Microbiology UTA 2460 – Exam 2026
Questions and Answers
Bacteria, archaea & eukaryotes arose __ years ago... - Answer -2.9 Billion
Which one is not a cause of infectious death worldwide... - Answer -Ebola
__ is the most infectious microbe caused through non-human transmission, while
__ is the most infectious microbe caused by human-to-human transmission... -
Answer -malaria, measles
What is the only eradicated disease in the world... - Answer -small pox
Which choice below lists emerging diseases... - Answer -HIV, SARS, Lassa Fever
Species that are in the same __ are more closely related than species that are only
in the same __ ... - Answer -family, order
The first person to use a microscope to observe living cells was... - Answer -Anton
Vee Leeuwenhoek
Which of the following organisms shows the proper use of binomial
nomenclature... - Answer -Escherichia coli (italicized)
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, All of the following are considered eukaryotes except... - Answer -archaea bacteria
Using microbes to detoxify a site contaminated with heavy metals is an example
of... - Answer -bioremediation
Helminths are... - Answer -parasitic worms
Koch's postulates are criteria used to establish that... - Answer -a specific microbe
is the cause of a specific disease
Sterile refers to... - Answer -absence of any life forms and viral particles
The curve in Pasteur's swan neck flasks was important because... - Answer -it
trapped microbes that otherwise would have entered the flask
One nucleotide contains one... - Answer -all of the choices are correct (nitrogen
base, phosphate, pentose sugar)
What bond results from an unequal sharing of electrons between atoms... - Answer
-polar covalent bond
You have a solution with a pH of 6. What is the hydroxide ion concentration [OH-
]... - Answer -10^-8 M
Which statement is true of all ions that are cations... - Answer -the ion has more
protons than electrons
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Questions and Answers
Bacteria, archaea & eukaryotes arose __ years ago... - Answer -2.9 Billion
Which one is not a cause of infectious death worldwide... - Answer -Ebola
__ is the most infectious microbe caused through non-human transmission, while
__ is the most infectious microbe caused by human-to-human transmission... -
Answer -malaria, measles
What is the only eradicated disease in the world... - Answer -small pox
Which choice below lists emerging diseases... - Answer -HIV, SARS, Lassa Fever
Species that are in the same __ are more closely related than species that are only
in the same __ ... - Answer -family, order
The first person to use a microscope to observe living cells was... - Answer -Anton
Vee Leeuwenhoek
Which of the following organisms shows the proper use of binomial
nomenclature... - Answer -Escherichia coli (italicized)
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, All of the following are considered eukaryotes except... - Answer -archaea bacteria
Using microbes to detoxify a site contaminated with heavy metals is an example
of... - Answer -bioremediation
Helminths are... - Answer -parasitic worms
Koch's postulates are criteria used to establish that... - Answer -a specific microbe
is the cause of a specific disease
Sterile refers to... - Answer -absence of any life forms and viral particles
The curve in Pasteur's swan neck flasks was important because... - Answer -it
trapped microbes that otherwise would have entered the flask
One nucleotide contains one... - Answer -all of the choices are correct (nitrogen
base, phosphate, pentose sugar)
What bond results from an unequal sharing of electrons between atoms... - Answer
-polar covalent bond
You have a solution with a pH of 6. What is the hydroxide ion concentration [OH-
]... - Answer -10^-8 M
Which statement is true of all ions that are cations... - Answer -the ion has more
protons than electrons
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