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This exam includes questions from all the chapters that we have covered until 03/01/25 (Chapters One-Five). The test is OPEN NOTES. The test should be started once you have reliable internet access, 90 minutes of uninterrupted time and Honorlock browser. It includes 50 multiple choice questions (each worth 2 points) and four questions where you have to type out the answers. Please make sure your answers are thoughtful and reflect your preparation and effort. If you are NOT in class today (03/06/25) to take the exam you will get an automatic zero until you complete the exam. Make sure that you inform me if you are unable to be in class and then please find the time to complete the exam!   All the Best!

Which of the following training components would likely be most beneficial to improving athletic performance?

After culturing a mixed infection from a human patient, researchers found two strains of a bacteria to be present. They identified and purified these strains and proceeded to inject the bacteria into test mice to determine whether these strains were pathogenic in mice as well. Based on this information, and the graph showing the results of the mice experiment below, which of the following statements would be true?

Match the numbered image with the correct resistance mechanism description. Note: You may repeat answers across numbers.  

An antibiotic targets the 30s subunit of a bacterial ribosome. A mutation of what kind would be the most effective form of resistance?

A doctor has a patient who has a bacterial infection. The doctor takes a sample of the bacteria, purifies it and then uses antibiotic susceptibility testing to determine whether or not it responds to various antibiotics. Specifically, the doctor uses Kirby-Baur disc diffusion tests and determines that the bacteria are susceptible to Tetracycline. Which of the following would be the best way to use this information?

Penicillin was purified and mass produced for human medicine in the early 1940s. Resistance to the antibiotic was seen within a couple of years. In some cases, research has documented resistance to some antibiotics before the drugs are even used in medicine. Which of the following is the best explanation for these patterns of resistance?

Which of the following is not evidence for the use of penicillin or other mold products prior to Fleming’s experiment?

What was it called when the Allies were unwilling to abandon Berlin, so the United States, Great Britain, and France began to deliver all needed supplies to West Berlin by air to circumvent the Soviet blockade of the city?

What was it called when a Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, was forced to accept its first nine African American students, resulting in the Arkansas governor Orval Faubus ordering the state National Guard to prevent the students from attending classes?