Microbiology Straighterline Final Exam Questions And 100%
Correct Answers |Graded A+ (2026/2027)
photosystems - Answer -The light-harvesting units in the thylakoid membranes are the...
- Answer -Glycolysis and the Krebs cycle yield 10 molecules of NADH per molecule of glucose.
How many molecules of ATP will be made from them in the electron transport system?
Convergent- a linear pathway branches into two or more alternative processes - Answer -Which
of the following metabolic system descriptions is mismatched?
histone proteins, chromosomes in a nucleus, several to many chromosomes, elongated, no
circular, chromosomes - Answer -Eukaryotic chromosomes differ from prokaryotic
chromosomes because only eukaryotes have...
a mutation - Answer -A permanent, inheritable change in the genetic information is called...
nucleotides - Answer -The DNA of an organism is made up of subunits called...
They are always part of plasmids - Answer -Which of the following is not true of transposons?
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,transformation - Answer -The transfer of DNA fragments from a dead call to a live, competent
recipient cell that results in a changed recipient cell is termed...
the study of an organisms complete genome, including plasmid, mitochondrial and chloroplast
DNA - Answer -The field of genomics refers to
dependent on other viruses for replication - Answer -Satellite viruses are
chromatin - Answer -When a eukaryotic cell is not undergoing mitosis, the DNA and its
associated proteins appear as a visible thread-like mass called...
it degrades glucose to co2 and h20 - Answer -All of the following pertain to glycolysis except
occurs without oxygen, ends with formation of pyruvic acid, occurs during fermentation and
involves reduction of NAD - Answer -Glycolysis...
the patient has tuberculosis - Answer -You apply the acid-fast method to a patients specimen, in
aspirate from the lungs. Microscopic examination reveals a large number of bright pink-red
bacillus- shaped bacteria in the smear. Which statement is true?
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,decomposers - Answer -The microorganisms that recycle nutrients by breaking down dead
matter and wastes are called...
fastidious - Answer -Bacteria that require special growth factors and complex nutrients are
termed...
superoxide dismutase and catalase - Answer -The toxic superoxide ion is converted to harmless
oxygen to two enzymes...
convert CO2 and H2 into methane - Answer -methanogens-
adapt to salty habitats - Answer -Extreme halophiles-
adapt to very low temperatures - Answer -Psychrophiles
adapt to high temperatures - Answer -Hyperthermophiles
adapt to frozen environments - Answer -thermoplasmas
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, sugar protein of the molecule - Answer -ATP differs from the nucleotides found in the DNA in
the...
ADP - Answer -In the cell, energy released by elcetrons is often used to phosphorylate...
proteins associated with DNA in the nucleus. - Answer -Histones are...
electron - Answer -Which type of microscope achieves the greatest resolution and highest
magnification?
viruses - Answer -Which group of microorganisms is composed only of hereditary material
wrapped in a protein covering?
spiral, Cyanobacteria - Answer -The endosymbiotic theory says that precursor eukaryotic cells
acquired cilia by endosymbiosis with a ___ ancestor and others gained photosynthetic ability
from endosymbiosis with a ___ ancestor.
gluuconeogenesis - Answer -The process of forming glucose from various metabolic
intermediates is called...
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Correct Answers |Graded A+ (2026/2027)
photosystems - Answer -The light-harvesting units in the thylakoid membranes are the...
- Answer -Glycolysis and the Krebs cycle yield 10 molecules of NADH per molecule of glucose.
How many molecules of ATP will be made from them in the electron transport system?
Convergent- a linear pathway branches into two or more alternative processes - Answer -Which
of the following metabolic system descriptions is mismatched?
histone proteins, chromosomes in a nucleus, several to many chromosomes, elongated, no
circular, chromosomes - Answer -Eukaryotic chromosomes differ from prokaryotic
chromosomes because only eukaryotes have...
a mutation - Answer -A permanent, inheritable change in the genetic information is called...
nucleotides - Answer -The DNA of an organism is made up of subunits called...
They are always part of plasmids - Answer -Which of the following is not true of transposons?
1|Page
,transformation - Answer -The transfer of DNA fragments from a dead call to a live, competent
recipient cell that results in a changed recipient cell is termed...
the study of an organisms complete genome, including plasmid, mitochondrial and chloroplast
DNA - Answer -The field of genomics refers to
dependent on other viruses for replication - Answer -Satellite viruses are
chromatin - Answer -When a eukaryotic cell is not undergoing mitosis, the DNA and its
associated proteins appear as a visible thread-like mass called...
it degrades glucose to co2 and h20 - Answer -All of the following pertain to glycolysis except
occurs without oxygen, ends with formation of pyruvic acid, occurs during fermentation and
involves reduction of NAD - Answer -Glycolysis...
the patient has tuberculosis - Answer -You apply the acid-fast method to a patients specimen, in
aspirate from the lungs. Microscopic examination reveals a large number of bright pink-red
bacillus- shaped bacteria in the smear. Which statement is true?
2|Page
,decomposers - Answer -The microorganisms that recycle nutrients by breaking down dead
matter and wastes are called...
fastidious - Answer -Bacteria that require special growth factors and complex nutrients are
termed...
superoxide dismutase and catalase - Answer -The toxic superoxide ion is converted to harmless
oxygen to two enzymes...
convert CO2 and H2 into methane - Answer -methanogens-
adapt to salty habitats - Answer -Extreme halophiles-
adapt to very low temperatures - Answer -Psychrophiles
adapt to high temperatures - Answer -Hyperthermophiles
adapt to frozen environments - Answer -thermoplasmas
3|Page
, sugar protein of the molecule - Answer -ATP differs from the nucleotides found in the DNA in
the...
ADP - Answer -In the cell, energy released by elcetrons is often used to phosphorylate...
proteins associated with DNA in the nucleus. - Answer -Histones are...
electron - Answer -Which type of microscope achieves the greatest resolution and highest
magnification?
viruses - Answer -Which group of microorganisms is composed only of hereditary material
wrapped in a protein covering?
spiral, Cyanobacteria - Answer -The endosymbiotic theory says that precursor eukaryotic cells
acquired cilia by endosymbiosis with a ___ ancestor and others gained photosynthetic ability
from endosymbiosis with a ___ ancestor.
gluuconeogenesis - Answer -The process of forming glucose from various metabolic
intermediates is called...
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