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Which of the following is not an inoculating tool?


A) Petri dish
B) Loop
C) Needle
D) Pipette
E) Swab

F) All of the above
G) A) and E)

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A nutrient medium that contains at least one ingredient that is NOT chemically definable would be termed ________.


A) complex
B) reducing
C) enriched
D) synthetic
E) minimal

F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

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Which of the following characteristics refers to the microscope's ability to show two separate entities as separate and distinct?


A) Resolving power
B) Magnification
C) Refraction
D) All of the choices are correct.
E) None of the choices are correct.

F) All of the above
G) A) and D)

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The procedures for culturing a microorganism require the use of a microscope.

A) True
B) False

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The all-purpose media Tryptic Soy Agar (TSA) contains the following four ingredients; pancreatic digest of casein,digest of soybean meal,NaCl and agar.  TSA is best described as ________.


A) a differential media
B) a complex media
C) a selective media
D) a defined media
E) a reducing media

F) A) and B)
G) D) and E)

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Basic dyes are ________.


A) attracted to the negatively charged acidic substances of bacterial cells
B) anionic
C) used in negative staining
D) repelled by cells
E) dyes such as India ink and nigrosin

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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The bending of light rays as they pass from one medium to another is called refraction.

A) True
B) False

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The patient is diagnosed with a bacterial infection after gram-positive cocci are detected in the fluid sample.The Gram stain involves ________.


A) forcing a dye into resistant bodies with heat to distinguish between spores and cells
B) timed,sequential applications of crystal violet dye,iodine,an alcohol rinse,and a contrasting counterstain to the sample
C) application of the dye,carbol fuchsin,followed by an acid alcohol rinse
D) application of India ink to detect the presence of bacterial capsules

E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

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Which type of microscope is the most widely used and shows cells against a bright background?


A) Bright field
B) Dark field
C) Phase contrast
D) Fluorescence
E) Electron

F) None of the above
G) A) and D)

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Agar is a complex polysaccharide that comes from a(n) ________.


A) green plant
B) fungus
C) mold
D) algae
E) euglena

F) A) and E)
G) B) and E)

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Fixed smears of specimens are required in order to perform the Gram stain and endospore stain on the specimens.

A) True
B) False

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A microbiologist inoculates Staphylococcus epidermidis and Escherichia coli into a culture medium.Following incubation,only the E.coli grows in the culture.What is the most likely explanation?


A) The microbiologist used too much inoculum.
B) The culture is contaminated.
C) The incubation temperature was incorrect.
D) The culture medium must be selective.
E) The culture medium must be differential.

F) B) and D)
G) A) and E)

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A selective medium contains one or more substances that inhibit growth of certain microbes in order to facilitate the growth of other microbes.

A) True
B) False

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A microbiologist makes a fixed smear of bacterial cells and stains them with Loeffler's methylene blue.All the cells appear blue under the oil lens.This is an example of ________.


A) negative staining
B) using an acidic dye
C) simple staining
D) using the acid-fast stain
E) capsule staining

F) A) and D)
G) A) and E)

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Agar is an important component of media because ________.


A) bacteria require agar to grow
B) agar inhibits mold growth
C) agar provides a solid surface for bacterial growth
D) agar prevents contamination
E) All of the choices are correct.

F) B) and C)
G) B) and E)

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Which of the following magnifies the specimen to produce its real image?


A) Condenser
B) Objective lens
C) Ocular lens
D) Body
E) Nosepiece

F) C) and D)
G) A) and C)

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A 65-year-old homeless male presents to an urgent care clinic with a deep laceration on his left arm. He states that he cut his arm on an old piece of scrap metal two days prior. His wound is red, tender, hot to the touch, and has yellow drainage. The RN collects a sample of the drainage and sends it to the laboratory for microbial analysis, per provider orders. -Cultures and specimens pose a potential health hazard and require proper handling and disposal via specific medical waste policies.Some facilities are regulated to maintain living catalogs of specimens that may be subcultured into a fresh medium for research and educational purposes.Such collections are referred to as ________.


A) live microbes
B) stock cultures
C) reserved specimens
D) bacteriological reserve

E) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

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The ________ of the microscope holds and allows selection of the objective lenses.


A) stage
B) condenser
C) objective
D) ocular
E) nosepiece

F) A) and E)
G) C) and D)

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The type of microscope in which you would see brightly illuminated specimens against a black background is ________.


A) bright field
B) dark field
C) phase contrast
D) fluorescence
E) electron

F) B) and D)
G) A) and B)

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Bacterial cultures are easily identified from their microscopic appearance.

A) True
B) False

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