MCB 2004
GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY
SAMPLE TEST #1
R. H. REEVES
IN THIS PART THERE ARE FORTY-FIVE QUESTIONS WORTH TWO POINTS
EACH.
THERE IS ONLY ONE CORRECT ANSWER FOR EACH QUESTION.
PLEASE CIRCLE THE CORRECT LETTER OR PLACE THE CORRECT LETTER
JUST TO THE LEFT OF THE QUESTION NUMBER. THEN TRANSFER ALL YOUR
ANSWERS TO THE ANSWER SHEET AT THE END OF THE TEST PACKET.
1.
IN THE GRAM STAIN THE PRIMARY STAIN IS ________, AND THE
MORDANT, ______.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
2.
BASIC FUCHSIN,
BASIC FUCHSIN,
CRYSTAL VIOLET,
CRYSTAL VIOLET,
CRYSTAL VIOLET,
ACETONE
IODINE
BASIC FUCHSIN
IODINE
ACETONE
STAINING FIXED CELLS WITH BASIC FUCHSIN IS AN EXAMPLE OF:
A.
B.
C.
D.
DIFFERENTIAL STAINING
SPECIALIZED STAINING
BOTH OF THE ABOVE
NEITHER OF THE ABOVE
CH3
|
H2N-C-COOH
|
H
3.
THE STRUCTURE ABOVE IS A COMPONENT (BUILDING BLOCK) OF:
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
4.
CARBOHYDRATES
LIPIDS
PROTEINS
RNA
DNA
THE ABOVE STRUCTURE IS
A.
B.
A SUGAR
A FATTY ACID
C.
D.
E.
AN AMINO ACID
A NUCLEOTIDE
NONE OF THE ABOVE