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ASU MIC 205 PENTON EXAM 2 LATEST 2026-2027 ACTUAL EXAM
WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR
VERIFIED|| ||BRANDNEW!!!||
What is the way that prokaryotic cells reproduce asexually in
which a daughter cells buds as an exact duplicate? - ANSWER-
binary fission
What type of growth slightly increases over time and is more
linear? - ANSWER-arithmic growth
What type of growth has a population doubling over certain
incraments? - ANSWER-logarithmic growth
What are human materials that are examined or tested for the
presence of bacteria or other microbes? - ANSWER-clinical
specimens
What type of media includes nutrient agar and dextrose agar
plates that are inoculated that inhibit bacterial growth through the
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slightly acidic pH of the dextrose selecting fungi? - ANSWER-
selective media
What type of media is a blood agar plate, in which it shows the
digestion of red blood cells by bacteria? - ANSWER-differential
media
In what phase of bacterial growth are the microbes simply
surviving while the enzymes find energy and ways to use it? -
ANSWER-lag phase
In what phase of bacterial growth is their high enzymatic activity?
Time spent here is based on the environment, penicillin/antibiotics
will inhibit growth here, and it is called exponential growth. -
ANSWER-log phase
In what phase of bacterial growth is cellular growth equal to
cellular death? - ANSWER-stationary phase
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In what phase of bacterial growth does the population decline? -
ANSWER-death phase
Microbes can be classified on their ____ or ____ ____. -
ANSWER-nutritional or physical requirements
Bacterial growth is .....? - ANSWER-exponential
What type of organisms acquire their energy from sunlight via
photosynthesis? - ANSWER-phototrophs
What type of organisms acquire their energy from organic or
inorganic molecules? - ANSWER-chemotrophs
What type of organisms are 'self feeders' ie. they make their own
food and fix CO2 through Calvin-Benson cycle? - ANSWER-
autotrophs
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What type of organisms are 'different feeders', in which they get
their carbon from other organisms, like glucose, proteins, and
fats? - ANSWER-heterotrophs
What type of organism is a human? - ANSWER-
Chemoheterotrophs
What type of organism is a plant? - ANSWER-Photoautotrophs
Gaseous oxygen, or oxygen covalently bonded in compounds can
be _____. - ANSWER-poisonous
What type of organism uses oxygen as their final electron
acceptor in aerobic respiration and HAS the ability to detoxify
oxygen? - ANSWER-aerobes
What type of organism uses fermentation or other molecules as
their final electron acceptor in anaerobic metabolism and has NO
ability to detoxify oxygen so it leads to cellular death? - ANSWER-
anaerobes
ASU MIC 205 PENTON EXAM 2 LATEST 2026-2027 ACTUAL EXAM
WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR
VERIFIED|| ||BRANDNEW!!!||
What is the way that prokaryotic cells reproduce asexually in
which a daughter cells buds as an exact duplicate? - ANSWER-
binary fission
What type of growth slightly increases over time and is more
linear? - ANSWER-arithmic growth
What type of growth has a population doubling over certain
incraments? - ANSWER-logarithmic growth
What are human materials that are examined or tested for the
presence of bacteria or other microbes? - ANSWER-clinical
specimens
What type of media includes nutrient agar and dextrose agar
plates that are inoculated that inhibit bacterial growth through the
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slightly acidic pH of the dextrose selecting fungi? - ANSWER-
selective media
What type of media is a blood agar plate, in which it shows the
digestion of red blood cells by bacteria? - ANSWER-differential
media
In what phase of bacterial growth are the microbes simply
surviving while the enzymes find energy and ways to use it? -
ANSWER-lag phase
In what phase of bacterial growth is their high enzymatic activity?
Time spent here is based on the environment, penicillin/antibiotics
will inhibit growth here, and it is called exponential growth. -
ANSWER-log phase
In what phase of bacterial growth is cellular growth equal to
cellular death? - ANSWER-stationary phase
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In what phase of bacterial growth does the population decline? -
ANSWER-death phase
Microbes can be classified on their ____ or ____ ____. -
ANSWER-nutritional or physical requirements
Bacterial growth is .....? - ANSWER-exponential
What type of organisms acquire their energy from sunlight via
photosynthesis? - ANSWER-phototrophs
What type of organisms acquire their energy from organic or
inorganic molecules? - ANSWER-chemotrophs
What type of organisms are 'self feeders' ie. they make their own
food and fix CO2 through Calvin-Benson cycle? - ANSWER-
autotrophs
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What type of organisms are 'different feeders', in which they get
their carbon from other organisms, like glucose, proteins, and
fats? - ANSWER-heterotrophs
What type of organism is a human? - ANSWER-
Chemoheterotrophs
What type of organism is a plant? - ANSWER-Photoautotrophs
Gaseous oxygen, or oxygen covalently bonded in compounds can
be _____. - ANSWER-poisonous
What type of organism uses oxygen as their final electron
acceptor in aerobic respiration and HAS the ability to detoxify
oxygen? - ANSWER-aerobes
What type of organism uses fermentation or other molecules as
their final electron acceptor in anaerobic metabolism and has NO
ability to detoxify oxygen so it leads to cellular death? - ANSWER-
anaerobes
