MICROBIOLOGY ASCP EXAM EXAM SCRIPT
2026 TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Strongyloides stercoralis. Answer:
◉ Staph Auerus. Answer: Grape like clusters, positive tube coagulase
◉ Turbidity of a bacterial inoculum of a standard disk diffusion
(Kirby-Bauer) Susceptibility test. Answer: 0.5 Mcfarland standard
◉ What distinguishes Vanco Resistant Enterococcus faecium and
Enterococcus faecalis from other enterococcus species. Answer:
non-motility
◉ Yellow pigmented nocardioform bacterial species recovered from
blood, non acid fast motile, and filamentous mycelium broke into
pieces as it matured most likely ID is. Answer: Oerskovia turbata
◉ Psuedomonas. Answer: TSI-alk/alk, Mot+, Ox+,
◉ Acinetobacter baumannii. Answer: Nosocomial infections related
to endotracheal tubes and trachiostomies, also causes peritonitis.
,Light lavender pink colonies growing on MacKonk agar, negative
oxidase
◉ Abiotrophia defectiva (Strep defectivus) and Granulicatella
adiacens (S. adjacens) 2 species previously called Nutrient variant
Streptococcus. What supplement must be added to recover in
culture negative endocarditis. Answer: Pyridoxyl
◉ Saccharolytic anaerobe that produces red fluoresencing colonies
under a woods lamp. Answer: Prevotella bivia
◉ Black pigment surrounded by black halo XLD,. Answer:
Salmonella species
◉ Epicoccum. Answer:
◉ M bovis Vs M tuberculosis. Answer: Growth inhibition by
thiopine-2-carboxyline acid hydrazide (T2H)
◉ Portion of tapeworm used for attachment to the host's intestines.
Answer: Scolex
◉ Alcaligenes faecalis. Answer: gray spready colonies, motile, non
fermenter pertricihous flagella, Nitrate reduction, Citrate Pos
, ◉ Sylvatic Plague. Answer: The bites of rate fleas
◉ Streptococcus pyogenes. Answer: Full hemolysis, catalase neg
◉ Each of the following can be used to separate B. Cereus from B.
Anthracis except. Answer: Lecithinase production
◉ Flat spreads gray-white colonies with outer zone of beta
hemolysis, anaerobic plate, Colon cancer, Gram pos bacilli, central
and subterminal spores. Answer: Clostridium septicum
◉ Microbiota of the mouth, upper respiratory tract, grey convex
translucent colonies. Answer: Veillonella parvula
◉ Cystine tellurite blood agar. Answer: Corynebacterium diphtheria
◉ Isospora belli. Answer:
◉ Propionibacterium acnes. Answer: Contaminant
◉ Bacillary angiomatosis. Answer: Bartonella henselae
2026 TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Strongyloides stercoralis. Answer:
◉ Staph Auerus. Answer: Grape like clusters, positive tube coagulase
◉ Turbidity of a bacterial inoculum of a standard disk diffusion
(Kirby-Bauer) Susceptibility test. Answer: 0.5 Mcfarland standard
◉ What distinguishes Vanco Resistant Enterococcus faecium and
Enterococcus faecalis from other enterococcus species. Answer:
non-motility
◉ Yellow pigmented nocardioform bacterial species recovered from
blood, non acid fast motile, and filamentous mycelium broke into
pieces as it matured most likely ID is. Answer: Oerskovia turbata
◉ Psuedomonas. Answer: TSI-alk/alk, Mot+, Ox+,
◉ Acinetobacter baumannii. Answer: Nosocomial infections related
to endotracheal tubes and trachiostomies, also causes peritonitis.
,Light lavender pink colonies growing on MacKonk agar, negative
oxidase
◉ Abiotrophia defectiva (Strep defectivus) and Granulicatella
adiacens (S. adjacens) 2 species previously called Nutrient variant
Streptococcus. What supplement must be added to recover in
culture negative endocarditis. Answer: Pyridoxyl
◉ Saccharolytic anaerobe that produces red fluoresencing colonies
under a woods lamp. Answer: Prevotella bivia
◉ Black pigment surrounded by black halo XLD,. Answer:
Salmonella species
◉ Epicoccum. Answer:
◉ M bovis Vs M tuberculosis. Answer: Growth inhibition by
thiopine-2-carboxyline acid hydrazide (T2H)
◉ Portion of tapeworm used for attachment to the host's intestines.
Answer: Scolex
◉ Alcaligenes faecalis. Answer: gray spready colonies, motile, non
fermenter pertricihous flagella, Nitrate reduction, Citrate Pos
, ◉ Sylvatic Plague. Answer: The bites of rate fleas
◉ Streptococcus pyogenes. Answer: Full hemolysis, catalase neg
◉ Each of the following can be used to separate B. Cereus from B.
Anthracis except. Answer: Lecithinase production
◉ Flat spreads gray-white colonies with outer zone of beta
hemolysis, anaerobic plate, Colon cancer, Gram pos bacilli, central
and subterminal spores. Answer: Clostridium septicum
◉ Microbiota of the mouth, upper respiratory tract, grey convex
translucent colonies. Answer: Veillonella parvula
◉ Cystine tellurite blood agar. Answer: Corynebacterium diphtheria
◉ Isospora belli. Answer:
◉ Propionibacterium acnes. Answer: Contaminant
◉ Bacillary angiomatosis. Answer: Bartonella henselae
