis B virus (HBV)

Question 22

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) causes the immune system to:
A. Speed up
B. Break down
C. Work efficiently
D. Continue working properly

Answer 22

B. Break down

Question 23

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)can be transferred by all the following ways EXCEPT:
A. Blood
B. Semen
C. Body Fluids
D. Holding hands

Answer 23

D. Holding hands

Question 24

Organisms that live on or obtain nutrients from another organism are known as :
A. Viruses
B. Bacteria
C. External Parasites
D. Internal Parasites

Answer 24

C. External Parasites

Question 25

Parasitic fungi can cause non-contagious conditions such as:
A. Dandruff
B. Ringworm
C. Nail Fungus
D. Tinea Capitis

Answer 25

A. Dandruff

Question 26

All of the following words describe contagious EXCEPT :
A. Fungi
B. Mites
C. Flagella
D. Bacteria

Answer 26

C. Flagella

Question 27

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

Answer 27

D. General infection

Question 28

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

Answer 28

D. Disinfecting salon equipment

Question 29

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

Answer 29

A. Immunity

Question 30

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

Answer 30

B. Passive Immunity