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Which type of medium distinguishes different types of microorganisms based on an observable change in the colonies or in the medium?


A) Enriched
B) Reducing
C) Enumeration
D) Differential
E) Selective

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

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Scattering of peripheral light rays through the glass slide under very high magnification can be prevented by ______.


A) the cover slip
B) the ocular
C) immersion oil
D) the condenser

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

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Humans can see objects as small as 0.1 mm. Leeuwenhoek's best microscope could magnify objects to 300X. Which of the following would be invisible using Leeuwenhoek's microscope?


A) Poliovirus, 30 nm
B) Escherichia coli, 1 μm X 4 μm
C) Pandora virus, 0.5 mm X 1 mm
D) Red blood cell, 8 μm

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

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A microbiologist must culture a patient's feces for intestinal pathogens. Which of the following components would likely be present in a selective medium for this purpose?


A) NaCl
B) Bile salts
C) Thioglycolic acid
D) Peptone
E) Sheep red blood cells

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

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A differential interference contrast microscope uses dyes to give colored, three-dimensional images.

A) True
B) False

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Your microscope has a resolving power of 0.15 μm. The specimen that you will be observing has bacterial cocci the size of 0.1 μm in diameter. Which of the following statements is correct?


A) The cocci will not be visible.
B) The cocci will be readily visible and distinct.
C) The cocci will appear much smaller than their actual size because of the low resolution.
D) The cocci will be fuzzy-looking and blend together.

E) None of the above
F) A) and C)

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Which of the following parts of the microscope magnifies the specimen to produce the virtual image of the specimen?


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

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

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A reducing medium is used to culture ______ organisms.


A) fastidious
B) anaerobic
C) aerobic
D) pathogenic

E) None of the above
F) A) and C)

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Which type of microscope cannot image live specimens?


A) Dark-field
B) Electron
C) Differential interference
D) Bright-?eld
E) Phase-contrast

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

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The Gram staining procedure is best described as a ______ staining technique.


A) differential
B) negative
C) simple
D) selective

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

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Differential media result in which of the following observable characteristics?


A) Differently colored colonies
B) Different media color after incubation
C) Chemical precipitates
D) Gas bubbles
E) All of the choices are correct.

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

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Which type of microscope does not use light in forming the specimen image?


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

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

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Fixed smears of specimens are required to perform the Gram stain or the endospore stain.

A) True
B) False

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A selective medium contains one or more substances that inhibit growth of some microbes to facilitate the growth of other desired microbes.

A) True
B) False

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Which type of microscope achieves the greatest resolution and highest magnification?


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

F) B) and C)
G) All of the above

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The Five I's of studying microorganisms include all of the following except ______.


A) isolation
B) incubation
C) infection
D) identification
E) inoculation

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

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Agar is a complex polysaccharide that comes from a/an ______.


A) green plant
B) marine invertebrate
C) fungus
D) bacterium
E) algae

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

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Which of the following is not an inoculating tool?


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

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

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A textbook uses Paramecium to illustrate several types of light microscopy. Each image is magnified 230X and measures about 4 cm. The actual size of a Paramecium is about ______.


A) 920 μm
B) 4,000 μm
C) 0.2 μm
D) 57.5 μm
E) 175 μm

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

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Eosin-methylene blue agar, or EMB, is a commonly used bacteriological medium for growing gram- negative bacteria from complex environments. It contains two dyes, eosin and methylene blue, as well as the sugar lactose. Eosin is a pH indicator that changes color when the medium is acidic, while methylene blue inhibits the growth of most gram-positive bacteria. If an organism consumes lactose, acid will be produced, causing the bacterial colonies to change color. based upon this description, this medium is ______.


A) reducing
B) differential and selective
C) for enrichment
D) selective
E) differential

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

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