SARAP Flashcards
Smallest living cell?
a. Virus
b. Bacteria
c. Fungi
d. Protozoan
b. Bacteria
Nuclear region of bacteria?
a. Nucleus
b. Mesosomes
c. Nucleoid
d. Nuclear membrane
c. Nucleoid
What type of microorganism has only molecular oxygen as the final electron acceptor?
a. Obligate aerobe
b. Obligate anaerobe
c. Strictly anaerobe
d. Facultative anaerobe
a. Obligate aerobe
Bacteria that grows at temperatures as high as 500 C to 550 C ?
a. Psychotrophs
b. Thermotrophs
c. Thermophiles
d. Psychrophiles
c. Thermophiles
Primary used stain for Gram stain
a. Crystal violet
b. Lugol’s iodine
c. Carbofuschin
d. Safranin
a. Crystal violet
If the culture of Staphylococcus were prepared several days ago, what would be the appearance in Gram’s stain?
a. Purple
b. Light purple
c. Pink
d. Rainbow
c. Pink
In what stage of growth is there slow loss of cells through death that is just balanced by the formation of new cells through growth and division?
a. Decline
b. Lag
c. Maximal stationary
d. Exponential
c. Maximal stationary
- Which layer of the endospores’ outer covering/coat is the germ cell layer?
a. Exosporium
b. Thick Cortex
c. Spore membrane
d. Inner core
c. Spore membrane
Which statement best describes fimbriae?
a. Most Gram positive bacteria have a set of fimbriae
b. Also known as “common pili”
c. Larger than flagella
d. Facilitates transfer of genetic material
b. Also known as “common pili”
Which of the following is true about endotoxin?
a. Commonly referred to as lipopolysaccharide
b. Mostly produced by Gram positive bacteria
c. Staphylococcus aureus produces it
d. Are heat labile compared to heat stable exotoxins
a. Commonly referred to as lipopolysaccharide
Some bacteria have protein thread-like appendage called flagella. Which of the following statements is correct?
a. Flagella is found exclusively in Gram negative bacteria.
b. The flagella is affixed to the bacteria by a basal body.
c. The flagella is composed of repeating polysaccharide units called flagellin.
d. The bacteria and its flagellin are seen in Gram stain.
b. The flagella is affixed to the bacteria by a basal body.
One of the distinguishing features of prokaryotes is its ability to exhange genetic information. Which of the following aids the transfer?
a. Cell wall
b. Surface glycoprotein
c. Adherins
d. Plasmid
d. Plasmid
The process of passing the DNA from one bacterium to another in a bacteriophage which is then incorporated into the recipient’s DNA is
a. Transduction
b. Conjugation
c. Transformation
d. Transcription
a. Transduction
Which of the following regarding bacteria DNA is correct?
a. It contains histone proteins
b. It is only single-stranded
c. It is a single circular loop
d. Bacteria only has 4 chromosomes
c. It is a single circular loop
Cluster of polar flagella
a. Amphitrichous
b. Monotrichous
c. Peritrichous
d. Lophotrichous
d. Lophotrichous
Bacterial cell walls are composed of peptidoglycans. What is the other name of this compound?
a. N-acetyl muramic acid
b. N-acetyl glucosamine
c. Murein mucopeptide
d. Mesodiaminopimetic acid
c. Murein mucopeptide
What is periplasm?
a. Area between outer and inner cell membranes in Gram positive bacteria
b. Area between outer and inner cell membranes in Gram negative bacteria
c. Area outside the cell membrane exposed to environmental conditions
d. Area within the plasma membrane
b. Area between outer and inner cell membranes in Gram negative bacteria
In the growth curve, which is associated with the lag phase?
a. Period of initial adjustment
b. Transitional period
c. Generation time
d. Period of no activity
a. Period of initial adjustment
Who proposed the 5-kingdom classification?
a. Koch
b. Whittaker
c. Jenner
d. Pasteur
b. Whittaker
Which of the following is absent in Gram positive bacterium?
a. ?
b. Lipopolysaccharide
c. Phospholipid bilayer
d. Penicillin binding protein
b. Lipopolysaccharide
The bacteria contain pores to alter the passage of nutrients into the cell. Where are the porins located?
a. Outer membrane of Gram negative bacteria
b. Thick peptidoglycan layer of Gram positive bacteria
c. Plasma membrane of bacterium
d. Nuclear area of bacterium
b. Thick peptidoglycan layer of Gram positive bacteria
Microorganisms have characteristics that differentiate them. Which is correct?
a. DNA and RNA are both in virus
b. Fungi and bacteria have peptidoglycans in the cell wall
c. Bacteria and fungi undergo binary fission
d. Virus has independent metabolism activity
c. Bacteria and fungi undergo binary fission
Bacterial cell membrane is composed of a phospholipid bilayer. Which statement is true?
a. Basic structure of cell membrane contains proteins and usually sterols
b. Membrane has roles in synthetic, secretory, electron transport processes
c. Cell membrane is not functional comparable to many eukaryotic organelles
d. Cell membrane of Gram positive and Gram negative are different in composition
b. Membrane has roles in synthetic, secretory, electron transport processes
Enzyme used by aerobic bacteria to break down toxic forms of oxygen?
a. Coagulase
b. Peroxidase
c. Hyaluronidase
d. ?
b. Peroxidase
Which of the following organisms are associated with pili?
a. Virus
b. Fungi
c. Gram positive bacteria
d. Gram negative bacteria
d. Gram negative bacteria
How are fungi different from bacteria?
a. Fungi are prokaryotic with true nucleus, 80s ribosomes, mitochondria and ER.
b. Bacteria are prokaryotes, no true nucleus, 70s ribosomes, and no ER.
c. Both fungi and bacteria contain cell wall and cell membrane contain sterols.
d. Fungi are eukaryotic with true nucleus and 50s and 30s ribosomes.
b. Bacteria are prokaryotes, no true nucleus, 70s ribosomes, and no ER.
Difference between mold and yeast?
a. Parasitic phase is mold phase.
b. Yeast are single-celled and reproduce by budding.
c. Both have pseudohyphase and blastoconidia.
d. Molds are filamentous and grow by branching pseudohyphae.
b. Yeast are single-celled and reproduce by budding.
Sabouraud’s dextrose agar is used to culture fungi because
a. ?
b. Low pH does not allow bacteria to grow
c. ?
d. High dextroe does not allow bacteria to grow
b. Low pH does not allow bacteria to grow
Which of the following situations that allow fungal microogranisms to be introduced into the host would not result in dermatophyte infection?
a. Playing with cat
b. Playing in soil
c. Inhaling conidia
d. Walking on soil
e. Sharing a towel
c. Inhaling conidia
Dermatophyte infection
a. Not chronic
b. Keratinized
c. ?
d. Diffused alveolar
d. Diffused alveolar
Which fungal element is not normally found in the host’s body?
a. Reproductive mycelium
b. Vegetative
c. Yeast
d. Cyst
a. Reproductive mycelium
T/F: A mass of intertwined hyphal elements is called a mycelium.
TRUE
T/F: Conidia are specialized nonmotile structures with asexual spores formed from hyphal wall.
TRUE
T/F: Fungi can alos have sexual sporulation.
TRUE
T/F: Asexual fungi are medically significant fungi.
TRUE
T/F: Dimorphic fungus exist as yeast during sapropobic phase.
FALSE