

MCQOPTIONS
This section includes 20 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Microbiology knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
1. |
The isolation of the gonorrhoea - causing organisms, ,from a clinical specimen is facilitated by the use of media containing |
A. | cellulose |
B. | certain antibiotics |
C. | succinate |
D. | none of these |
Answer» C. succinate | |
2. |
The archaebacterium , an extreme halophile, and , a thermoacidophile, can be cultured in the presence of antibiotics such as streptomycin and chloramphenicol because |
A. | they contain ether-linked isoprenoids in their plasma membrane |
B. | they lack murein in their cell wall |
C. | they contain 80S, as opposed to 70S, ribosomes |
D. | all of the above |
Answer» C. they contain 80S, as opposed to 70S, ribosomes | |
3. |
has an optimum pH of |
A. | 2.0-3.5 |
B. | 0.5-6.0 |
C. | 6.5-7.5 |
D. | 9.0-9.5 |
Answer» B. 0.5-6.0 | |
4. |
Which of the following is the necessary step for cultivating the microorganisms? |
A. | Preparing a culture medium for the growth of microorganisms |
B. | Sterilizing in order to eliminate all living microorganisms in vessel |
C. | Inoculating the microorganisms in the prepared medium |
D. | All of the above |
Answer» E. | |
5. |
Which of the following is an abiotic elicitors? |
A. | UV irradiation |
B. | Osmotic shock |
C. | Heavy metal ions |
D. | All of these |
Answer» E. | |
6. |
Suspension cultures consist of cells and cell aggregates, growing dispersed in |
A. | liquid medium |
B. | solid nutrient medium |
C. | solid or liquid medium |
D. | none of these |
Answer» B. solid nutrient medium | |
7. |
Radical shifts in pH can be prevented by incorporating |
A. | a buffer |
B. | an oxidizing agent |
C. | a reducing agent |
D. | any of these |
Answer» B. an oxidizing agent | |
8. |
The protoplast can be used to |
A. | modify genetic information |
B. | create plant hybrid |
C. | study plant viral infections |
D. | all of these |
Answer» E. | |
9. |
Balanced growth is defined as |
A. | cultures undergoing balanced growth while maintaining a constant chemical composition |
B. | balancing the growth while controlling the pH |
C. | balancing the growth while controlling the temperature |
D. | balancing the growth while changing the nutrient composition |
Answer» B. balancing the growth while controlling the pH | |
10. |
Semi-solid media, prepared with agar at concentrations of 0.5% or less are useful for the cultivation of |
A. | <i>Microaerophillic bacteria</i> |
B. | <i>Lactobacilli</i> |
C. | <i>E.coli</i> |
D. | all of these |
Answer» B. <i>Lactobacilli</i> | |
11. |
Which of the following is not an indirect method for the measurement of cell mass? |
A. | Nutrient composition |
B. | Cell dry weight |
C. | Viscosity |
D. | Heat evolution |
Answer» C. Viscosity | |
12. |
Callus cultures are amorphous cell aggregates arising from the unorganized growth of explants on an |
A. | liquid medium |
B. | solid nutrient medium |
C. | aseptic solid nutrient medium |
D. | solid or liquid medium |
Answer» D. solid or liquid medium | |
13. |
The archaebacterium Halobacterium, an extreme halophile, and Sulfolobus, a thermoacidophile, can be cultured in the presence of antibiotics such as streptomycin and chloramphenicol because |
A. | they contain ether-linked isoprenoids in their plasma membrane |
B. | they lack murein in their cell wall |
C. | they contain 80S, as opposed to 70S, ribosomes |
D. | all of the above |
Answer» C. they contain 80S, as opposed to 70S, ribosomes | |
14. |
The isolation of the gonorrhoea - causing organisms, Neisseria gonorrhoeae,from a clinical specimen is facilitated by the use of media containing |
A. | cellulose |
B. | certain antibiotics |
C. | succinate |
D. | none of these |
Answer» C. succinate | |
15. |
Anchorage -dependent cells require |
A. | wettable surface for growth |
B. | dry surface for growth |
C. | either (a) or (b) |
D. | nothing to do with the surface |
Answer» B. dry surface for growth | |
16. |
Thiobacillus thiooxidans has an optimum pH of |
A. | 2.0-3.5 |
B. | 0.5-6.0 |
C. | 6.5-7.5 |
D. | 9.0-9.5 |
Answer» B. 0.5-6.0 | |
17. |
For most bacteria, the optimum pH for growth lies between |
A. | 6.5-7.5 |
B. | 3.5-4.5 |
C. | 4.5-5.5 |
D. | 5.5-6.5 |
Answer» B. 3.5-4.5 | |
18. |
The size of a single plant cell is usually within the range of |
A. | 10-20 m in diameter and 25-100 m long |
B. | 20-40 m in diameter and 100-200 m long |
C. | 40-60 m in diameter and 200-300 m long |
D. | 60-80 m in diameter and 300-400 m long |
Answer» C. 40-60 m in diameter and 200-300 m long | |
19. |
The cell mass can be measured optically by determining the amount of light scattered by a suspension of cells. The measurements are usually at a wavelength of |
A. | 300-400nm |
B. | 400-500nm |
C. | 500-600nm |
D. | 600-700nm |
Answer» E. | |
20. |
Stringent anaerobes can be grown in a media by taking special measure as |
A. | boiling the media for several minutes |
B. | addition of cysteine |
C. | passing through oxygen-free nitrogen |
D. | any of these |
Answer» E. | |