Microbiology Quiz Questions

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February 25, 2002

Question 1:
What

type of bacterial morphology is shown in the picture below?

Streptococcus

Question 2:
What

type of bacterial morphology and gram stain reaction is shown in the picture below?
Gram Negative Diplococcus

Question 3:
What

type of genetic exchange is being exhibited by the E. coli in the picture below? What is the red structure connecting the two cells together?
Conjugation; Sex Pili

Question 4:
What

kind of microscope was used to get this image of the mosquito below? If this mosquito passes microorganisms from person to person, what do we call it?

Scanning EM; A Vector

Question 5:
What

Kingdom of organisms is represented by the image below? What are the spherical blue structures? What is the name used for the study of these organisms?
Fungi; Spores; Mycology

Question 6:
What

organism is shown in the image below? How does it reproduce?

Yeast (Candida albicans); by budding

Question 7:
Most

of the culture medias below are in the solid state. What substance must be in these medias?
Agar

Question 8:
What

is the name of the technique shown in the image below? What is the purpose of this technique? What kind of culture plate is being used?
Streak-Plating; to isolate bacterial colonies; BAP

Question 9:
The

microorganism circled in the image below is the causative agent of syphilis. What is the scientific name for this microbe?

Treponema pallidum

Question 10:
What

flagella arrangement is exhibited in the image below?

Lophotrichous flagella

Question 11:
What

3 types of hemolysis are shown in letters A, B, and C below?

A=Alpha B=Beta C=Gamma

Question 12:
The

image below is a picture of Clostridium tetani, the causative agent of tetnus. What unique morphological feature is seen in the image?
Terminal Endospores

Question 13:
What

kind of microscope was used to view the microbes in the image below?

Fluorescent Microscope

Question 14:
Image

A below represents a positive API 20 reaction for E. coli. In image B, which patient (1, 2, or 3) tested positive for an E. coli infection?

A
B

2 3

Patient 3

Question 15:
What

classification group of Helminth is shown in picture A? Picture B shows Helminth eggs. Why do we study them?
A Nematoda; to properly identify the worm they came from.

Question 16:
What

bacterial morphology is shown in the picture below? What organism that has been in the news lately looks like this under the microscope?
Streptobacillus; Bacillus anthracis

Question 17:
This

is a unicellular microorganism. Is it a bacterium or a protist?

A Protist (look for the nucleus)

Question 18:
What

organism is shown in the picture below? What is the head of this organism called?
Tapeworm; Scolex