3) The characteristic most notable regarding the mycoplasmas is that they
- A) are aerotolerant.
- B) carry out fermentative metabolism.
- C) produce endospores.
- D) are nonpathogenic.
- E) lack cell walls.
Answer: E
Section: 11.4
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Understanding
ASMcue Outcome: 2.3
Learning Outcome: 11.9
4) Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Neisseria?
- A) requires X and V factors
- B) cocci
- C) gram-negative
- D) aerobic
- E) Some species are human pathogens.
Answer: A
Section: 11.2
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Understanding
ASMcue Outcome: 3.2
Learning Outcome: 11.2
5) Staphylococcus and Streptococcus can usually be differentiated by microscope examination because of
- A) cell shape.
- B) Gram stain reaction.
- C) cell arrangement.
- D) endospore formation.
- E) acid-fast reaction.
Answer: C
Section: 11.4
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Understanding
ASMcue Outcome: 3.3
Learning Outcome: 11.9
6) Which of the following genera can be described as a non-motile aerobic gram negative rod?
- A) Escherichia
- B) Staphylococcus
- C) Bordetella
- D) Treponema
- E) Neisseria
Answer: C
Section: 11.2
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering
Learning Outcome: 11.6
7) Which of the following do you expect to be MOST resistant to high temperatures?
- A) Bacillus subtilis
- B) Escherichia coli
- C) Neisseria gonorrhoeae
- D) Staphylococcus aureus
- E) Streptococcus pyogenes
Answer: A
Section: 11.4
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Understanding
ASMcue Outcome: 2.3
Learning Outcome: 11.9
Global Outcome: 2
8) Which of the following is NOT an enteric?
- A) Salmonella
- B) Shigella
- C) Escherichia
- D) Enterobacter
- E) Campylobacter
Answer: E
Section: 11.2
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering
ASMcue Outcome: 5.4
Learning Outcome: 11.3
9) Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of spirochetes?
- A) possess an axial filament
- B) gram-negative
- C) helical shape
- D) easily observed with brightfield microscopy
- E) found in the human oral cavity
Answer: D
Section: 11.2
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering
ASMcue Outcome: 2.1
Learning Outcome: 11.8
10) The genus of bacteria that are particularly problematic in hospital settings due to their ability to grow in solutions with minute traces of unusual carbon sources is
- A) Staphylococcus.
- B) Pseudomonas.
- C) Vibrio.
- D) Campylobacter.
- E) Legionella.
Answer: B
Section: 11.2
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Understanding
ASMcue Outcome: 3.2
Learning Outcome: 11.3
Global Outcome: 2
11) Which of the following can survive in phagocytic cells and grows in refrigeration temperatures?
- A) Borrelia burgdorferi
- B) Mycoplasma hominis
- C) Mycobacterium leprae
- D) Clostridium botulinum
- E) Listeria monocytogenes
Answer: E
Section: 11.4
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering
ASMcue Outcome: 3.3
Learning Outcome: 11.9
12) Which of the following bacteria is gram-negative?
- A) Treponema
- B) Corynebacterium
- C) Bacillus
- D) Staphylococcus
- E) Mycobacterium
Answer: A
Section: 11.3
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering
ASMcue Outcome: 2.1
Learning Outcome: 11.8
13) Which of the following form conidiospores?
- A) endospore-forming gram-positive rods and cocci
- B) actinomycetes and related organisms
- C) rickettsias
- D) anaerobic gram-negative cocci
- E) spiral and curved bacteria
Answer: B
Section: 11.4
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering
ASMcue Outcome: 2.3
Learning Outcome: 11.10
14) Which of the following pairs is mismatched?
- A) dissimilatory sulfate-reducing bacteria – produce H2S
- B) archaea – extremophiles
- C) chemoautotrophic bacteria – fix atmospheric nitrogen
- D) actinomycetes – reproduce by fragmentation
- E) Cytophaga – a gliding, nonfruiting bacterium
Answer: C
Section: 11.4
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Analyzing
ASMcue Outcome: 5.1
Learning Outcome: 11.10
Global Outcome: 2
15) Rickettsias differ from chlamydias in that rickettsias
- A) are gram-negative.
- B) are intracellular parasites.
- C) require an arthropod for transmission.
- D) form elementary bodies.
- E) are enterics.
Answer: C
Section: 11.2
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering
ASMcue Outcome: 5.4
Learning Outcome: 11.1
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