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CH-03: Test Bank
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A
microbiologist inoculates Staphylococcus
aureus into a culture medium. Following incubation, both Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus
epidermidis are determined to be growing in this culture. What
is the most likely explanation?
1. The
microbiologist used too much inoculum.
1. The
culture medium was selective.
1. The
culture medium was differential.
1. The
culture was contaminated.
1. The
incubation temperature was incorrect.
2. A
microbiologist inoculates Staphylococcus
epidermidis and Escherichia
coli into a culture medium. Following incubation, only
the coli grows
in the culture. What is the most likely explanation?
1. The
culture medium was selective.
1. The
culture medium was differential.
1. The
microbiologist used too much inoculum.
1. The
culture was contaminated.
1. The
incubation temperature was incorrect.
3. Robert
Koch and his colleagues first used agar in bacteriological media. Why was this
ingredient an improvement on previous materials used to culture bacteria?
1. Agar
can convert from liquid to solid form, and back again, very easily.
1. Agar
is a complete source of nutrients for most bacteria.
1. Bacteria
growing on the solidified medium did not degrade or break down the agar.
1. Agar
was less expensive than the nutrients that Koch was previously using in the
lab.
4. The
bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae causes
the sexually-transmitted infection gonorrhea. Although it can be isolated from
the vagina, there are numerous normal biota in that location as well. To
generate a pure culture of this pathogenic bacterium, the best choice is a(n)
______.
1. differential
medium
1. enrichment
medium
1. selective
medium
1. liquid
medium
5. Thioglycolate
medium contains the following: yeast extract, pancreatic digest of casein,
glucose, L-cysteine, sodium chloride, sodium thioglycolate, and agar. It is considered
a complex medium because
1. depending
on their oxygen utilization pattern, organisms will grow differently on it.
1. it
has multiple ingredients for a broad range of nutrients.
1. both
yeast extract and pancreatic digest of casein are not chemically defined.
1. thioglycolate
has a carbon-sulfur bond that many microbes cannot break enzymatically.
6. 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?
1. Poliovirus,
30 nm
1. Red
blood cell, 8 mm
1. Escherichia
coli, 1 mm X 4 mm
1. Pandora
virus, 0.5 mm X 1 mm
7. Cells
of Staphylococcus
aureus are cocci measuring about 1 mm in diameter. In a
textbook image of aureus,
each cell measures about 1 cm. The magnification of the image on the page is
______.
1. 10,000X
1. 1,000X
1. 100X
1. 01X
1. 001X
1. 0001X
1. This
is impossible to calculate without more information.
8. Table
3.6 in your textbook uses Paramecium to
illustrate several types of light microscopy. Each image is magnified 230X and
measures about 4 cm. The actual size of a Paramecium is about ______.
1. 920
mm
1. 2 mm
1. 175
mm
57.
5 mm
1. 4,000
mm
9. Your
microscope has a resolving power of 0.15 m The specimen that you will be
observing has bacterial cocci the size of 0.1 mm in diameter. Which of the
following statements is correct?
1. The
cocci will appear much smaller than their actual size because of the low
resolution.
1. The
cocci will be fuzzy-looking and blend together.
1. The
cocci will not be visible.
1. The
cocci will be readily visible and distinct.
10.
A microbiology student with a visual disability is viewing a
sample of Bacillus endospores
in a phase contrast microscope that is linked to an iPad. By “stretching” the
image on the iPad screen, the student can increase the apparent size of the
endospores. How does this manipulation affect resolution and contrast? (No
software is being used to alter the image!)
1. Only
the magnification can be increased; resolution and contrast are unchanged.
1. Contrast
will improve because the microscope is phase-contrast.
1. Both
magnification and resolution increase; contrast is unchanged.
1. Resolution
and magnification will decrease because the screen is not as good as the human
eye.
11.
Agar is an important component of media because
1. agar
provides a solid surface for bacterial growth.
1. bacteria
require agar as a source of carbon.
1. agar
inhibits mold growth.
1. agar
prevents contamination.
12.
The Five I’s of studying microorganisms include all of the
following except ______.
1. identification
1. isolation
1. incubation
1. infection
1. inoculation
13.
The term that refers to the purposeful addition of
microorganisms into a laboratory nutrient medium is ______.
1. inoculation
1. contamination
1. infection
1. immunization
1. isolation
14.
A pure culture contains
1. only
bacteria.
1. only
one identified species of microorganism.
1. a
variety of species from the same genus.
1. microbes
from a single source.
15.
The correct microbiological term for the sample of specimen that
is put into a nutrient medium to produce a culture is ______.
1. loop
1. inoculum
1. streak
1. colony
16.
Which isolation technique is most effective for the majority of
applications and is most commonly used for colony isolation in the laboratory?
1. Spread
plate
1. Streak
plate
1. Pour
plate
1. Culture
plate
1. Loop
dilution
17.
Which of the following is not an inoculating tool?
1. Pipette
1. Swab
1. Petri
dish
1. Loop
1. Needle
18.
What is the term for a culture made from one isolated colony?
1. Axenic
1. Mixed
1. Pure
1. Both
axenic and mixed are correct.
1. Both
axenic and pure are correct.
19.
Newly inoculated cultures must be _____ at a specific
temperature and time to encourage growth.
1. incubated
1. streaked
1. spread
1. poured
True / False Questions
20.
The procedures for culturing a microorganism require the use of
a microscope.
True False
21.
Some microbes are not capable of growing on artificial media as
pure cultures.
True False
22.
Mixed cultures are also referred to as contaminated cultures.
True False
23.
Bacterial cultures are easily identified from their microscopic
appearance.
True False
Multiple Choice Questions
24.
Which method often results in colonies developing down throughout
the agar along with some colonies on the surface?
1. Spread
plate
1. Pour
plate
1. Replica
plate
1. Streak
plate
25.
All of the following are examples of different types of
microbiological media except ______.
1. agar
1. enriched
1. broth
1. Petri
dish
1. semisolid
26.
Which of the following is essential for the development of
discrete, isolated colonies?
1. Solid
medium
1. Differential
medium
1. Broth
medium
1. Assay
medium
1. Selective
medium
27.
Which of the following is produced by adding 1% to 5% agar to
nutrient broth that is then boiled and cooled?
1. A
pure culture
1. A
contaminated medium
1. A
liquid medium
1. A
mixed culture
1. A
solid medium
28.
The three physical forms of laboratory media are ______.
1. solid,
semisolid, and liquid
1. reducing,
transport, and enumeration
1. a
streak plate, a pour plate, and a broth
1. solid,
liquid, and gas
29.
Agar is a complex polysaccharide that comes from a/an ______.
1. bacterium
1. algae
1. fungus
1. marine
invertebrate
1. green
plant
30.
Which of the following is not a benefit of agar as a solid
medium?
1. Holds
moisture
1. Flexibility
1. Solid
at room temperature
1. Can
be inoculated and poured at a temperature that is not harmful
1. Easily
digested by most microbes
True / False Questions
31.
A medium that is gel-like has less agar in it compared to a
solid medium.
True False
Multiple Choice Questions
32.
Which type of medium would be the best choice when shipping a
sample of bacteria from a clinic to a laboratory for testing?
1. Thioglycolate
medium
1. Eosin-methylene
blue agar
1. Transport
medium
1. Blood
agar
33.
A common medium for culturing fastidious bacteria is ______.
1. trypticase
soy agar
1. reducing
medium
1. mannitol
salt agar
1. blood
agar
1. MacConkey
medium
34.
A reducing medium contains
1. sugars
that can be fermented.
1. extra
oxygen.
1. hemoglobin,
vitamins, or other growth factors.
1. substances
that remove oxygen.
1. inhibiting
agents.
35.
Which type of medium distinguishes different types of microorganisms
based on an observable change in the colonies or in the medium?
1. Enriched
1. Enumeration
1. Selective
1. Reducing
1. Differential
36.
Differential media result in which of the following observable
characteristics?
1. Differently
colored colonies
1. Different
media color after incubation
1. Chemical
precipitates
1. Gas
bubbles
1. All
of the choices are correct.
37.
A reducing medium is used to culture ______ organisms.
1. fastidious
1. pathogenic
1. anaerobic
1. aerobic
38.
Mannitol salt agar is selective for organisms in which bacterial
genus?
1. Salmonella
1. Staphylococcus
1. Escherichia
1. Neisseria
1. Streptococcus
39.
A microbiologist must culture a patient’s feces for intestinal
pathogens. Which of the following components would likely be present in a
selective medium for this purpose?
1. Thioglycolic
acid
1. Sheep
red blood cells
1. Bile
salts
1. Peptone
1. NaCl
40.
Bacteria that require special growth factors and complex
nutrients are termed ______.
1. fermentative
1. hemolytic
1. fastidious
1. aerobic
1. anaerobic
True / False Questions
41.
A selective medium contains one or more substances that inhibit
growth of some microbes to facilitate the growth of other desired microbes.
True False
Multiple Choice Questions
42.
Eosin-methylene blue agar, or EMB, is a commonly used
bacteriological medium for growing gram-negative bacteria from complex
environments. It contains two dyes, eosin and methylene blue, as well as the
sugar lactose. Eosin is a pH indicator that changes color when the medium is
acidic, while methylene blue inhibits the growth of most gram-positive
bacteria. If an organism consumes lactose, acid will be produced, causing the
bacterial colonies to change color.
Based upon this description, this medium is ______.
1. reducing
1. for
enrichment
1. selective
1. differential
and selective
1. differential
43.
A nutrient medium that has all of its chemical components
identified and their precise concentrations known and reproducible is termed
______.
1. reducing
1. enriched
1. complex
1. defined
44.
A nutrient medium that contains at least one ingredient that is
not chemically defined is termed ______.
1. enriched
1. complex
1. reducing
1. synthetic
45.
All of the following are diameters of cells that would be resolved
in a microscope with a limit of resolution of 0.2 µm except ______.
1. 2 mm
1. 1 µm
2. 0 µm
1. 2 µm
46.
Who invented the first crude microscope by grinding glass?
1. Lister
1. Schultz
and Schwann
1. Leeuwenhoek
1. Redi
1. Pasteur
47.
The simple microscopes used by the earliest practitioners of
microscopy contained which of the following?
1. Magnifying
lens
1. Oil-immersion
lens
1. Lamp
1. Ocular
1. Condenser
48.
The _____ of the microscope holds and allows selection of the
objective lenses.
1. ocular
1. condenser
1. stage
1. nosepiece
49.
Which of the following parts of a microscope magnifies the
specimen to produce a real image of the specimen?
1. Body
1. Condenser
1. Objective
lens
1. Ocular
lens
1. Nosepiece
50.
Which of the following parts of the microscope magnifies the
specimen to produce the virtual image of the specimen?
1. Ocular
lens
1. Objective
lens
1. Condenser
1. Body
51.
If a microbiologist is studying a specimen at a total
magnification of 950X, what is the magnifying power of the objective lens if
the ocular lens is 10X?
1. 95X
1. 940X
1. 950X
1. 9500X
52.
Magnification is achieved in a compound microscope through the
initial magnification of the specimen by the _____ lens. This image is then
projected to the _____ lens that will further magnify the specimen to form a
virtual image received by the eye.
1. ocular;
oil immersion
1. scanning;
objective
1. ocular;
objective
1. objective;
ocular
53.
Which term refers to the microscope’s ability to show two
separate objects as discrete and distinct?
1. Contrast
1. Magnification
1. Refraction
1. Resolution
54.
The wavelength of light used and the numerical aperture governs
______.
1. resolution
1. contrast
1. illumination
1. size
of the field
1. magnification
55.
Scattering of peripheral light rays through the glass slide
under very high magnification can be prevented by
______.
1. the
condenser
1. the
ocular
1. immersion
oil
1. the
cover slip
56.
The type of microscopy in which you would observe brightly
illuminated specimens against a black background is
______.
1. dark-field
1. confocal
1. fluorescence
1. phase-contrast
1. electron
57.
Which type of microscopy transforms the subtle variations in
cell density into differences in light intensity, allowing for increased
internal detail without staining?
1. Electron
1. Fluorescence
1. Bright-field
1. Confocal
1. Phase-contrast
58.
Which type of microscope shows cells against a white background?
1. Confocal
1. Electron
1. Bright-field
1. Fluorescence
1. Phase-contrast
59.
All of the following pertain to the fluorescence microscope
except
1. it is
a type of compound microscope.
1. it is
used to diagnose certain infections.
1. it
uses electrons to produce a specimen image.
1. it
requires the use of dyes like acridine or fluorescein.
1. it
requires an ultraviolet radiation source.
60.
A scanning confocal microscope
1. produces
specimen images on electron micrographs.
1. uses
dyes that emit visible light when excited by ultraviolet radiation.
1. uses ultraviolet
light to form a specimen image.
1. scans
narrow planes and can build a three-dimensional image of the specimen.
61.
The specimen preparation technique that is best for viewing cell
motility is the ______.
1. flagellar
stain
1. Gram
stain
1. negative
stain
1. hanging
drop
1. fixed,
stained smear
True / False Questions
62.
The bending of light rays as they pass from one medium to
another is called refraction.
True False
63.
A differential interference contrast microscope uses dyes to
give colored, three-dimensional images.
True False
Multiple Choice Questions
64.
Which type of microscope does not use light in forming the
specimen image?
1. Electron
1. Dark-field
1. Phase-contrast
1. Bright-field
1. Fluorescence
65.
Which type of microscope achieves the greatest resolution and
highest magnification?
1. Bright-field
1. Fluorescence
1. Electron
1. Dark-field
1. Phase-contrast
66.
Which type of microscope cannot image live specimens?
1. Differential
interference
1. Bright-field
1. Electron
1. Dark-field
1. Phase-contrast
67.
Which type of microscope bombards a whole, metal-coated specimen
with electrons moving back and forth over it?
1. Transmission
electron
1. Differential
interference contrast
1. Scanning
electron
1. Phase-contrast
1. Fluorescence
68.
Comparing transmission electron microscopy with scanning
electron microscopy, the following statement is true.
1. Transmission
EM is used for internal detail of cells and subcellular structures.
1. Transmission
EM gives detail of the external architecture of cells.
1. Transmission
EM requires dyes.
1. Transmission
EM can provide good images of bacteria but not viruses.
69.
The purpose of staining cells on a microscope slide is to
______.
1. secure
them to the slide
1. kill
them
1. observe
motility
1. enlarge
the cells
1. add
contrast to see them better
70.
The Gram staining procedure is best described as a ______
staining technique.
1. negative
1. simple
1. selective
1. differential
71.
What do the Gram stain, the acid-fast stain, and the endospore
stain have in common?
1. They
use heat to force the dye into cell structures.
1. The
staining outcome varies with the charge of the cell wall.
1. They
are used on a wet mount of the specimen.
1. They
are differential stains.
1. They
use a negative stain technique.
72.
Basic dyes are
1. repelled
by cells.
1. attracted
to the acidic surface of bacterial cells.
1. used
in negative staining.
1. dyes
such as India ink and nigrosin.
1.
73.
A microbiologist makes a fixed smear of bacterial cells and
stains it with methylene blue. All cells appear blue under the oil immersion
lens. This is an example of ______.
1. simple
staining
1. negative
staining
1. capsule
staining
1. the
acid-fast stain
1. using
an acidic dye
True / False Questions
74.
Fixed smears of specimens are required to perform the Gram stain
or the endospore stain.
True False
75.
Following a properly-performed Gram stain, gram-positive
bacteria will appear as pink or red cells.
True False
CH-03: Test Bank Key
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A
microbiologist inoculates Staphylococcus
aureus into a culture medium. Following incubation, both Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus
epidermidis are determined to be growing in this culture. What
is the most likely explanation?
1. The
microbiologist used too much inoculum.
1. The
culture medium was selective.
1. The
culture medium was differential.
1. The
culture was contaminated.
1. The
incubation temperature was incorrect.
ASM Objective: 08.02 Use pure culture and selective techniques
to enrich for and isolate microorganisms.
ASM Topic: Module 08 Microbiology Skills
Blooms Level: 3. Apply
Learning Outcome: 03.01 Explain what the Five I’s mean and what
each step entails.
Section: 03.01
Topic: Culturing Microorganisms
2. A
microbiologist inoculates Staphylococcus
epidermidis and Escherichia
coli into a culture medium. Following incubation, only
the coli grows
in the culture. What is the most likely explanation?
1. The
culture medium was selective.
1. The
culture medium was differential.
1. The
microbiologist used too much inoculum.
1. The
culture was contaminated.
1. The
incubation temperature was incorrect.
ASM Objective: 08.02 Use pure culture and selective techniques
to enrich for and isolate microorganisms.
ASM Topic: Module 08 Microbiology Skills
Blooms Level: 3. Apply
Learning Outcome: 03.01 Explain what the Five I’s mean and what
each step entails.
Section: 03.01
Topic: Culturing Microorganisms
3. Robert
Koch and his colleagues first used agar in bacteriological media. Why was this
ingredient an improvement on previous materials used to culture bacteria?
1. Agar
can convert from liquid to solid form, and back again, very easily.
2. Agar
is a complete source of nutrients for most bacteria.
3. Bacteria
growing on the solidified medium did not degrade or break down the agar.
4. Agar
was less expensive than the nutrients that Koch was previously using in the
lab.
ASM Objective: 08.02 Use pure culture and selective techniques
to enrich for and isolate microorganisms.
ASM Topic: Module 08 Microbiology Skills
Blooms Level: 2. Understand
Learning Outcome: 03.02 Discuss three physical states of media
and when each is useful.
Section: 03.02
Topic: Culturing Microorganisms
4. The
bacterium Neisseria
gonorrhoeae causes the sexually-transmitted infection
gonorrhea. Although it can be isolated from the vagina, there are numerous
normal biota in that location as well. To generate a pure culture of this pathogenic
bacterium, the best choice is a(n) ______.
1. differential
medium
2. enrichment
medium
3. selective
medium
4. liquid
medium
ASM Objective: 08.02 Use pure culture and selective techniques
to enrich for and isolate microorganisms.
ASM Objective: 08.03 Use appropriate methods to identify
microorganisms (media-based, molecular and serological).
ASM Topic: Module 08 Microbiology Skills
Blooms Level: 3. Apply
Learning Outcome: 03.03 Compare and contrast selective and
differential media, and give an example of each.
Section: 03.02
Topic: Culturing Microorganisms
Topic: Identifying Microorganisms
5. Thioglycolate
medium contains the following: yeast extract, pancreatic digest of casein,
glucose, L-cysteine, sodium chloride, sodium thioglycolate, and agar. It is
considered a complex medium because
1. depending
on their oxygen utilization pattern, organisms will grow differently on it.
1. it
has multiple ingredients for a broad range of nutrients.
1. both
yeast extract and pancreatic digest of casein are not chemically defined.
1. thioglycolate
has a carbon-sulfur bond that many microbes cannot break enzymatically.
ASM Objective: 08.05 Use appropriate microbiological and
molecular lab equipment and methods.
ASM Topic: Module 08 Microbiology Skills
Blooms Level: 3. Apply
Learning Outcome: 03.04 Provide brief definitions for defined
and complex media.
Section: 03.01
Topic: Culturing Microorganisms
6. 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?
1. Poliovirus,
30 nm
1. Red
blood cell, 8 mm
1. Escherichia
coli, 1 mm X 4 mm
1. Pandora
virus, 0.5 mm X 1 mm
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ASM Objective: 08.01
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Learning Outcome: 03.05
Convert among different lengths within the metric system. |
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Learning Outcome: 03.06
Describe the earliest microscopes. |
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Section: 03.02 |
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Topic: Microscopy |
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Cells of Staphylococcus aureus are
cocci measuring about 1 mm in diameter. In a textbook image of S. |
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aureus, each cell measures about 1 cm. The magnification of the
image on the page is ______. |
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1,000X |
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100X |
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0.001X |
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0.0001X |
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This is impossible to calculate without
more information. |
ASM Objective: 02.01 The structure and function of
microorganisms have been revealed by the use of microscopy (including bright
field, phase contrast, fluorescent, and electron).
ASM Topic: Module 02 Structure and Function
Blooms Level: 4. Analyze
Learning Outcome: 03.05 Convert among different lengths within
the metric system.
Section: 03.02
Topic: Microscopy
8. Table
3.6 in your textbook uses Paramecium to
illustrate several types of light microscopy. Each image is magnified 230X and
measures about 4 cm. The actual size of a Paramecium is about ______.
1. 920
mm
1. 2 mm
1. 175
mm
57.
5 mm
1. 4,000
mm
ASM Objective: 02.01 The structure and function of
microorganisms have been revealed by the use of microscopy (including bright
field, phase contrast, fluorescent, and electron).
ASM Topic: Module 02 Structure and Function
Blooms Level: 4. Analyze
Learning Outcome: 03.05 Convert among different lengths within
the metric system.
Section: 03.02
Topic: Microscopy
9. Your
microscope has a resolving power of 0.15 m The specimen that you will be
observing has bacterial cocci the size of 0.1 mm in diameter. Which of the
following statements is correct?
1. The
cocci will appear much smaller than their actual size because of the low
resolution.
2. The
cocci will be fuzzy-looking and blend together.
1. The
cocci will not be visible.
1. The
cocci will be readily visible and distinct.
ASM Objective: 02.01 The structure and function of
microorganisms have been revealed by the use of microscopy (including bright
field, phase contrast, fluorescent, and electron).
ASM Topic: Module 02 Structure and Function
Blooms Level: 3. Apply
Learning Outcome: 03.07 List and describe the three elements of
good microscopy.
Section: 03.01
Topic: Microscopy
10.
A microbiology student with a visual disability is viewing a
sample of Bacillus endospores
in a phase contrast microscope that is linked to an iPad. By “stretching” the
image on the iPad screen, the student can increase the apparent size of the
endospores. How does this manipulation affect resolution and contrast? (No
software is being used to alter the image!)
1. Only
the magnification can be increased; resolution and contrast are unchanged.
1. Contrast
will improve because the microscope is phase-contrast.
1. Both
magnification and resolution increase; contrast is unchanged.
1. Resolution
and magnification will decrease because the screen is not as good as the human
eye.
ASM Objective: 08.01 Properly prepare and view specimens for examination
using microscopy (bright field and, if possible, phase contrast).
ASM Topic: Module 08 Microbiology Skills
Blooms Level: 4. Analyze
Learning Outcome: 03.07 List and describe the three elements of
good microscopy.
Section: 03.02
Topic: Microscopy
11.
Agar is an important component of media because
1. agar
provides a solid surface for bacterial growth.
1. bacteria
require agar as a source of carbon.
1. agar
inhibits mold growth.
1. agar
prevents contamination.
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