Fun Quiz: Test Your Microbiology Knowledge

Are you ready to take the ASCP, AMT, or AAB Certification Exams for MLS, CLS & MLT? Tests your knowledge in Microbiology, Parasitology, Mycology & Virology to find out. Do it for fun or take this practice exam to help you prepare.

 

#1. An enzyme possessed by aerobes and facultatives that neutralizes the formation of superoxide radicals that is toxic to cells

Oxidase

Pseudoperoxidase

Deaminase

Superoxide dismutase

Decarboxylase

#2. Common infections associated with Staphylococcus sp. are the following except

Bullous impetigo

Paronychia

Carbuncles

Rheumatic fever

Furuncles

#3. Test used to differentiate Staphylococcus sp. from Streptococcus sp.

Lysine deaminase

Ornithine decarboxylase

Coagulase

Catalase

Oxidase

#4. What is the causative agent of gonorrhea?

Gardnerella vaginalis

Staphylococcus aureus

Neisseria meningitidis

Proteus vulgaris

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

#5. Which of the following is H2S positive?

Klebsiella

Morganella

Escherichia

Proteus

Shigella

#6. Term used to describe the stools of patients infected with cholera

Clay-colored stool

Pea-sized stool

Watery diarrhea

Rice water stools

Watery mucoid

#7. Which of the following statements is false about Trichinella spiralis?

Transmitted by ingestion of encysted larvae in undercooked pork

High eosinophilia in patients

Diagnosis is done by muscle biopsy showing intact eggs in striated muscle

Symptoms initially resemble food poisoning

Adult female worms bear larvae, not eggs

#8. This type of culture media contains reducing agents like thioglycollate or cysteine which bind with dissolved oxygen

Enriched media

Selective media

Basal media

Transport media

Anaerobic media

#9. Non-selective enriched growth medium for Haemophilus and Neisseria species

Phenylethyl Alcohol Agar

Thioglycollate broth

Blood agar

CAMPY-Blood Agar

Chocolate agar

#10. Which of the following statements about Pseudomonas aeruginosa is not true?

Drug resistant

Pigment producing

No growth of MAC plate

Oxidase positive

Opportunistic pathogen

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