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Prelim Examination for MC3

1st Semester S.Y. 2024-2025

I. Multiple Choices. Read each question carefully, and then WRITE THE ANSWER that best fits the question at the space
provided before each number. Use capital letters only.

1. Identify the type of microbes that cause the disease for Ringworm.
A. Trichophyton mentagrophytes
B. Trichophyton rubrum
C. Plasmodium falciparum
D. Mycobacterium tuberculosis

2. What year did the study of microorganisms begin?

A. 1870
B. 1560
C. 1650
D. 1740

3. Binomial nomenclature means:

A. A specific organism may go by more than one name (like Streptococcus pneumonia is also known as pneumococcus)
B. Growth and death curves are always described by a logarithmic progression
C. Organisms have two parts to their scientific name
D. Cladograms consist of a minimum of two organisms

4. The bacterium that promotes formation of curd from milk is

A. Streptococcus
B. Lactobacillus
C. Micrococcus
D. Psuedomonas

5. Which of the following is an obligate intracellular parasite that depends on its host’s cell for all aspects of its reproduction?
A. Viruses
B. Spores
C. Bacteria
D. Protozoa

6. Identify the type of microbes that cause the disease for Malaria.
A. Trichophyton mentagrophytes
B. Trichophyton rubrum
C. Plasmodium falciparum
D. Mycobacterium tuberculosis

7. Who is the Father of Modern Day Microbiology?

A. Leeuwenhoek
B. Tyndall
C. Pasteur
D. Iwanowski

8. Agents and organisms that are too small to be seen with the unaided eye
A. Bacteria
B. Microorganisms
C. Fungi
D. Virus
9. Before 1650, it was widely believed that the origin of living organisms was from inanimate materials. This myth was called.
A. Theory of life
B. Spontaneous generation
C. Cells theory
D. Theory of mass

10. The disease causing microbes are known as

A. Pathology
B. Pathogenesis
C. Pathogens
D. Antibodies

11. Identify the type of microbes of the given Infectious disease. (Whooping cough)
A. Virus
B. Bacterium
C. Protozoan
D. Fungus

12. Remedies any pathologic situation insinuated by microbiology

A. Pathology
B. Chemistry
C. Medical Microbiology
D. Pharmacology

13. The microscope used to see a bigger and more detailed organism
A. Electron Microscope (EM)
B. Fluorescence Microscope
C. Compound Microscope
D. Phase-contrast Microscope

14. Which scientist examined the structure of cork and suggested that all living things were made up of individual cells?
A. Robert Koch
B. Antony van Leeuwenhoek
C. Louis Pasteur
D. Robert Hooke

15. Which scientist developed a high-resolution microscope that enabled him to discover and record many microorganisms?
A. Louis Pasteur
B. Anton van Leeuwenhoek
C. Robert Hooke
D. Robert Koch

16. Yeast, mold, and mushrooms are part of which category of microorganisms?
A. Bacteria
B. Viruses
C. Fungi
D. Protists

17. Which of the following foods is NOT made by fermentation?

A. beer
B. bread
C. cheese
D. orange juice
18. A process by certain living cells ingest or engulf other cells or particles is called
A. Phagocytosis
B. Pathogenicity
C. Antigenicity
D. Fungugenisity

19. The following statement about viruses are true, EXCEPT;

A. viruses are enclosed in an protective envelope
B. Some viruses may have spikes to help attach to the host cell
C. Most viruses infect only SPECIFIC host cells
D. Outside of host cells, viruses are active

20. Invented the first antibiotic called penicillin.

A. A. Flemming
B. E. Jenner
C. H. Fracastorius
D. J. Tyndall

21. Causative agent of amoebiasis

A. Fungi
B. K. pneumonia
C. Corynebacteria diphtheria
D. Entamoeba histolytica

22. Among are microorganisms, except:

A. Bacteria
B. Fungi
C. Helminths
D. Virus

23. Invented the petri dish

A. Richard Gutierrez
B. Richard Petri
C. Richard Wagner
D. Koya Rich

24. Introduced antiseptics in surgery.

A. Joseph the Dreamer
B. Josephine Bracken
C. Joseph Lister
D. Robert Koch

25. Proponent of the "Cell Theory".

A. Theodore S.
B. Alvin
C. Simon
D. Dave

26. The idea of spontaneous generation was still widespread until the year___.
A. 1860
B. 1822
C. 1895
D. 1723
27. Which scientist published a report in 1861 examining the doctrine of spontaneous generation?
A. Antony van Leeuwenhoek
B. Robert Koch
C. Louis Pasteur
D. Robert Hooke

28. Which scientist discovered the germ theory of disease and a logical series of experiments that can confirm relationships
between microbes and diseases?
A. Antony van Leeuwenhoek
B. Louis Pasteur
C. Robert Hooke
D. Robert Koch

29. The scientist who first described bacteria was?

A. Louis Pasteur
B. Robert Hooke
C. Anton van Leeuwenhoek
D. Robert Koch

30. Influenza is a disease caused due to

A. Bacteria
B. virus
C. Protozoa
D. None of the above

31. Which of the following types of microorganisms is photosynthetic?

A. yeast
B. virus
C. helminth
D. alga

32. Which of the following is not a subfield of microbiology?

A. bacteriology
B. botany
C. clinical microbiology
D. virology

33. The most commonly encountered bacteria are roughly spherical. The microbiological term describing this shape is…
A. coccus
B. bacillus
C. pleomorphic
D. none of the above

34. Another common bacterial shape is that of a rod, often called…

A. coccus
B. bacillus
C. pleomorphic
D. none of the above

35. In bacterial cells, ribosomes are packed into the cytoplasmic matrix and also loosely attached to the plasma membrane.
What is the function of ribosomes?
A. Site of energy production
B. Site of protein synthesis
C. Site of genetic reproduction
D. Site of attachment
36. The most important role of the prokaryotic cell wall is to
A. maintain the shape of the cell.
B. protect the cell from osmotic pressures.
C. prevent ions from diffusing away from the cell.
D. block the effects of antibiotics like penicillin.

37. A bacillus bacterium with a single flagellum at each end is described as

A. Monotrichous
B. Amphitrichous
C. Lophotrichous
D. Peritrichous

38. The overuse of antibiotics has most likely resulted in the development of resistant strains of which organisms?
A. bacteria
B. fungi
C. protozoa
D. Viruses

39. Which aspect of modern life could most likely cause an epidemic to turn into a pandemic?
A. vaccination
B. communication
C. transportation
D. Sanitation

40. In which organ system of the human body would a doctor most likely find a parasite?
A. skeletal system
B. digestive system
C. muscular system
D. nervous system

41. Which most likely spreads diseases such as rabies or Lyme disease?
A. contact with an infected animal
B. contact with an infected human
C. ingesting contaminated food
D. breathing contaminated air

42. Which disease-causing agent could quickly multiply into colonies of billions of cells in the space of a drop of water?
A. fungi
B. virus
C. bacteria
D. protists

43. Which vector could lead to a malaria epidemic?

A. mosquitoes
B. bats
C. flies
D. none of the above

44. Which illness is spread by eating food that has been contaminated by bacteria?
A. influenza
B. lyme disease
C. Botulism
D. None of the above

45. How are viruses different from most other microbes?

A. They can cause disease
B. Only seen with a microscope
 C. They contain genetic material
D. They are nonliving

46. Which is the most effective defense against the chicken pox virus?
A. antibiotics
B. diet
C. exercise
D. Vaccines

47. Which disease is caused by a virus?

A. rabies
B. AIDS
C. lyme disease
D. None of the above

48. Which characteristic do all microbes share?

A. They are all microscopic in size
B. They all need oxygen to survive
C. They all exist in similar conditions
D. None of the above

49. Which situation would most favor the spread of infectious disease?
A. use of vaccines
B. overcrowding
C. small population
D. sanitary conditions

50. What is the most common method by which AIDS is spread?

A. animal bites
B. contaminated food
C. shared body fluids
D. drinking alcohol
II. True or False. Read the following sentences identify if the statement is correct write True and False if the statement is
wrong. Write your answer before the number.

1. An autoclave is a heat sterilization technique where low heat is used to kill bacterial pathogens in wine.
2. Pasteurization, process that kills pathogen in many types of liquids through heating.
3. "Microbiology" is the study of bacteria and the effects they cause.
4. Antigen is a poison produced by disease-causing organisms.
5. Bacterial infections are treated with antibiotics.
6. Mushroom is an example of fungi.
7. Flagella/cilia is a structure used by microorganisms for movement..
8. The cell classification of "prokaryote" includes all bacteria and archaea.
9. "Spontaneous generation" is the hypothesis that microorganisms are agents of human disease.
10. Most microbiologists study infectious disease.
11. Aerobics, are microorganisms that needs oxygen to survive.
12. E. Coli is a bacteria that lives in human intestines.
13. Boiling surgical instruments was a common practice in the early 1800s for reducing infection
14. Robert Koch is the Father of Microbiology
15. Most microbes are pathogens.
16. Anaerobe bacteria require oxygen to survive.
17. Some antibiotic drugs can target bacterial nucleic acid synthesis.
18. Diagnostic testing for bacterial pathogens usually involves microscopy, culture and sensitivity testing
19. Rotavirus infection can produce an enterotoxin.
20. Vaccines can help strengthen immunity.

"Be honest in every way and enjoy the peace that only a clear conscience can bring you."
Thomas Wolsey, Scholar

Prepared By:
REBECCA O. CODIAMAT
Instructor