MicroVision

QUIZ 1: BACTERIA AND YEAST

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1. The organisms shown here are

  1. cocci
  2. yeast
  3. spirochetes
  4. bacilli
  5. protozoa

2. The unusual structures visible in this image are:

  1. capsules
  2. metachromatic granules
  3. spores
  4. palisades
  5. acid-fast bacteria

3. Which of the following bacteria are cocci?

  1. Escherichia coli
  2. Staphylococcus aureus
  3. Bacillus anthracis
  4. both a and b
  5. both b and c

4. The arrow in this slide is pointing to a ______.

  1. coccus
  2. bacillus
  3. spirochete
  4. spore
  5. capsule

5.Based on its morphology, the organism at the arrow in this image most likely is

  1. Streptococcus
  2. Escherichia
  3. Neisseria
  4. Sarcina
  5. Campylobacter

6. If a bacterium is rod-shaped, it is always classified as

  1. a coccus
  2. a bacillus
  3. a Bacillus
  4. a spirochete
  5. a spirillum

7. The genus name of the organisms shown in this image most likely is

  1. Neisseria
  2. Staphylococcus
  3. Streptococcus
  4. Sarcina
  5. Bacillus

8. The patient whom this slide was made from most likely has the disease

  1. gonorrhea
  2. tuberculosis
  3. diptheria
  4. food poisoning
  5. amoebic dysentery

9. Yeasts are ________ cells.

  1. procaryotic
  2. eucaryotic
  3. both procaryotic and eucaryotic
  4. neither procaryotic nor eucaryotic

10. The decolorizer used for the sputum specimen shown in this image is acid-alcohol. The primary dye is carbolfuchsin and the counterstain is methylene blue. The patient this slide was taken from most likely is

  1. completely healthy.
  2. suffering from tuberculosis.
  3. suffering from gonorrhea.
  4. suffering from tetanus.
  5. suffering from diptheria.

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