BIOL 203 MICROBIOLOGY LCC UPDATED
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
VERIFIED PREPARATION RESOURCE
●● In the three domain classification system, all prokaryotic cells are
grouped into Monera.
Answer: False
●● Angelina Hesse suggested adding ______ as a thickener to broth in
order to make solid media.
Answer: Agar
●● Koch's postulates were used
Answer: to definitively link one microorganism to one disease.
●● In this class of microorganisms, all members are prokaryotes.
Answer: bacteria
●● The theory that states life can arise from nonliving things and would
explain an infection by stating that first the body would be in a diseased
state after which microorganisms would appear is
Answer: spontaneous generation
,●● How would you correctly abbreviate Helicobacter hepaticus?
Answer: H. hepaticus
●● Which of the following class(es) of microorganisms can exist as a
multicellular lifeform? (Select all that apply.)
Answer: Helminthes
Algae
Fungi
●● Which of the following classes of microorganisms are made up of
eukaryotic cells? (Select all that apply.)
Answer: fungi
algae
helminthe
protozoa
●● Which of the following classes of microorganisms contain even one
member that can make humans sick?
Answer: fungi
bacteria
viruses
protozoa
algae
,helminthes
●● Bacteria are typically larger in size than viruses.
Answer: true
●● Microbes are ubiquitous.
Answer: true
●● Viruses are considered
Answer: acellular
●● Living things have all of the following characteristics EXCEPT
Answer: contain a nucleus
●● The theory of biogenesis states that
Answer: maggots grow on meat that is left in an open flask because they
are transmitted by flies
●● Koch's postulates were
Answer: designed to establish the relationship between a causative
microbe and a disease
●● In the Latin name, Micrococcus luteus, Micrococcus is the
, Answer: genus
●● The Three Domain system of classification divides all prokaryotes
into the domains
Answer: bacteria and archaea
●● bacterial endospores
Answer: -are produced when nutrients are scarce
-can withstand heating, freezing, and drying
-are commonly found in Bacillus and Clostridium species
●● The ability to see enough detail in an object viewed under a
microscope is
Answer: resolution
●● The Gram Stain is a(n)
Answer: differential stain
●● This technique is the best for separating the cells of a mixed culture
into isolate colonies. It involves dividing the surface of an agar plate into
four quadrants and diluting the sample in each.
Answer: Streak Plate
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
VERIFIED PREPARATION RESOURCE
●● In the three domain classification system, all prokaryotic cells are
grouped into Monera.
Answer: False
●● Angelina Hesse suggested adding ______ as a thickener to broth in
order to make solid media.
Answer: Agar
●● Koch's postulates were used
Answer: to definitively link one microorganism to one disease.
●● In this class of microorganisms, all members are prokaryotes.
Answer: bacteria
●● The theory that states life can arise from nonliving things and would
explain an infection by stating that first the body would be in a diseased
state after which microorganisms would appear is
Answer: spontaneous generation
,●● How would you correctly abbreviate Helicobacter hepaticus?
Answer: H. hepaticus
●● Which of the following class(es) of microorganisms can exist as a
multicellular lifeform? (Select all that apply.)
Answer: Helminthes
Algae
Fungi
●● Which of the following classes of microorganisms are made up of
eukaryotic cells? (Select all that apply.)
Answer: fungi
algae
helminthe
protozoa
●● Which of the following classes of microorganisms contain even one
member that can make humans sick?
Answer: fungi
bacteria
viruses
protozoa
algae
,helminthes
●● Bacteria are typically larger in size than viruses.
Answer: true
●● Microbes are ubiquitous.
Answer: true
●● Viruses are considered
Answer: acellular
●● Living things have all of the following characteristics EXCEPT
Answer: contain a nucleus
●● The theory of biogenesis states that
Answer: maggots grow on meat that is left in an open flask because they
are transmitted by flies
●● Koch's postulates were
Answer: designed to establish the relationship between a causative
microbe and a disease
●● In the Latin name, Micrococcus luteus, Micrococcus is the
, Answer: genus
●● The Three Domain system of classification divides all prokaryotes
into the domains
Answer: bacteria and archaea
●● bacterial endospores
Answer: -are produced when nutrients are scarce
-can withstand heating, freezing, and drying
-are commonly found in Bacillus and Clostridium species
●● The ability to see enough detail in an object viewed under a
microscope is
Answer: resolution
●● The Gram Stain is a(n)
Answer: differential stain
●● This technique is the best for separating the cells of a mixed culture
into isolate colonies. It involves dividing the surface of an agar plate into
four quadrants and diluting the sample in each.
Answer: Streak Plate
