HOSA Microbiology Practice Test 2025 Questions and Answers

Last Updated on April 16, 2025

HOSA Microbiology Practice Test 2025 Questions and Answers. You can try the following practice test for free. This sample test has 25 multiple-choice questions. Topics covered include identifying the different types of sanitation, sterilization, and disinfection.

The official test has the following subparts.

• Identify the different types of sanitation, sterilization, and disinfection 19%
• Describe ways that pathogens can be transmitted 8%
• Identify diseases and disorders 21%
• Understand the Chain of Infection 4%
• Identify healthcare associated infections 8%
• Understand the history of microbiology 2%
• Describe the types of immunity 12%
• Identify tests that can be used to determine infection 4%
• Understand asexual reproduction 2%
• Identify the characteristics of mold 2%
• Understand classifications of organisms 4%
• Identify characteristics of prokaryotic cells 2%
• Describe the different types of stains 4%
• Understand the pH scale 2%
• Describe the characteristics of bacteria 6%

HOS Microbiology Practice Test

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1) A patient is brought to a walk-in clinic with fever, headache, confusion, sleepiness, and agitation. Which of the following diseases comes to the medical assistant’s mind?

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2) The bacterium Escherichia coli can cause

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3) Which of the following microorganisms is a grapelike cluster?

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4) Any close relationship that exists between two different species is known as

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5) Bacillary dysentery is also called

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6) Which of the following terms means “the power of a microorganism”?

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7) Which of the following microorganisms are the most frequent producers of exotoxins?

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8) Mucopurulent endocervical or urethral exudates are signs and symptoms of which of the following microbial diseases?

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9) Streptococci appear in

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10) The smallest organisms are called

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11) Which of the following microorganisms is organized in a chain?

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12) Which of the following words is misspelled?

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13) Which of the following diseases is carried by ticks?

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14) Which of the following is not true of the Gram stain procedure?

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15) Which of the following diseases is transferred by mosquitoes?

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16) Which of the following describes “virion”?

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17) Which of the following organisms requires a vector?

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18) If a virus has a bacterial host, it is called

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19) Spiral-shaped bacteria are called

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20) Which of the following statements describes “autotrophs”?

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21) Multicellular fungi that are the main source of antibiotics are known as which of the following?

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22) Which of the following infectious diseases may be caused by the Epstein-Barr virus?

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23) Which of the following words is misspelled?

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24) All of the following pathogenic bacteria are rod shaped, except

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25) Which of the following are single-cell microscopic eukaryotes that produce proteins and vitamins?