Question 1

Which of the following best describes a microbiome?

Accepted Answer

A community of microorganisms living together in a particular environment.

Question 2

Which of the following statements about the Germ Theory of Disease is correct?

Accepted Answer

It proposes that microorganisms are responsible for certain diseases.

Question 3

Which structure is found in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells?

Accepted Answer

Cell membrane

Question 4

A Gram-negative bacterium is most likely to have which of the following features?

Accepted Answer

A thin peptidoglycan layer and an outer membrane.

Question 5

Which equation correctly describes exponential bacterial growth?

Accepted Answer

$N_t = N_0 	imes 2^{n}$

Question 6

Which of the following is a major problem caused by biofilms in medical settings?

Accepted Answer

Biofilms make bacterial infections more resistant to antibiotics.

Question 7

Which environmental factor is NOT typically used to classify extremophiles?

Accepted Answer

Cell shape

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT a phase of the bacterial growth curve?

Accepted Answer

Replication phase

Question 9

During DNA replication in bacteria, which enzyme is responsible for synthesizing the new DNA strand?

Accepted Answer

DNA polymerase III

Question 10

Which of the following best describes the function of sigma factors in bacterial transcription?

Accepted Answer

They help RNA polymerase recognize promoter sequences.

Question 11

A mutation in the operator region of the lac operon prevents repressor binding. What is the likely outcome?

Accepted Answer

The operon will be constitutively expressed.

Question 12

Which of the following is a correct statement about prokaryotic DNA replication?

Accepted Answer

Replication is bidirectional from a single origin.

Question 13

Which of the following best explains why bacteria need a cell wall?

Accepted Answer

To protect against osmotic lysis.

Question 14

Which of the following is a real-world example of a human infection that commonly involves biofilms?

Accepted Answer

Chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in cystic fibrosis patients

Question 15

Which of the following best describes the role of Okazaki fragments in DNA replication?

Accepted Answer

They are short DNA fragments synthesized on the lagging strand.

Question 16

Which of the following is a function of the bacterial capsule?

Accepted Answer

Protection from phagocytosis

Question 17

Which of the following best describes the process of sporulation in bacteria?

Accepted Answer

A process by which bacteria form resistant endospores under stress.

Question 18

Which of the following is a correct statement about the regulation of gene expression by catabolite repression?

Accepted Answer

Catabolite repression ensures that bacteria use the most preferred sugar first.

Question 19

Which of the following best describes the function of the Z ring in bacterial cell division?

Accepted Answer

It forms at the future site of division and constricts to separate the cells.

Question 20

Which of the following is a correct description of the secondary structure of mRNA?

Accepted Answer

It can form stem-loop structures that regulate translation.

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