WGU D311 MICROBIOLOGY OA EXAM | NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED A+ | 100% PASS | 2025 UPDATE!

WGU D311 MICROBIOLOGY OA EXAM |
NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
GRADED A+ | 100% PASS | 2025 UPDATE!

Why is the production of lactic acid by the resident microbe Lactobacillus
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Important to human health? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Lactic acid is
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important to human health because it inhibits the growth of pathogenic
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yeasts.
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Which type of microbial control is necessary for surgical equipment? -
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✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Sterilization
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Which organism type contains species that perform adhesion through the
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unique use of its flagella to move out fluid from under a large adhesive
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disc, resulting in lower pressure to adhere to the intestinal lining? -
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✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Protozoa
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A hospital notices an increase in patients being admitted with
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gastrointestinal symptoms and dehydration over a two-week period. An
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epidemiological analysis reveals that the cause is the same pathogen, but
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that none of the hospitalized individuals were ever in the same location at
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the same time. What is an explanation for this analysis? -
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, ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > These individuals all consumed contaminated
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food from a common manufacturing source.
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A patient presents to the emergency department with high fever.
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difficulty breathing. vomiting, coughing up blood. and severe chest pain
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when inhaling. Which pathogen would the provider suspect? - ✔✔✔
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Correct Answer > Bacillus anthracis
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How are spore-forming bacteria killed to make canned foods safe for
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consumption? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Heat and pressure
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Which type of infections are prevented by proper sterilization of
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hospital equipment and healthcare worker handwashing? - ✔✔✔
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Correct Answer > Nosocomial infections are prevented by proper
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sterilization of hospital equipment and healthcare worker
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handwashing.
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A patient Is determined to have contracted Lyme disease after being bit by
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an infected tick. What type of transmission is described in this scenario?
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- ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Vector transmission is described in this
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scenario.
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Which is a description of vehicle transmission? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer
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> A person drinks untreated water on vacation and later has diarrhea and
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nausea is a description of vehicle transmission.
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