Microbiology Flashcards
(24 cards)
Bacteriology is the study of:
a. ) toxins
b. ) disease
c. ) bacteria
d. ) personal hygiene
c.) bacteria
Another term that means the same as germs or bacteria is:
a. ) lice
b. ) mite
c. ) parasite
d. ) microbe
d.) microbe
Bacterial cells that are harmless and can even be beneficial to humans are called:
a. ) viruses
b. ) microbes
c. ) pathogenic bacteria
d. ) nonpathogenic bacteria
d.) nonpathogenic bacteria
What approximate percent of all bacteria are harmless and can even be beneficial to humans?
a. ) 10%
b. ) 30%
c. ) 70%
d. ) 90%
c.) 70%
Bacterial cells that may be harmful to the body are:
a. ) nontoxic
b) vegetative
c. ) pathogenic
d. ) nonpathogenic
c.) pathogenic
Infectious bacteria can be easily spread in the salon in all of the following ways EXCEPT:
a. ) dirty hands
b. ) dirty fingernails
c. ) unsanitary implements
d. ) covered nose while sneezing
d.) covered nose while sneezing
A communicable disease refers to a disease that is:
a. ) passive
b. ) dormant
c. ) spread from one person to another
d. ) not spread from one person to another
c.) spread from one person to another
The common cold, hepatitis and measles are examples of:
a. ) harmless diseases
b. ) beneficial diseases
c. ) communicable diseases
d. ) nonpathogenic diseases
c.) communicable diseases
What bacteria form in grape-like bunches or clusters?
a. ) bacilli
b. ) spirilla
c. ) streptococci
d. ) staphylococci
d.) staphylococci
Pus-forming bacterial cells that form in long chains and cause blood poisoning are called…
a. ) bacilli
b. ) diplococci
c. ) streptococci
d. ) staphylococci
c.) streptococci
Rod-shaped bacterial cells are known as:
a. ) cocci
b. ) bacilli
c. ) spirilla
d. ) staphylococci
b.) bacilli
Corkscrew-shaped bacterial cells are called:
a. ) cocci
b. ) bacilli
c. ) spirilla
d. ) staphylococci
c.) spirilla
Eileen’s client has developed pneumonia. Which type of bacteria is the cause of this disease?
a. ) cocci
b. ) bacilli
c. ) diplococci
d. ) streptococci
c.) diplococci
Bacteria can enter the body through all of the following ways EXCEPT:
a. ) nose
b. ) mouth
c. ) healthy skin
d. ) break in the skin
c.) healthy skin
Bacteria grow and reproduce:
a. ) slowly
b. ) rapidly
c. ) in dry, clean areas
d. ) in light areas without a food source
b.) rapidly
As bacteria absorb food, each cell grows in size and divides, resulting in how many new cells?
a. ) two
b. ) four
c. ) six
d. ) eight
a.) two
Bacteria that form spores can only be destroyed by using a product labeled as sporicidal or by:
a. ) dusting
c. ) cleaning
c) sterilization
d. ) disinfection
c) sterilization
Hair-like projections used by bacilli and spirilla to move themselves are called cilia or…
a. ) feet
b. ) bacilli
c. ) flagella
d. ) pediculosis
c.) flagella
Which of the following conditions is NOT a disease caused by a virus?
a. ) mumps
b. ) tuberculosis
c. ) common cold
d. ) respiratory infection
b.) tuberculosis
The common cold is caused by a(n):
a. ) fungi
b. ) filterable virus
c. ) external parasite
d. ) non-filterable virus
b.) filterable virus
What is a highly infectious disease that infects the liver?
a. ) polio
b. ) yellow fever
c. ) Human Hepatitis B Virus (HBV)
d. ) Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
c.) Human Hepatitis B Virus (HBV)
Human Hepatitis B Virus causes the immune system to..
a. ) speed up
b. ) break down
c. ) work efficiently
d. ) continue working properly
b.) break down
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) can be transferred by all of the following EXCEPT:
a. ) blood
b. ) semen
c. ) body fluids
d. ) holding hands
d.) holding hands
Organisms that live on or obtain nutrients from another organisms are known as…
a. ) viruses
b. ) bacteria
c. ) external parasites
d. ) internal parasites
c.) external parasites
