PacificGoldenPlover Microbe Mission Practice Test

For questions 1-10, you will be presented with several questions about legionellosis. Answer them to
the best of your ability.
1. How did legionellosis, also known as Legionnaire's disease, get its name?
2. What bacteria causes legionellosis?
3. State which of the following are plausible symptoms of legionellosis. You may circle more than
one answer.
a. dry cough
b. intestinal disorders
c. anemia
d. vomiting
4. What is a milder version of this disease called?
5. To the nearest power of ten, about how many Americans are diagnosed with this disease
annually?
6. With which drugs is this disease usually treated?
7. Through which vector or fomite is this disease usually spread?
8. Legionellosis bears similarities to which commoner type of infection, which is why it took so
long for this disease to be recognized?
9. True or false, this disease can be spread between humans?
10. Is the microbe causing this disease gram positive, gram negative, or none of the above?
11. Give the scientific name of the shape of this microbe.
For the next several questions, you will analyze different pictures of microbes, and respond to
questions about them. The first photo pertains to questions 12-19, the second to questions 20-25, and
the third to questions 26-31.

12.

Give the scientific term for the shape of these bacteria.

13.

Name a possible genus of bacteria that this could be.

14.

There are two major forms of this group. Name them, and describe their differences.

15.

Name three possible diseases/infections that this group of bacteria could cause.

16.

Is this colony gram-positive, gram-negative, or neither.

17.

Assuming the size of one bacteria in this group is 1.0 micrometer long:
a) Determine, with the ruler supplied, the length of this section of the colony (Note, if
you are viewing this on a computer, the length of the photo is 8 cm.
b) Determine the magnification of the microscope which took this picture.

18.
19.
20.

What type of microscope most likely took this image?

What medium would one use to cultivate a colony such as this? A general term is
acceptable.
To which kingdom/domain does this organism belong to?
a. Bacteria
b. Virus
c. Helminth
d. Protozoa
e. Fungi
f. Algae
g. Prion

21. There are several classifications to this kind of organism. State the one this individual most
likely belongs to, and identify any distinguishing characteristics.
22. Is this species motile? If so what organ does it use to move?
23. Is this microbe prokaryotic or eukaryotic?

24. What is the size of organisms of this group.

25. True or False: Members of this subgroup cause disease.

26. What group of microbes do these organisms belong to?

27. What genus do these organisms most likely belong to?
28. How are these organisms different from the organism in the previous picture?
29. Name one disease that can be caused by members of this group.
30. What is the largest (in terms of physical size) group of this kingdom called?
31. Comparing this group of microbes to the photo of questions 12-19, was this micrograph taken
at a higher or lower magnification?
For questions 32 -41, you will answer various questions about cell biology.
32. Where in a cell will a phage's DNA be inserted? (2 answers acceptable).
33. When a virus breaks out of a cell, what is ruptured?
34. A(n)______ is a chemical that is produced by a microbe that shuts down body cells, and
without said chemical the bacteria would be harmless. Give one example of a disease triggered
by such a chemical?
35. What are the two cycles that a virus could follow in a host?
36. When centrioles are destroyed by hypothetical microbes in an animal cell, what function is
essentially terminated.
37. Are organelles found in prokaryotes, eukaryotes, both, or neither?
38. An anaerobic eukaryotic microbe is found with degenerated organelles that serve no obvious
purpose. These organelles probably descended from which fully-functioning organelle?

39. Name two biological differences between photosynthetic bacteria and algae.
40. Nam three organelles that are of most likely of microbial origin.
41. If a bacteria tested is gram-negative, this microbe lacks which glycoprotein?
The following questions will be from a variety of topics.
42. What is a viroid? What is its host?
43. Which of these diseases is is in the process of a multi-year outbreak in the United States?
a) Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
b) Tuberculosis
c) Malaria
d) Anthrax
e) Common Cold
44. Despite its name, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever is most commonly found in which part of the
United States?
45. If I look at the letter q through a microscope, what letter will I see?
For the last remaining questions, refer to this image of a microscope.

46. Identify which letter represents the stage.

47. Identify which letter represents the diaphragm.
48. Identify which two letters represent the adjustment knobs. Then identify which is coarse and
which is fine.
49. Identify which letter represents the arm.
50. Identify which letter represents the objectives. Then indicate how many objectives there are on
this microscope.