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This document contains the complete set of midterm exam questions with answers for BIOS 242 Microbiology (2024/2025). It covers key microbiology concepts including microbial cell structure and function, microbial genetics, metabolism, growth, virology, host-microbe interactions, and applied microbiology. The material is designed to help students prepare effectively for the BIOS 242 midterm by reviewing both knowledge-based and application-based questions with correct answers provided.

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BIOS 242 Microbiology Midterm
Exam Questions With Answers 2024/2025
Question :
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek was the first person in history to

Student Answer:
use a magnifying glass.

develop a taxonomic system.

view protozoa and bacteria.

disprove spontaneous generation.

prove the germ theory.


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Question 2 Question :
. Microbes that can live in the presence or absence of oxygen are
called

Student Answer:
anaerobes.

facultative anaerobes.

obligate parasites.

archaea.

prokaryotes.

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Question 3 Question :
. Which of the following scientists provided evidence in favor of the
concept of spontaneous generation?



Student Answer:
Pasteur

, Needham

Redi

Buchner

Spallanzani

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Question 4 Question :
. The microbial production of alcohol from sugar is known as

Student Answer:
fermentation.

pasteurization.

metabolism.

abiogenesis.

antisepsis.


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Question 5 Question :
. Which of the following statements concerning Koch's postulates is
false?

Student Answer:
Koch's postulates cannot be used to demonstrate the cause of all
diseases.

A suspected pathogen must be able to be grown in the
laboratory.

All of Koch's postulates must be satisfied before an organism can
be proven to cause a particular disease.

Koch's postulates involve the experimental infection of
susceptible hosts.

A suspected pathogen must be found in the majority of
individuals with a particular disease.

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Question 6 Question :
. The study of the body's defenses against pathogens is called

Student Answer:
etiology.

immunology.

chemotherapy.

molecular biology.

epidemiology.


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Question 7 Question :
. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of viruses?

Student Answer:
they are visible with a light microscope.

they are acellular.


they are composed of genetic material and protein.

they are smaller than prokaryotic cells.

they are obligatory parasites.


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Question 8 Question :
. Saccharomyces cerevisiae is an example of which of the following
types of microbes?



Student Answer:
fungus


protozoan

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