Microbiology Quizzes

NCLEX & Microbiology quiz review: Topics include TB diagnosis, Gram stain, enzymes, pathogens, viral structure, eukaryotic cells, and metabolism. Key facts and prep for exams in one place

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Quiz 1Question1NCLEXPrep QuestionAn RN is working at a public health clinic that sees many patients with infectious disease. Ms. Hungh, aBurmese immigrant, presents to the clinic with an interpreter, complaining of fatigue, weight loss,persistent cough, and rust-colored sputum. The interpreter explains that Ms. Hungh has had this coughfor many months in her home country and, now that she isinAmerica, is seeking treatment forhercondition.QUESTIONA sputum sample is ordered for microbial analysisinorder to rule out the diagnosis of tuberculosis.Suspecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis may bethepathogen, the RN knows the laboratory technicianswillperform which stain on the sample?Acid-FastQuestion 2Purines and pyrimidines are components in the build'ng block units of al enzymes.FalseQuestion 3Amino acids are the building blocks of an enzyme.TrueQuestion 4Glycogen are not monosaccharidesTrueQuestion 5When humans manipulate the genes of microorganisms, the process is calledgenetic engineeringQuestion 6All microorganisms are considered pathogens.

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FalseQuestion 7Taxonomy does not involvecommon nameQuestion 8Which of the following is not considered a microorganism?MosquitoQuestion 9Which of the following is not a human use of microorganisms?Manufacturing copper wireQuestion 10Thymine is part of the RNA molecule.FalseQuestion 11When assigning a scientific name to an organism,both genus and species names are italicized or underlined.Quiz2NCLEX Prep QuestionA patient with presumed urinary tract infection (UTI) has a urine samplecollected and sent to the laboratory for culture. To encourage the growth ofscant pathogens in the sample, an enriched medium may be used.QUESTIONWhich of the following are substances that may be present in enrichedmedia? Choose all that apply.

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serumhemoglobinbloodgrowth factorsQ u e s t i o n 2The Gram staining procedure is best described as a(n)stainingtechnique.differentialQ u e s t i o n 3The Five I's of studying microorganisms include all of the following exceptinfectionQ u e s t i o n 4If a microbiologist is studying a specimen at a total magnification of 950x,what is the magnifying power of the objective lens if the ocular lens is lOx?95xQ u e s t i o n 5All of the following are examples of different types of microbiological mediaexceptpetri dishQ u e s t i o n 6Which of the following magnifies the specimen to produce its real image?objective lensQ u e s t i o n 7The correct microbiological term for the tiny sample of specimen that is putinto a nutrient medium in order to produce a culture is theinoculumQ u e s t i o n 8The term that refers to the purposeful addition of microorganisms into alaboratory nutrient medium isinoculationQ u e s t i o n 9The purpose of staining cells on a microscope slide is toadd contrast in order to see them better

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Question10A pure culture containsonly one species of microoganismQuestion11A selective medium contains one or more substances that inhibit growth ofcertain microbes in order to facilitate the growth of other microbes.TrueChapter 3T/FChapter 1
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