🦠 Microbiology Solved MCQs with Answers

Practice 1927 approved 🦠 Microbiology questions with verified answers from the 🧬 Medical Science subject for Pakistan exams.

1927 solved MCQs

The Acrasiomycota differ from the MyxomycotaAnswer: in their cellular organization Ergotism is responsible for all of the following exceptAnswer: gangrene Molds are considered asAnswer: all of these Yeasts may undergoAnswer: all of these Fungi are important in the production of all of the following commercial products exceptAnswer: rubber Which of the following is not a member of the division Ascomycota?Answer: Rhizopus Which of the following divisions of fungi produce uniflagellated zoospores?Answer: Chytridiomycota The number of nuclei per cell in a dikaryotic cellAnswer: is greater than diploid cell Fungi differ from the other eukaryotic microbes in havingAnswer: ergosterol Mycorrhizae are mutualistic associations between fungi andAnswer: vascular plants Which of the following is correct?Answer: All members of fungi are also members of heterotrophic organisms, but not all members of heterotrophic organisms are members of fungi The organism that starts out as amoeboid, phagocytic cells and converts to a sluglike pseudoplasmodium that migrates prior to development of a sorocarp belongs to which division?Answer: Myxomycota Fungi are generally notAnswer: photosynthetic The hyphae of mold areAnswer: all of these The amount of chitin in the cell walls of the PlasmodiumAnswer: is equal to the water mold mycelium Which of the following structures would not be associated with fungi?Answer: Chloroplasts Achlorophyllous meansAnswer: lacking chlorophyll An organism in the Deuteromycota has all the following exceptAnswer: ascospores, basidiospores or zygospores Anaerobic degradation of proteins brought about by bacteria and fungi give the products likeAnswer: both (a) and (b) The terms mycelium and hyphae are associated withAnswer: fungi A mycelium describesAnswer: interwoven mass of numerous hyphae Yeast play an important role in the alcohol industry, converting pyruvic acid into carbon dioxide and ethyl alcohol by the process ofAnswer: fermentation Ascospores located in asci are found inAnswer: ascocarps Which of the following characteristic of the Rotavirus was important for the construction of the Rotashield vaccine?Answer: The possession of a segmented RNA genome Plastic implants can pose a serious nosocomial infection problem becauseAnswer: all of the above A major difference between EHEC and EPEC isAnswer: EHEC secretes a Shiga-like toxin and EPEC does not The nature of the poliovirus gives for oral vaccination (satin vaccine) as part of the eradication programme isAnswer: live attenuated strains of all three immunological types Which of the following is true regarding anthrax?Answer: Inhalation Anthrax requires infection with a large number of spores The toxins produced by bacteriaAnswer: interfere with physiological processes in the body Pseudomembraneous colitis isAnswer: all of the above