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What are organisms that take up residence in or on the body temporarily in a location where they are not normally found called?
a. normal flora b. resident flora c. transient flora d. parasitic flora |
c. transient flora
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Viral pneumonia is an example of what type of virus that affects the respiratory tract?
a. immunotrophic b. viscerotrophic c. neurotrophic d. pneumotrophic |
d. pneumotrophic
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Which of the following is the lowest level in the taxonomy system?
a. kingdom b. order c. phylum d. species |
a. kingdom
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What are helminths commonly called?
a. yeast b. mold c. worms d. bugs |
c. worms
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What is a relationship between two organisms that have close contact with each other called?
a. actuary b. antibiosis c. commensalism d. symbiosis |
d. symbiosis
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According to the taxonomy system for classifying organisms, which of the following is the highest listed level?
a. class b. family c. genus d. kingdom |
c. genus
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What are microscopic plant life such as bacteria which are adapted to residing in a given area of the body during health called?
a. normal flora b. resident flora c. transient flora d. parasitic flora |
a. normal flora
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What is the laboratory technique used to identify bacteria which consists of staining bacteria with a violet stain and then counterstaining called?
a. alph-chymar stain b. gram-positive bacteria stain c. gram stain d. culture |
c. gram stain
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What do roundworms, pinworms, hookworms, and trichinellae have in common?
a. are all common bacteria that afflict animals b. are all common parasites that afflict humans c. are all types of viruses d. are all types of protozoa |
b. are all common parasites that afflict humans
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Which of the following is NOT a major class of microorganism?
a. bacteria b. class c. fungi d. viruses |
b. class
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Which of the following statements is FALSE concerning bacteria?
a. are simple plant organisms b. produce diseases c. thin outer cell wall provides its shape d. reproduce by binary fission |
c. thin outer cell wall provides its shape
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Which class of microorganism in its parasitic form can pathogenic to humans?
a. bacterium b. fungus c. helminths d. protozoan |
c. helminths
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Which of the following is NOT a growth requirement of bacteria?
a. darkness b. food c. moisture d. light |
d. light
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What class of microorganism consist of distinctly shaped DNA or RNA within a protein shell and causes diseases such as chicken pox, measles, and rabies?
a. bacterium b. fungus c. protozoan d. virus |
d. virus
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What type of bacteria are characterized by chain formation?
a. diplococcus b. diplobacilli c. staphylococcus d. streptococcus |
d. streptococcus
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Which of the following are nucleic acids within shells of protein, can only reproduce with they are within the living cells of a host organism, and the severity of the disease depends on type of cells that are infected?
a. bacteria b. protozoa c. viruses d. parasites |
c. viruses
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What is the smallest organism known?
a. virus b. bacteria c. fungi d. algae |
a. virus
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Which of the following are specialized structures of bacteria that are hair-like processes that cause the bacteria to move along in liquid by their wavelike rhythmic contractions?
a. capsules b. flagella c. spores d. pathogenic |
b. flagella
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Which of the following strains of bacteria causes food poisoning?
a. Staphylococcus aureus b. Salmonella typhi c. Staphylococci d. Streptococcus pyogenes |
c. Staphylococci
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Which of the following terms is terms is defined as having the capability to live under certain environmental circumstances and having the ability to adapt to more that one condition?
a. culture b. facultative c. anaerobe d. host |
b. facultative
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Which of the following statements is FALSE concerning fungi?
a. are in the plant kingdom b. include yeasts and molds c. contain over 100,000 species d. contain chlorophyll |
d. contain chlorophyll
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Which of the following is NOT an example of a gram-positive bacteria?
a. streptococcus b. proteus c. clostridium d. staphylococcus |
b. proteus
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Which of the following statements is FALSE concerning algae?
a. contains chlorophyll b. are only unicellular c. infestation generally occurs as a result of break in skin d. can produce its own nourishment in the presence of light |
b. are only unicellular
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Which of the following is transmitted by the bite of a female Anopheles mosquito?
a. amebic dysentery b. malaria c. giardiasis d. chicken pox |
b. malaria
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Which of the following statements is TRUE concerning yeast?
a. reproduce by spores b. are multicellular c. causes ringworm of the scalp d. some are used commercially in preparing beer, wine, and breads |
d. some are used commercially in preparing beer, wine and breads
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What are spiral or curved forms of bacteria called?
a. diplococci b. spore c. streptobacilli d. Vibros |
d. Vibros
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What is the term used to describe a capsule that forms around microorganisms before they enter dormant periods?
a. protozoa b. cyst c. pseudopod d. cilia |
b. cyst
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Which type of toxin produced by bacteria are liberated only when the bacterial cell dies and disintegrates, are contained in bacterial cells walls, and cause typhoid fever?
a. amino toxin b endotoxin c. exotoxin d. heterotrophic toxin |
b endotoxin
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Which of the following are rod or cylinder shaped bacteria?
a. bacillus b. coccus c. spirilla d. spirochetes |
a. bacillus
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Squirrels and songbirds that live in the same tree are examples of which type of microbial relationships?
a. antibiosis b. symbiosis c. independence d. commensalism |
c. independence
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What does Pseudomonas aeruginosa cause?
a. severe wound infections b. gas gangrene c. tetanus d. whooping cough |
a. severe wound infections
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Which of the following is caused by Entamoeba histolytica?
a. malaria b. giardiasis c. amebic dysentery d. trichomonas infection |
c. amebic dysentery
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Which of the following are specialized structures of bacteria that are inactive, are not reproductive forms, and resist drying and most chemical disinfectants?
a. capsules b. flagella c. spores d. pathogenic |
c. spores
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Which of the following statements is TRUE of rickettsiae?
a. Much larger than bacteria, but smaller than viruses b. are parasites c. can only grow outside living cells d. are transmitted to humans through the air |
b. are parasites
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Which of the following statements is TRUE the thrush?
a. seen commonly in newborns infected by the mothers b. infects mucous membranes of the mouth c. caused by common yeast mycosis called Candida albicans d. all of the above |
d. all of the above
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Which of the following statements is FALSE concerning helminths?
a. are unicellular animal parasites b. are the largest organism responsible for human disease c. are transmitted through fecal contamination of by eating uncooked meat d. live off nutrients in the host's body |
a. are unicellular animals parasites
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Which of the following are unicellular, simple forms of animal life, microscopic, and reproduce sexually or asexually by fission?
a. protozoa b. yeast c. mold d. algae |
a. protozoa
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Which of the following is a dermotrophic virus?
a. Coryza b. Varicella virus c. Rabies d. AIDS |
b. Varicella virus
Chicken Pox |
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Which of the following statements TRUE concerning molds?
a. are unicellular, microscopic organisms b. reproduce by budding c. characterized by a fuzzy growth of interlacing filaments called hyphae d. causes ringworm of the foot |
d. causes ringworm of the foot
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What illness is caused by Rickettsia Ricketsii?
a. Rocky Mountian spotted fever b. Endemic typhus c. Epidemic typhus d. flea-borne typhus |
a. Rocky Mountain spotted fever
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