Aim High Colleges, Inc.

National Highway, Buluan, Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay

Final Examination
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Microbiology and Parasitology

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Test I- Multiple Choice

Encircle the correct answer which corresponds to the given question.
1. This term is used to refer to the sum of all chemical reactions within a living organism.
A. catabolism B. metabolism C. anabolism D. biosynthetic
2. What is the correct term of FAD in coenzymes.
A. flavin adenine dinucleotide B. flavin adenosine dinucleotide C. flavin amine dinucleotide D. flavin apoenzyme dinucleotide
3. It specifically act on strands of RNA by removing sections and splicing together the remaining pieces.
A. inhibitor B. ribosomes C. ribozymes D. photophosphorylation
4. These microorganisms are capable of growth at high temperature of 50-60℃, about the temperature of water from a hot water tap.
A. hypermesophile B. hyperthermophiles C. mesophiles D. thermophiles
5. These microorganisms have adapted so well to high salt concentrations that they actually require them for growth.
A. Extreme halophiles B. obligate halophiles C. facultative halophiles D. halophiles
6. These microorganisms do not require high salt concentrations but are able to grow at salt concentrations up to 2%, a concentration that
inhibits the growth of many other organisms.
A. Extreme halophiles B. obligate halophiles C. facultative halophiles D. halophiles
7. This is one of the methods in preserving microbial cultures wherein the process of a pure culture of microbes is placed in a suspending liquid
and quick frozen at temperatures ranging from -50℃ to -95℃.
A. Deep-freezing B. freeze-drying C. refrigerating D. lyophilization
8. An organism where its genetic makeup is the information that codes for all the particular characteristics of the organism.
A. genotype B. phenotype C. chromosomes D. genes
9. It refers to actual, expressed properties, such as the organism have the ability to perform a particular chemical reaction.
A. genotype B. phenotype C. chromosomes D. genes
10. The earliest documented case of AIDS in 1959 is a patient from what country.
A. Zambia B. Algeria C. Zaire D. Zimbabwe
11. The scientific study of disease.
A. epidemiology B. pathogenesis C. etiology D. pathology
12. The manner in which a disease is developed is called .
A. epidemiology B. pathogenesis C. infection D. etiology
13. These are microorganisms that establish more or less permanent residents (colonized) but do not produce disease under normal condition.
A. microbial antagonism B. transient microbiota C. microbiota D. normal flora
14. The relationship between the normal microbiota and the host.
A. symbiosis B. commensalism C. mutualism D. parasitism
15. One of the organisms is benefited and the other is unaffected.
A. symbiosis B. commensalism C. mutualism D. parasitism
16. It is a type of symbiosis that benefits both organisms.
A. symbiosis B. commensalism C. mutualism D. parasitism
17. The term for the treatment of cancer by immunological means is .
A. immunodeficiency B. immune curate C. immunotherapy D. immunosuppression
18. This is the most dangerous form of sexual contact in transmitting AIDS.
A. Anal-receptive intercourse B. vaginal intercourse C. oral-genital contact D. transplacental infection
19. This infection devastates the immune system, which is then unable to respond effectively to pathogens.
A. AIDS B. HIV infection C. Malaria D. Influenza Virus
20. Kissing is not known to transmit the viruses of AIDS due to the lowest virus occurs during the contact. How many viruses occur in per
milliliter of saliva fluid?
 A. 0.5 per mL B. 1 per mL C. 2 mL D. 3 mL

Test II – Explanation
1. Explain the significance of Scientific Research in the AIDS Epidemic. (10 points)

2. Define metabolism. (10 points)

3. Distinguish between catabolism and anabolism. How are these processes related? (10 points)

4. Differentiate AIDS and HIV. (10 points)

5. Compare and contrast aerobic and anaerobic respiration. (10 points)

6. Describe the chemical reactions of, and list some products of, fermentation. (10 points)

7. Write a summary of energy production mechanisms. (20 points)

Prepared by:
Miss Arfaida A. Ladja
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