Question 1

Which of the following lacks a cell wall?

Accepted Answer

A)   Clostridium
B)   Mycobacterium
C)   Nocardia
D)   Mycoplasma
E)   BorreliaF) All of the above
G) D) and E)

Question 2

Which of the following form conidiospores?

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A)   Rickettsias
B)   Spiral and curved bacteria
C)   Actinomycetes and related organisms
D)   Anaerobic gram- negative cocci
E)   Endospore- forming gram- positive rods and cocciF) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 3

Escherichia coli belongs to the

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A)   Actinomycetes.
B)   Spirochetes.
C)   Green sulfur bacteria.
D)   Proteobacteria.
E)   Gram- positive bacteria.F) A) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 4

All of the following are gram- positive. Which does not belong with the others?

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A)   Listeria
B)   Corynebacterium
C)   Mycobacterium
D)   Actinomyces
E)   BacillusF) D) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 5

Which of the following pairs is mismatched?

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A)   Mycobacteria - acid- fast
B)   Aerobic, helical bacteria - gram- negative
C)   Spirochete - axial filament
D)   Enterics - gram- negative
E)   None of the aboveF) B) and C)
G) C) and D)

Question 6

Which of the following is not a characteristic of Neisseria?

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A)   Oxidase- positive
B)   Cocci
C)   Requires X and V factors
D)   Gram- negative
E)   None of the aboveF) C) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 7

Requirements for X and V factors are used to identify

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A)   Neisseria.
B)   Haemophilus.
C)   Staphylococcus.
D)   Escherichia.
E)   None of the above.F) A) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 8

What should you do if you suspect a patient has tuberculosis?

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A)   Look at a wet mount.
B)   An acid- fast stain.
C)   A Gram stain.
D)   Check for motility.E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 9

Which of the following are found primarily in the intestines of humans?

Accepted Answer

A)   Facultatively anaerobic gram- negative rods
B)   Aerobic, helical bacteria
C)   Gram- positive cocci
D)   Gram- negative aerobic rods and cocci
E)   None of the aboveF) A) and B)
G) A) and C) A

Question 10

Salmonella, Shigella, Yersinia, and Serratia are all

Accepted Answer

A)   Gram- positive aerobic cocci.
B)   Pathogens.
C)   Gram- negative facultatively anaerobic rods.
D)   Fermentative.
E)   None of the above.F) All of the above
G) C) and E)

Question 11

Which of the following does not belong with the others?

Accepted Answer

A)   Methanobacterium
B)   Sulfolobus
C)   Staphylococcus
D)   Halobacterium
E)   HalococcusF) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 12

Which of the following is not gram- positive?

Accepted Answer

A)   Mycobacterium
B)   Bacillus
C)   Staphylococcus
D)   Treponema
E)   CorynebacteriumF) A) and B)
G) B) and C)

Question 13

Borrelia is classified as a spirochete because it

Accepted Answer

A)   Is a pathogen.
B)   Is aerobic.
C)   Possesses an axial filament.
D)   Is a rod.
E)   None of the above.F) B) and C)
G) C) and D)

Question 14

Which of the following is not a characteristic of spirochetes?

Accepted Answer

A)   Gram- negative
B)   Easily observed with brightfield microscopy
C)   Possess an axial filament
D)   Helical shape
E)   Difficult to culture in vitroF) A) and B)
G) None of the above

Question 15

You have isolated a gram- positive rod. What should you do next?

Accepted Answer

A)   Lactose fermentation
B)   Flagella stain
C)   Enterotube
D)   Gram stain
E)   Endospore stainF) A) and B)
G) A) and C) E

Question 16

The nonsulfur photosynthetic bacteria use organic compounds as

Accepted Answer

A)   Electron donors to reduce CO?.
B)   Energy sources.
C)   Carbon sources.
D)   Electron acceptors.
E)   All of the above.F) B) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 17

Which of the following is not an enteric?

Accepted Answer

A)   Enterobacter
B)   Escherichia
C)   Salmonella
D)   Campylobacter
E)   ShigellaF) A) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 18

You have isolated an aerobic gram- positive, endospore- forming bacterium that grows wells on nutrient agar. To which of the following groups does it most likely belong?

Accepted Answer

A)   Deltaproteobacteria
B)   Phototrphic bacteria
C)   Bacillales
D)   Gammaproteobacteria
E)   Can't tellF) B) and C)
G) B) and D) C

Question 19

Streptomyces differs from Actinomyces because Streptomyces

Accepted Answer

A)   Is aerobic.
B)   Produces conidia.
C)   Forms filaments.
D)   Makes antibiotics.
E)   None of the above.F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

Question 20

You have isolated a bacterium that grows in a medium containing only inorganic nutrients. Ammonia is oxidized to nitrate ion. This bacterium is

Accepted Answer

A)   Using anaerobic respiration.
B)   A chemoautotroph.
C)   A photoheterotroph.
D)   A photoautotroph
E)   Gram- negative.F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

Exam 11: The Prokaryotes: Domains Bacteria and Archaea

Which of the following lacks a cell wall?

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Which of the following form conidiospores?

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Escherichia coli belongs to the

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All of the following are gram- positive. Which does not belong with the others?

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Which of the following pairs is mismatched?

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Which of the following is not a characteristic of Neisseria?

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Requirements for X and V factors are used to identify

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What should you do if you suspect a patient has tuberculosis?

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Which of the following are found primarily in the intestines of humans?

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Salmonella, Shigella, Yersinia, and Serratia are all

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Which of the following does not belong with the others?

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Which of the following is not gram- positive?

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Borrelia is classified as a spirochete because it

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Which of the following is not a characteristic of spirochetes?

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You have isolated a gram- positive rod. What should you do next?

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The nonsulfur photosynthetic bacteria use organic compounds as

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Which of the following is not an enteric?

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You have isolated an aerobic gram- positive, endospore- forming bacterium that grows wells on nutrient agar. To which of the following groups does it most likely belong?

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Streptomyces differs from Actinomyces because Streptomyces

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