| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| What biosafety level would be used for an exotic or indigenous microbe known to have aerosol transmission and cause moderate to lethal symptoms? | 3 | 92%
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| What biosafety level would be used for a microbe not known to cause disease? | 1 | 83%
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| What biosafety level would be used for a microbe known to cause mild to moderate human disease via ingestion, or mucous membrane exposure? | 2 | 83%
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| What is the lowest biosafety level at which an autoclave is required? | 2 | 83%
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| What biosafety level would be used for a microbe which pose a high threat of life threatening illness? | 4 | 83%
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| Which microscope is used to look at viruses | Electron | 83%
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| Which microscope is used to look at bacteria | Light | 83%
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| (e.g. MacConkey agar) – media that will favor the growth of some microbes and inhibit growth of others | Selective | 83%
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| What machine is used to sterilize lab equipment using steam? | Autoclave | 75%
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| Which microscope is used to look at fungi | Light | 75%
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| Which microscope is used to look at protists | Light | 75%
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| (e.g. Blood agar, MacConkey) – media used to distinguish between different species based on phenotypic traits | Differential | 58%
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| Which criteria are are still used today to establish the link between a particular microorganism and a particular disease? | Kochs postulates | 50%
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| Media which is chemically defined so the concentration of each constituent known | Defined | 25%
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| (e.g. blood agar) – general purpose media supplemented with special nutrients / growth factors (more fastidious bacteria) | Enriched | 25%
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| Media which is chemically undefined so the concentration of each constituent is unknown | Complex | 17%
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| What type of identification method would microscopy be? | Direct | 17%
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| A population of cells arising from a single cell | Pure culture | 17%
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| What type of identification method would serology be? | Indirect | 8%
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| Detection of antigens or antibodies in specimens, methods used in microbiology labs | Immunological | 0%
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| Protein or nucleic acid-based detection methods used in microbiology labs | Molecular | 0%
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| Use of serum antibodies (IgG) to detect and identify antigens | Serotyping | 0%
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| Assay used to measure amount of virus in a sample | Viral Hemagglutination | 0%
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