Question 1
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A medium that contains yeast extract, glucose, and peptones would be a(n)
Question 2
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A bacterial suspension produces a turbidity reading that corresponds to 5 x 107 CFU/ml. A viable plate count of the same suspension produces a concentration of only 1 x 105 CFU/ml. You most correctly conclude that
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you forgot to use the 500x multiplier that is always a part of computing viable counts.
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turbidity is an indirect counting method and is inherently inaccurate.
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most of the cells in the suspension are dead.
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the suspension is safe to drink.
Question 3
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In metabolism, ______ reactions liberate energy used to make ATP, whereas ______ reactions require energy supplied by the hydrolysis of ATP.
Question 4
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The ATP made by oxidative phosphorylation
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is powered by chemiosmosis using a proton gradient.
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is made at large transmembrane proteins called ATP synthases.
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represents most of the energy made during respiration.
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all of the above.
Question 5
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Why are both the temperatures and times involved in hot air sterilization higher than those involved in steam sterilization?
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Heat transfer is more efficient when water is involved.
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Desiccated organisms are harder to kill.
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Microbes have more organic material to eat in ovens.
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Microbes are hydrophobic.
Question 6
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At which phase of microbial growth is the growth rate identical to the death rate?
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lag phase
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death phase
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stationary phase
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log phase
Question 7
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A bacterial growth experiment began with 100 cells and ended with 409,600 cells. How many generations occurred?
Question 8
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During Glycolysis
Question 9
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Suppose you have a suspension of C. botulinum endospores that has a decimal reduction time (DRT) of 1.5 minutes at 121 °C. If you had 1 x 10 6 endospores, how long (at 121 °C ) would it take to reduce this number to a single organism?
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12 minutes
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3 minutes
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9 minutes
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6 minutes
Question 10
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The process of destroying vegetative pathogens on living tissue is most correctly called
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disinfection.
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sanitization.
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sterilization.
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antisepsis.
Question 11
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What type of organism would have an optimum growth temperature at about 12 °C?
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psychrophile
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psychrotroph
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thermophile
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mesophile
Question 12
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Plasmas, supercritical fluids, and peroxygens are all
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obsolete microbial control methods.
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new methods used to sterilize.
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used to grow bacteria.
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commonly used in surgeries.
Question 13
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The most important products of the Krebs cycle are
Question 14
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The method of preserving bacterial cultures that involves sublimation is
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drying.
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deep-freezing.
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lyophilization.
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refrigeration.
Question 15
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The germicidal action of chlorine is due to the formation of
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hypochlorous acid.
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sodium chloride.
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free oxygen.
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ozone.
Question 16
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The net yield of ATP equivalents from one turn of the Krebs cycle (starting with acetyl-CoA) is
Question 17
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The most common physical method of microbial control in foods is
Question 18
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The most resistant microbe (of the ones listed) to chemical biocides is
Question 19
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A bacterostatic agent
Question 20
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Flavoproteins, cytochromes, and ubiquinones are all part of
Question 21
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Phenolics, biguanides, halogens, alcohols, and probably quaternary ammonium compounds (Quats) all cause damage to the cell’s
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wall
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nucleic acids
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capsule
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plasma membrane
Question 22
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Radiation does most of its lethal damage by causing breaks in, or changes to the microbe’s
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plasma membrane.
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cell wall
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DNA
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flagella
Question 23
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Which of the following is not a common end product of a microbial fermentation?
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ethyl alcohol
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lactic acid
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glucose
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CO2
Question 24
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Organisms that grow deep in the bottom of the ocean (no light) next to hydrogen sulfide vents (source of energy), and are able to fix CO2 in the seawater, would be referred to as
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photoheterotrophs.
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photoautotrophs.
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chemoautotrophs.
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chemoheterotrophs.
Question 25
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Which type of organism is indifferent to either the presence or absence of oxygen?
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mircoaerophile
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obligate anaerobe
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facultative anaerobe
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aerotolerant anaerobe
Question 26
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During photosynthesis, the main products of the light-dependent reactions are ________, whereas the main products of light-independent reactions are __________.
Question 27
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raise the temperature of a chemical reaction.
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are permanently altered by a chemical reaction.
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lower the activation energy of a chemical reaction.
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lower the energy difference between the reactants and products.
Question 28
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Five bacterial cells with a generation time of 15 minutes were allowed to grow for 8 hours. How many cells are present?
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5 million
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3.20 × 108
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4.29 × 109
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2.15 × 1010
Question 29
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A sample of milk is diluted 1:2,000,000 and 1 ml samples of this dilution are plated in duplicate. The average plate count is 50 CFU. How many CFU/ml are present in the undiluted milk?
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50,000,000
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100,000,000
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10,000,000
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500,000,000
Question 30
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Blood agar containing an antibiotic that inhibits gram-positive organisms, would most correctly be called