MICROBIOLOGY STRAIGHTERLINE TEST
FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2025/2026 100 +
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, 1. Cell walls are not typically possessed by . 🗸🗸 CORRECT ANSWER protozoa
2. The two major groups of helminths are the and the . 🗸🗸 CORRECT
ANSWER roundworms; flatworms
3. Which of the following is not true of conjugation?
a. Involves direct contact between cells
b. Transfers genes for drug resistance
c. Transfers genes for enzymes and adherence molecules
d. Involves the action of bacteriophage
e. The donor retains a copy of the transferred genes 🗸🗸 CORRECT ANSWER Involves the action of bacteriophage
4. Which of the following properties is likely to be found in a pioneer colonizer of a biofilm on an artificial joint
implant? 🗸🗸 CORRECT ANSWER Surface structures for attaching to tissue
5. A bacterium is inoculated into a tube of thioglycollate and incubated. After incubation, turbidity appears
throughout, top to bottom, with the greatest turbidty at the very top. This bacterium would be called a(n) .
🗸🗸 CORRECT ANSWER facultative anaerobe
6. An organic nutrient that cannot be synthesized by the organism and must be provided is called a(n) . 🗸🗸
CORRECT ANSWER growth factor
7. Humans can see objects as small as 0.1 mm. Leeuwenhoek's best microscope could magnify objects to 300X. Which
of the following would be invisible using Leeuwenhoek's microscope? 🗸🗸 CORRECT ANSWER Poliovirus, 30 nm
8. Which of the following is not associated with every virus?
a. Envelope
b. Capsomeres
c. Capsid
d. Nucleic acid
e. Genome 🗸🗸 CORRECT ANSWER Envelope
9. A diagram of the three domains (Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya) proceeding from the Last Universal Common Ancestor
would show Archaea 🗸🗸 CORRECT ANSWER branching ott the Domain Eukarya.
10. During aerobic cellular respiration, the final electron acceptor is . 🗸🗸
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FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2025/2026 100 +
ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE ACCURATE
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED
VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED A+ BEST FOR
REVISION .
1/
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, 1. Cell walls are not typically possessed by . 🗸🗸 CORRECT ANSWER protozoa
2. The two major groups of helminths are the and the . 🗸🗸 CORRECT
ANSWER roundworms; flatworms
3. Which of the following is not true of conjugation?
a. Involves direct contact between cells
b. Transfers genes for drug resistance
c. Transfers genes for enzymes and adherence molecules
d. Involves the action of bacteriophage
e. The donor retains a copy of the transferred genes 🗸🗸 CORRECT ANSWER Involves the action of bacteriophage
4. Which of the following properties is likely to be found in a pioneer colonizer of a biofilm on an artificial joint
implant? 🗸🗸 CORRECT ANSWER Surface structures for attaching to tissue
5. A bacterium is inoculated into a tube of thioglycollate and incubated. After incubation, turbidity appears
throughout, top to bottom, with the greatest turbidty at the very top. This bacterium would be called a(n) .
🗸🗸 CORRECT ANSWER facultative anaerobe
6. An organic nutrient that cannot be synthesized by the organism and must be provided is called a(n) . 🗸🗸
CORRECT ANSWER growth factor
7. Humans can see objects as small as 0.1 mm. Leeuwenhoek's best microscope could magnify objects to 300X. Which
of the following would be invisible using Leeuwenhoek's microscope? 🗸🗸 CORRECT ANSWER Poliovirus, 30 nm
8. Which of the following is not associated with every virus?
a. Envelope
b. Capsomeres
c. Capsid
d. Nucleic acid
e. Genome 🗸🗸 CORRECT ANSWER Envelope
9. A diagram of the three domains (Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya) proceeding from the Last Universal Common Ancestor
would show Archaea 🗸🗸 CORRECT ANSWER branching ott the Domain Eukarya.
10. During aerobic cellular respiration, the final electron acceptor is . 🗸🗸
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