1. Explain the importance of Microbiology in the human survival and disease causation. 2. State the classification of medically important bacteria. 3. Compare and contrast prokaryotes from eukaryotes. 4. Discuss the function and indication of the different types of microscopes used in Microbiology. 5. Discuss the general categories of microbial metabolism. 6. What are the focal metabolites and their interconversions 7. Discuss the microbial assimilatory and biosynthetic pathways. 8. What are patterns of the microbial energy-yielding pathways? 9. Discuss the regulation of microbial metabolic pathways. 10. What are the factors that govern the progression of microbial infections? 11. What are the chemical mediators involved in the progression of infections? 12. What are the general clinical manifestation of microbial infections? 13. What are the targets of antimicrobial agents? 14. What are the general categories of antimicrobial agents? State their mechanism of action. 15. Explain the development of antibacterial resistance. 16. Discuss Koch’s postulates? 17. Discuss basic concepts of host-organism interaction. 18. Discuss the presence of normal and opportunistic microbiota in the different sites of the human body. 19. Define nosocomial infections. Give examples and necessary criteria. 20. What is the exclusionary effect of the normal flora? 21. Explain the susceptibility of immunocompromised and immunosuppressed individuals to infections.