1. The purpose of streaking a plate is to obtain large quantities of bacteria bacteria in pure culture
2. When streaking a plate, primarily flex and extend the fingers move from the wrist move your whole arm
3. Plates should be incubated agar side up agar side down it doesn't matter
4. When streaking a plate, you should go back over the last area never only once 2 times 3-4 times 8-10 times
5. When streaking a plate, the lid should be placed on the bench top, top side up placed on the bench top, inside surface up should be held in the same hand as the plate should be held in the opposite hand from the plate
6. When streaking a plate, the loop should be flamed At the beginning and end At the beginning and end and between the first 2 zones At the beginning and end and between the second and third zone At the beginning and end and between each zone never
7. George streaks a plate of medium from a broth culture. After incubation, he sees confluent growth in all sectors. Which of the following errors could NOT explain this result? He forgot to pick a colony from the plate He forgot to flame the loop between sectors He picked additional culture from the plate after the first sector He crossed over the previous streak too many times at the beginning of a new sector.
