Medical Quiz

Microbes Quiz

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Which of the following is NOT a microbe?

A. Bacteria

B. Virus

C. Worm

D. Fungus


The overuse of antibiotics has most likely resulted in the development of resistant strains of which organisms?

A. bacteria

B. fungi

C. protozoa

D. viruses


Which disease is not caused by bacteria?

A. Strep throat

B. Pneumonia

C. Food poisoning

D. Rabies


Cholera is caused by

A. Bacteria

B. Protozoa

C. Virus

D. Fungi


Which microbe causes malaria?

A. virus

B. bacteria

C. fungi

D. parasite


Name the bacteria which promotes the formation of curd

A. Rhizobium

B. Cyanobacteria

C. Lactobacillus

D. Clostridium


Who discovered vaccine for smallpox?

A. Robert Koch

B. Edward Jenner

C. Louis Pasteur

D. Alexander Fleming


Bacteria are

A. Prokaryotes

B. Non living things

C. Eukaryotes


Carrier of malaria causing protozoan is

A. Female Anopheles mosquito

B. Cockroach

C. Housefly

D. Butterfly


Microbes are called, microbes because?

A. You can hear them through a micro-scope.

B. They are very minute

C. They can only be seen using a micro-scope,

D. both 2 and 3


Viruses are considered to be nonliving because they 

A. cannot multiply

B. use energy to grow 

C. are smaller than bacteria

D. do not show all the characteristics


Which microbe is the image most likely to be?

A. Bacteria

B. Fungus

C. Virus

D. None of the above


Disease causing microbes are called

A. Pathogens

B. Protozoa

C. Parasites

D. Microbes


What are vaccines mainly made up of?

A. Dead Pathogens

B. Weak Pathogens

C. Both 1 and 2

D. Neither


Which microbe is the image most likely to be?

A. Bacteria

B. Fungus

C. Virus

D. None of the above


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Mutations Circulatory & Lymphatic The Cell Cycle Endocrine System Breathing System Heart and Circulatory System Agents of Disease Musculoskeletal/Endocrine Systems Medical, Legal, and Ethical Issues Human Genetics Medical Terminology Prefixes Specialties: Neurological and Geriatric Multicellular Organisms: Organisation Cell Theory Body Fluids and Blood Cells