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None Microbiology
Which of the following is an example of a prescription drug?
  1. joint pain
  2. insulin
  3. headache
  4. cough
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Bacteria reproduce asexually by                .
  1. binary fission.
  2. spores.
  3. conjugation.
  4. fixation.
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What bacteria, when viewed through a microscope, would appear to be coiled, corkscrew-shaped bacterial cells?
  1. spirilla
  2. flagella
  3. saprophytes
  4. staphylococci
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Prokaryotes are unlike all other organisms in that their cells                    
  1. lack nuclei.
  2. have organelles.
  3. have cell walls.
  4. lack nucleic acids.
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Rod-shaped bacterial cells are known as                .
  1. spirilla
  2. bacilli
  3. staphylococci
  4. cocci
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Bacterial cells that are harmless and can even be beneficial to humans are called                       .
  1. viruses
  2. pathogenic bacteria
  3. microbes
  4. nonpathogenic bacteria
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Spherical-shaped bacterial cells are known as                .
  1. cocci
  2. bacilli
  3. staphylococci
  4. spirilla
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Archaebacteria that live in oxygen-free environments include                .
  1. methanogens.
  2. retroviruses.
  3. bacteriophages.
  4. protists.
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Particles made up of nucleic acids, proteins, and in some cases, lipids that can reproduce only by infecting living cells are known as                .
  1. bacteria.
  2. capsids.
  3. prophages.
  4. viruses.
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One group of viruses that contain RNA as their genetic information is                   .
  1. oncogenic viruses.
  2. retroviruses.
  3. capsids.
  4. prophages.
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Bacterial cells that may be harmful to the body are called                .
  1. saprophytes
  2. pathogenic
  3. communicable
  4. nonpathogenic
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Which of these is another term that means the same as germ or bacteria?
  1. microbe
  2. mite
  3. parasite
  4. lice
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Disease-causing organisms are known as                .
  1. cocci.
  2. bacilli.
  3. pathogens.
  4. archaebacteria.
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Which of the following conditions is NOT a disease caused by a virus?
  1. mumps
  2. common cold
  3. tuberculosis
  4. respirator infection
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What are pus-forming bacterial cells called that form in long chains and cause blood poisoning?
  1. bacilli
  2. diplococci
  3. streptococci
  4. staphylococci
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Nail fungus is a type of                       .
  1. virus
  2. scabies
  3. nonpathogenic bacteria
  4. pathogenic bacteria
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You have isolated a bacterium that grows in a medium containing an organic substrate and nitrate in the absence of oxygen. The nitrate is reduced to nitrogen gas. You can be sure that this bacterium is                            .
  1. gram positive
  2. using anaerobic respiration
  3. a chemoautotroph
  4. a photoautotroph
  5. a photoheterotroph
None Microbiology
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) can be transferred by all of the following EXCEPT                .
  1. blood
  2. body fluids
  3. semen
  4. holding hands
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What does Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) cause the immune system to do?
  1. break down
  2. speed up
  3. work intermittently
  4. continue working properly
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Which temperature would be most suitable for growing bacteria in industrial conditions?
  1. 25 degrees
  2. 40 degrees
  3. 100 degrees
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