Samples Questions in First Term Exam

Question 1

Which of the following does not occur when baeocytes are produced?

A. Formation of a small, spherical cell.

B. Formation of a vegetable cell which replicates over and over.

C. Formation of thick extracellular material in the vegetable cell with a temporary sojourn of cytoplasmic fissions.

D. Release of baeocytes from extracellular matrix.

Answer 1

C. Formation of thick extracellular material in the vegetable cell with a temporary sojourn of cytoplasmic fissions.

Question 2

This is also known as bacteria with tapering ends.

Answer 2

Fusiform bacilli

Question 3

Who is credited for discovering the first living organisms under a microscope?

Answer 3

Anthon Van Leeuwenhoek

Question 4

What structure of bacteria aims to protect the cell from being phagocytized by larger cells?

Answer 4

Capsule

Question 5

Acts as a primary stain

Answer 5

Crystal violet

Question 6

Decolorizes bacterial smears

Answer 6

Alcohol

Question 7

For Acid Fast-Staining

Answer 7

Ziehl-Neelsen Stain

Question 8

For Fungal Staining

Answer 8

Lactophenol Cotton Blue

Question 9

Functions as a mordant

Answer 9

Iodine

Question 10

Causes gram-negative cells to stain pink

Answer 10

Safranin O

Question 11

True or False

Aero-microbiology is a branch of microbiology that focuses in studying life outside the Earth.

Answer 11

False

Question 12

True or False

There is no standard, unified classification scheme in bacteria.

Answer 12

True

Question 13

True or False

Fungal DNA is enclosed within a region called nucleoid, whereas bacterial DNA exists inside a membrane-bound called plasmid.

Answer 13

False

Question 14

True or False

MacFarland Standard relies on the comparison of sample turbidity to estimate bacterial concentration.

Answer 14

True

Question 15

True or False

Bacterial motility can be visualized using spectrophotometric analysis.

Answer 15

True

Question 16

True or False

A condition that retards the growth of bacteria is called bacteriostatis.

Answer 16

True

Question 17

True or False

Fungal cells are larger in size than bacterial cells.

Answer 17

True

Question 18

True or False

Serotyping and antibiotic inhibition patterns are not used in identifying bacterial populations.

Answer 18

True

Question 19

Correct arrangement from general to specific level.

Answer 19

Domain-Kingdom-Divisions-Class-Order-Family-Genus-Species

Question 20

Who created the initial accounts on the existence of infectious diseases?

Answer 20

Fracastoro

Question 21

What taxon is the most specific or exclusive?

Answer 21

Domain

Question 22

True or False

The Big Bang Theory states that life is a product of collision and explosion.

Answer 22

True

Question 23

True of False

Numerical taxonomy differentiates bacteria in terms of varied characteristics expressed in mathematical coefficients.

Answer 23

True

Question 24

I. Microbiology is the study of living organisms that are too small to be seen with the naked eye.

II. Fungi are prokaryotic organisms which could either be multicellular or unicellular

Answer 24

Statement I is correct; Statement II is incorrect