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. Which of the following causes hemorrhagic fever?

Rubella

HIV

Hantavirus

Rhabdovirus

Rotovirus

#2. Auramine-Rhodamine fluorescent staining is used for the differentiation of which organism

Mycobacterium sp.

Leptospira sp.

Corynebacterium sp.

Neisseria sp.

Gram positive bacilli

#3. Which of the following is a DNA virus?

Rhinovirus

Hepatitis B virus

Hepatitis A virus

Poliovirus

Hepatitis C virus

#4. Which of the following organisms is resistant to novobiocin?

Staphylococcus saprophyticus

MRSA

MRCNS

Staphylococcus epidermidis

Staphylococcus aureus

#5. Multiple blastoconidia budding from sides of large blastospore (“Mariner’s Wheel”) is diagnostic to this fungus

Sporothrix

Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

Coccidioides immitis

Cryptococcus neoformans

Chromoblastomycosis

#6. Which of the following is not a structure used for bacterial adhesion?

Fimbriae

Adhesive slime or capsules

Specialized receptors

Surface proteins

Cilia

#7. Causative agent of meningococcal meningitis that is seen mostly in children under 3 years old

Moraxella catarrhalis

Neisseria meningitidis

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Acinetobacter cloacae

Streptococcus pyogenes

#8. Which of the following statements on Enterococcus is not true

Grows in bile esculin medium (BEM)

Grows in 6.5% NaCl

Belongs to Group D of the Lancefield grouping of Streptococcus

Occurs naturally in the intestine but causes inflammation and blood infection if introduced elsewhere in the body

Gram positive organisms associated with colorectal cancer

#9. Pathogenic flagellates that can be found in vaginal or urethral discharges.

Trichomonas vaginalis

Giardia lamblia

Trichomonas hominis

Dientamoeba fragilis

Chilomastix menii

#10. The following antibiotics kills bacteria by inhibiting protein synthesis except

Beta-lactams

Tetracyclines

Macrolides

Aminoglycosides

Chloramphenicol

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