MICROBIOLOGY STRAIGHTERLINE TEST FINAL
EXAM
COMPLETE ACCURATE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS
1. Cell walls are not typically possessed by .
Answer> protozoa
2. The two major groups of helminths are the and the .
Answer> round- worms; 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
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,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?
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) .
Answer> facultative anaerobe
6. An organic nutrient that cannot be synthesized by the organism and must be
provided is called a(n) .
Answer> growth factor
7. Humans can see objects as small as 0.1 mm. Leeuwenhoek's best micro- scope
could magnify objects to 300X.Which of the following would be invisible using
Leeuwenhoek's microscope?
Answer> Poliovirus, 30 nm
8. Which of the following is not associated with every virus?
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, a. Envelope
b. Capsomeres
c. Capsid
d. Nucleic acid
e. Genome
Answer> Envelope
9. A diagram of the three domains (Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya) proceeding from
the Last Universal Common Ancestor would show Archaea
Answer> branching off the Domain Eukarya.
10. During aerobic cellular respiration, the final electron acceptor is .-
Answer> oxygen
11. The endosymbiotic theory has been developed to explain the emergence of
.
Answer> eukaryotes
12. Which of the following is a unique characteristic of viruses that distin-
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EXAM
COMPLETE ACCURATE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS
1. Cell walls are not typically possessed by .
Answer> protozoa
2. The two major groups of helminths are the and the .
Answer> round- worms; 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
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,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?
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) .
Answer> facultative anaerobe
6. An organic nutrient that cannot be synthesized by the organism and must be
provided is called a(n) .
Answer> growth factor
7. Humans can see objects as small as 0.1 mm. Leeuwenhoek's best micro- scope
could magnify objects to 300X.Which of the following would be invisible using
Leeuwenhoek's microscope?
Answer> Poliovirus, 30 nm
8. Which of the following is not associated with every virus?
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, a. Envelope
b. Capsomeres
c. Capsid
d. Nucleic acid
e. Genome
Answer> Envelope
9. A diagram of the three domains (Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya) proceeding from
the Last Universal Common Ancestor would show Archaea
Answer> branching off the Domain Eukarya.
10. During aerobic cellular respiration, the final electron acceptor is .-
Answer> oxygen
11. The endosymbiotic theory has been developed to explain the emergence of
.
Answer> eukaryotes
12. Which of the following is a unique characteristic of viruses that distin-
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