MICROBIOLOGY ASCP EXAM
COMPREHENSIVE TEST PAPER 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
EXPERT VERIFIED GRADED A+
◉ Fusarium. Answer: Likely to cause mycotic Keratitis
◉ Saccharomyces cerevisae. Answer: Bakers yeast
◉ Presumptive test for ID of Lancefield group A strep is. Answer:
Bacitracin susceptibility
◉ Moraxella lacunata. Answer: Conjungtivitis
◉ Blue color on simmons citrate. Answer: production of ammonia
from ammonium phosphate
◉ If bacteria produces tryptophanase to break down the A.A.
tryptophan, which is positive for Kovacs reagent. Answer: Indole test
◉ Klebsiella oxytoca. Answer: weak urease positive
,◉ Necator Americanus. Answer:
◉ Morganella morganii. Answer: non lactose fermenter (not pink on
MacConkey
◉ Class II or higher BSC. Answer: must be used for bioterrorism
agents
◉ alpha napthalamine. Answer: Nitrate
◉ VP. Answer: alpha naphthol
◉ Indole. Answer: aminobenzaldehyde
◉ Phenylalamine deaminase. Answer: ferric chloride
◉ Bacillus Anthracis. Answer: Ulcerating pustule, asia, animal hides
◉ Fonsecaea pedrosoi. Answer: Chromoblastosis, H&E stained
sections of tissue biopsy, Sclerotic bodies, Copper pennies,
◉ Group A strep. Answer: Zone of inhibition around bacitracin disk
, ◉ Serum medium and methylene blue stain originally described by
Loeffler is helpful in. Answer: Corynebacterium diphtheriae
◉ Mycobacterium Tuberculosis. Answer: 2 weeks to grow, Rough
looking
◉ Mycobacterium Kansasii. Answer: Develop pigment when exposed
to light (PHOTOCHROMIC)
◉ Mycobacterium scrofulaceum. Answer: Develop deep yellow
(orange) when incubated in the dark
◉ Mycobacterium Fortuitum. Answer: White or gray rapid growing
3 days
◉ Elkenella corrodens. Answer: Pitting of the agar, bleach smell,
◉ Clostridium pefringens. Answer: Boxcar, gas gangrene, anaerobe,
non spore forming
◉ Hydrolysis of tyrosine, xanthine and casein. Answer: Nocardia
COMPREHENSIVE TEST PAPER 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
EXPERT VERIFIED GRADED A+
◉ Fusarium. Answer: Likely to cause mycotic Keratitis
◉ Saccharomyces cerevisae. Answer: Bakers yeast
◉ Presumptive test for ID of Lancefield group A strep is. Answer:
Bacitracin susceptibility
◉ Moraxella lacunata. Answer: Conjungtivitis
◉ Blue color on simmons citrate. Answer: production of ammonia
from ammonium phosphate
◉ If bacteria produces tryptophanase to break down the A.A.
tryptophan, which is positive for Kovacs reagent. Answer: Indole test
◉ Klebsiella oxytoca. Answer: weak urease positive
,◉ Necator Americanus. Answer:
◉ Morganella morganii. Answer: non lactose fermenter (not pink on
MacConkey
◉ Class II or higher BSC. Answer: must be used for bioterrorism
agents
◉ alpha napthalamine. Answer: Nitrate
◉ VP. Answer: alpha naphthol
◉ Indole. Answer: aminobenzaldehyde
◉ Phenylalamine deaminase. Answer: ferric chloride
◉ Bacillus Anthracis. Answer: Ulcerating pustule, asia, animal hides
◉ Fonsecaea pedrosoi. Answer: Chromoblastosis, H&E stained
sections of tissue biopsy, Sclerotic bodies, Copper pennies,
◉ Group A strep. Answer: Zone of inhibition around bacitracin disk
, ◉ Serum medium and methylene blue stain originally described by
Loeffler is helpful in. Answer: Corynebacterium diphtheriae
◉ Mycobacterium Tuberculosis. Answer: 2 weeks to grow, Rough
looking
◉ Mycobacterium Kansasii. Answer: Develop pigment when exposed
to light (PHOTOCHROMIC)
◉ Mycobacterium scrofulaceum. Answer: Develop deep yellow
(orange) when incubated in the dark
◉ Mycobacterium Fortuitum. Answer: White or gray rapid growing
3 days
◉ Elkenella corrodens. Answer: Pitting of the agar, bleach smell,
◉ Clostridium pefringens. Answer: Boxcar, gas gangrene, anaerobe,
non spore forming
◉ Hydrolysis of tyrosine, xanthine and casein. Answer: Nocardia
