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Microbiologyfinalt1

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The process involving the use of techniques to improve the quality of products is more likely related with:   genetic engineering  
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One of the following diseases is the second most common infectious causes of death in developed countries:   AIDS  
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Opportunistic infections are caused by pathogens that penetrate the skin:   false  
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it is characteristic of prokaryotic organisms   to lack ER and golgi complex  
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Viruses are simple particles composed of a nucleic acid and protein   true  
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Regarding size of microorganisms and as general rule, viruses are more likely measured in   nanometers  
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Leeuwenhoek was very important in microbiology because he discovered the microscope   true  
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What is characteristic of a particular hypothesis in science   based on solid data  
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Identify the correct way to write the name of the pathogen causing tuberculosis, when using the first time:   Mycobacterium tuberculosis (underlined only)  
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One of the following invented a meathod to reduce the number of microbes causing fermentation and spoilage:   Pasteur  
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Discovering and recording traits of organisms for placement into taxonomic schemes is more likely related with one of the following:   identification  
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According to evolution, chages favoring survival are lost and less beneficial changes are retained   false  
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Animal and plants belong more likely to one of the following domains:   eukarya  
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The number of protons + neutrons + electrons in an atom is referred to as its   atomic mass  
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If the atomic mass of one atom is 23 and its atomic number is 11, then this atom has:   12 neutrons  
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Isotopes are 2 or more atoms that differ in its number of protons:   false  
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Only one of these subatomic particles particpates in chemical reactions:   electrons  
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Electrons located in the outermost shell are called valence electrons:   true  
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Elements with a full valence shell are:   Inert or inactive  
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An atom with 5 electrons in the second (outermost) shell has a bonding capacity of   3  
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Sharing electrons is a characteristic of   covalent bond  
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Atoms share electrons equally in a nonpolar bond   true  
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An atom that loses electrons becomes a cation   true  
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Covalent bonds between two atoms of the same element are called pure elements   true  
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An atom becomes oxidized when:   gives up electrons  
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If you combine salt in water, salt is more likely called:   solute  
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A solution with pH=5 compared to another with pH=3 is:   100 times more basic  
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one of the following macromolecules is more likely a monosaccharide:   glucose, fructose, galactose (b,c,d)  
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The formation of a-helix and b-pleated sheets (coils and folds) in a protein is related with its:   secondary structure  
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The following sequence (ATGTACTGCATC)is more likely:   DNA  
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One of the following is not part of one of the methods of culturing microorganisms:   information  
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The separation of one single species of bacterial cells from another species of bacterial cells is referred as:   isolation  
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Synthetic and nonsynthetic media is classifed more likely according to its   chemical composition  
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Media that grow several types of microorganisms, but bring up visible differences among those microorganisms are   differential  
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A medium that contains brain-heart extract is more likely to be:   complex  
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medium containing blood, serum, hemoglobin or special growth factors is more likely:   enriched  
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One of these microscopes has the best resolving power; all of them have objective lenses with the same numerical aperture (NA):   5nm wavelength  
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The resolving power of a compound microscope depends on   wavelength of light, numerical aperture of lenses (b,c)  
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Transmission electron microscopes (TEM) allow seeing the internal parts of microorganisms   true  
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In a negative staining, microoganisms and not the background are stained   false  
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According to the pattern of flagella in prokaryotic cells, peritrichous refers to:   flagella dispersed everywhere  
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organisms with a thick sheath of peptidoglycan are more likely:   gram positive bacteria  
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regarding gram staining, one of the following is important to increase the size of the primary stain:   Iodine (mordant)  
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regarding bacterial endospores, sporulation more likely related with the formation of endospores   true  
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One of the following terms is part of the diagnostic scheme for medical use based on cell wall structure   gram positive  
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Chlamydia trachomatis is an unusual type of bacteria that causes epidemic typhus   false  
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regarding arragement of bacteria, cells that divide in several planes (more than 2) are more likely:   staphylococcus  
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Subspecies of bacteria showing differences in their susceptibility to bacterial viruses are referred as:   phage type  
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