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Final exam pt1
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Microbiology
Undergraduate 1
12/11/2011

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Organisms which get their carbon fron other organisms are
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heterotrophs
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In this class I described enzyme action by the example of
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car
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Porins as discussed in class are associated with
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gram negative/outer cell membrane
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Three dimensional views of cells and other small objects could best be obtained using a
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scanning electron microscope
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Which of the following groups of organisms is not prokaryotic
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eukarya
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Fermentation
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is a solution to dipsoe the surplus pyruvate inside the cell
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Endospores are typically found in the genera
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clostridium
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A dekaliter is
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10x of a litre
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Cis fatty acid is
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saturated fat
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The outer cell membrane component of the cell contains
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lipopolysaccharides
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In salt the sodium atom loses an electron to a chlorine atom. What is true about the chloride ion found in salt?
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it is an anion
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In order to become an ion an atom of chlorine must
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gain an electron
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In eukaryotic cells, enzymes of the TCA cycle are located at
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mitochondria
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Osmosis causes
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the hotdog to burst
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What is the cell theory stated?
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Cells are the fundamental units of life
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When fat is catabolized the product of beta-oxidation (acetyl-coA) enters
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the krebs cycle
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Which of the following statements about enzyme inhibition is true?
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Noncompetitive inhibitors bind to a site other than the active site
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Factors that affect the product forming by an enzyme reactions include
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pH, concentration of enzyme, and temperature
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The total number of protons in an atom is equal to its
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Atomic Number
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Bacteria with flagella all over their surface are said to be
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Peritrichous
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Which of the following statements about the Krebs cycle is false
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ATP & NADPH are used to reduce CO2
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A microscope in which light rays pass directly through a specimen is
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bright field microscope
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One of the end products for respiration is
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NAD
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When glucose is oxidized in respiration what chemical is finally reduced?
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Oxygen
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Kochs postulates were designed to
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establish a causal relationship between a causative microbe and a disease
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The lens closest to your eyes during a microscopic examination is the
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ocular
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Mycolic acid is found primarily outside the cell wall of an
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acid fast bacteria
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Which of the following cellular structures are found only in prokaryotic cells?
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Pilli
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The end product of glycolysis is
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Pyruvic acid
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In the electron transport chain the energy is generated directly from
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both FADH & NADH
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The periplasmic space
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is found between the cell membrane and the cell wall
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Digestive reactions where large molecules are broken down into smaller ones is called
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catabolism
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Light of _____ wavelength typically will result in ____ resolution
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shorter, better
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The most important component of bacterial cell walls is
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peptidoglycan
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The energy to propel bacterial flagella is from
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protons influx
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Peptidoglycan makes up more than 50% of a
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gram positive cell wall
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Two or more atoms combine to form
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a molecule
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A holoenzyme consists of
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all of the above
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Substrate level phosphorylation during glycolysis refers to
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the transfer of phosphate groups from ATP to ADP
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Proteins are chains of _____ that sometimes function as _____.
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Amino acids, enzymes
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The mechanism of ATP synthesis by the glycolytic pathway is called
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substrate level phosphorylation
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The scientific name of a sugar often ends in
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-ose
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Cocci shaped cells which divide along two planes will produce cells arranged into
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tetrads
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Which bacterial genus normally lacks a cell wall?
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Mycoplasma
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The 70S bacterial ribosome
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are makeup of 50 peptides
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Enzymes work by
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decreasing activation energy of the reaction
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A parasitologist studies ____.What does a mycologist study?
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parasites, fungi
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Lysozyme, found in human tears controls the growth of bacteria by
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digesting peptidoglycan
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Bacteria which show a wide variety of shapes within a single species are said to be
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pleomorphic
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Ultraviolet light is a key component of
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flourescense microscopy
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