Microbiology

'Spontaneous generation’ is a theory whereby
Contamination appears from nowhere
Fermentation is explained
Contamination comes from microbes in the air
Contamination comes from milkmaids
Edward Jenner's work involved
Cows and smallpox
Consumption and tuberculosis
Cholera and the pox
Cattle and anthrax
Microbes were first seen by
Hooke
Pasteur
Iwanowski
Van Leeuwenhoek
The first synthetic chemotherapuetic agent was developed by
Woronin
Lister
Ehrlich
Fleming
The founding concept of modern microbiology is
Spontaneous generations
The Germ Theory
Chemotherapy
Vaccination
COSHH does not apply to
Tap water
Chemical irritants
Microbes
Noise
Ebola virus is classified in which Hazard Group
3
2
1
4
Staphylococcus aureus and Candida albicans are classified in which Hazard Group
3
2
Unknown
1
Blood borne viruses are classified in which Hazard Group
1
2
Unclassified
3
Employers should undertake risk assessments in order to
Ensure employees remain compliant
Minimise the likelihood of harm
Satisfy the HSE
Optimise probability of infection
The yeast that causes thrush is
A host
An obligate pathogen
A parasite
An opportunistic pathogen
Centres whose role is to preserve and distribute standard reference strains of microbes are referred to as
Pure culture collections
Type culture collections
Source culture collections
Work culture collections
The surface of an agar plate used to grow and streak bacterial culture should be
Slightly over dried
Slightly wet
Dessicated
Molton
The following is a UK Staphylococcus aureus reference type
ATCC 25923
ATCC 9027
VR546
NCTC 6131
The following is a UK mycoplasma reference type
NCTC 4174
VR546
NCPF 2802
NCTC 11740
The following is not a unicellular microbe
Bacteria
Malarial parasite
Mould
Yeast
The capsid of viruses is made of which of the following
Lipids
Nucleic acid
Peptidoglycan
Protein
Which of the folowing would require an electron microscope to view it
A virus
A fungus
A yeast
A protozoan
Peptidoglycan is a complex component of which part of a bacterial cell
Capsule
Nucleosome
Cell wall
Pilus
Bacterial flagellae are used for what purpose
Rigidity
Attachment to surfaces
Supercoiling DNA
Motility
A capsomere consits of
Complex, repeated saccharide units
Simple, repeated saccharide units
Complex, repeated protein units
Simple, repeated protein units
TMV is an example of what kind of virus
+ss RNA
-ss RNA
DsDNA
Retrovirus
The Gram stain reflects the structure of which bacterial cell component
Capsule
Outer membrane
Capsomere
Cell wall
An example of an aerobic Gram negative rod would be
Bacteroides fragilis
Neissieria gonnorrhoea
Escherichia coli
Bacillus sp.
The fungi imperfecti
Only reproduce asexually
Produce ascospores for reproduction
Can eject airborne spores long distance
Do not reproduce
Sterilisation can be swiftly obtained by passing a bottle neck through which part of Bunsen burner flame
Just above the outer cone
Center of inner cone
Just outside cone
Just above inner cone
Staphylococcus aureus can be distinguished from Staphylococcus epidermidis by using
Gram stain
Luminescence
Coagulase test
Catalase test
The IMViC test is used to identify the presence of coliforms specifically indicative of
PH
O- antigens
Faecal contamination
Basidospores
The substance/ agent triggering an immune response is known as the
Antiseptic
Antibody
Antigen
Antiserum
Agglutination is a means of identifying microbial species by
Clumping
Catalysing
Serotyping
Staining
How many lenses are there in a basic compound microscope
3
1
2
4
Resolution is about
Sorting out probelms between two objects
Distinguishing clearly between two objects
How far two objects are from each other
Determining size of two objects
The following is an example of a negative stain
Methylene blue
India ink
Crystal violet
Carbol fuchsin
The lenses of an electron microscope consist of
Electromagnets
Ground glass
Vacuum
Scan coils
The two forms of electron microscopy are
Transition and scanning
Resolution and contrasting
Transmission and screening
Transmission and scanning
An anaerobe grows only in
Absence of oxygen
Presence of oxygen
Partial presence of oxygen
Presence of nitrogen
The most fundamental component of any culture medium is
Water
Salt
Carbon
Nitrogen
The main disadvantage of liquid culture media is
Looks turbing when microbes grow
Does not change colour with pH
Easily spilled
Cannot tell if culture is pure or mixed
The best stage of growth cycle to harvest bacteria is
Lag
Stationary
Death
Log
Viruses can only be cultured
In chemostat
In other living cells
Stuck to surface of tissue culture 'flat'
On artificial media
Which of these is a halogen
Isopropanol
Chlorine
Carbol fuchsin
Quarternary ammonium ion
Which of the following doesnt have broad spectrum of activity
Aldehydes
Halogens
Phenolics
Quarternary ammonium compounds
Which of these has good antiviral activity
Phenolics
Alcohols
Aldehydes
Hexachloraphane
Which of the following has activity against spores
Chlorxylenol
Aldehydes
Quarternary ammonium compounds
Phenolics
Which of these is not an ideal property of a disinfectant
Cost-effective
Non-toxic
Works rapidly
Easily neutralised
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