The Midterm Quiz itself is uploaded here as a Word document attachment.  Spring March 2026 Midterm Quiz .docx You may access and use the FL Rules of Civil Procedure and Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that were provided on Canvas. These are the ONLY materials you are permitted to have present with you. Otherwise, this is a closed-book/materials midterm quiz.  For uploading your answers, you can download the Word version of the quiz and clearly write your answers within that Word document and upload it here. There are 2 essays (a mini essay on mock fact pattern #1 and a larger essay on mock fact pattern #2). The larger essay is based on the familiar “Midnight Collision” fact pattern. Each non-essay question (25 of them) is worth 2 points. Mock fact pattern essay 1 is worth 10 points. Mock fact pattern essay 2 is worth 15 points. There are 27 questions total (which includes the 2 essays). Total points for entire quiz is 75 points. If any questions, please do let me know. Thanks! 

7+2 is what?  Do not submit this multiple-choice “test” until you have completed retake of ET2 (above) based on the directions that you have been sent regarding this event. 

True or False Prophages can be activated (induced) into viral replication and enter the lytic cycle.

Select all organisms where you might find plasmids. 

A microbiology student cultures Serratia marcescens on agar plates. When incubated at room temperature (25°C), the colonies appear red. When incubated at human body temperature (37°C), the colonies appear white or cream. The change in colony color observed under different temperature conditions is an example of a change in the organism’s what? 

Select all of the structures that are found in a gram-positive cell envelope.

What is semiconservative replication? 

True or False Quorum sensing in biofilms always occurs between members of the same species.

What do bacteriophage do that does not occur in animal virus replication?

Select all that apply. A base is changed in a DNA strand for a gene, but the amino acid sequence for the protein is the same. What type of mutation(s) occurred?