Name: Franyce Thomas University of Belize NRMP4301 Quiz 1 Date: September 20, 2020

Section 1 Fill in the Blanks (1pt. each)

Circle the letter of the correct response.

1. What are normal flora?

a. bacteria that normally cause disease
b. microbes that live on and in your body that don't normally cause you harm
c. bacteria that can be grown in lab in bacterial cultures
d. bacteria that is normal in shape and size

2. Spontaneous generation is associated with which of the following:

          a.   aseptic techniques
          b.   life from life (pre-existing cells)
          c.   germ theory of disease
          d.   life from non-living materials
 
3.  Louis Pasteur:
          a.   was the first person to view microorganisms with a hand-held lens and became the
Father of Microbiology
          b.   developed antiseptic surgery techniques
          c.    developed the postulates that explained how to prove the "germ"    theory of disease
for most infectious agents
          d.   was able to eliminate contamination of wine in France by a process now
called  pasteurization

 4.  Joseph Lister:

          a.   was the first person to view microorganisms with a hand-held lens and became the
Father of Microbiology
          b.   developed antiseptic surgery techniques
          c.    developed the postulates that explained how to prove the "germ"    theory of disease
for most infectious agents
          d.   was able to eliminate contamination of wine in France by a process now
called  pasteurization

5. Koch's postulates establish:

          a.   that spontaneous generation does not occur
          b.   that cells are the fundamental units of life
          c     that solid media is needed to obtain pure cultures
          d a cause-effect relationship between a specific microorganism and an infectious disease
6. Gram positive bacterial cells
a. have a thick peptidoglycan layer
b. have large amounts of teichoic acids
c. do not have an outer membrane
d. all of the above

7. Which of the following is an example of bioremediation?

a. use of Sacccharomyces cerevisiae to make wine
b. use of cowpox virus to vaccinate against smallpox
c. use of Pseudomonas to remove uranium from soil at weapons depots
d. use of Bacillus thuringiensis to kill crop-eating insects

8. The first antibiotic was extracted from a

(a) virus (b) bacteria (c) fungi (d) protist
9 . The branch of microbiology that studies organisms such as Influenza is
(a) virology (b) parasitology (c) bacteriology (d) mycology
10. The branch of microbiology that studies organisms such as Influenza is
(a) virology (b) parasitology (c) bacteriology (d) mycology

Section 2 Fill in the Blanks (1pt. each)

Read each question carefully and fill in the blanks with the correct response.

1. Glycocalyx is the most important structure related to microbial attachment to cells.

2. Bio Remediation is the degradation of organic contaminants, immobilization or
removal of inorganic contaminants found in contaminated soil or water environments.
3. Five importance of microbiology are Biomedical Research , Environmental
Application , Human Body Function , Industry , and it helps us to understand and
treat diseases.
4. Spherical bacteria arranged in bunches like grapes is called Staphylococci while those
arranged in chains are called streptococci.
5. Peptidoglycan is composed of the disaccharide N-acetylglucosamine and N-
acetylmuramic acid plus a β(1→4) bonds amino acid polypeptide.
 6. After cell division, cocci may be arranged in any of these 3 shapes: Oval , Elongated ,
Flat .
7. Helical, flexible bacteria such as those that cause syphilis can be classified as
Proteobacteria .
8. List 3 pathogenic bacteria
Salmonella , Neisseria , Brucella

Section 3 MATCHING (1pt. each)

Write the letter of the word in column B that matches with the correct statement in column A.
COLUMN A COLUMN B
F 1. Long filamentous appendages a. bioaugmentation
D 2. pseudopeptidoglycan b. Alexander Flemming
I 3. Involves using indigenous microbes c. Paul Ehrlich
J 4. Aids in conjugation d. archaea bacteria
B 5. Discovered antibiotics e. mycology
G 6. No cell wall f. flagella
C 7. Laid foundation for chemotherapeutics g. mycoplasmas
E 8. Deals with agents that cause athele’s foot h. bacteriology
H 9. Deals with organism such as Mycobacterium i. natural attenuation
A 10. Involves introducing microbes j. pili