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ASM Final Exam Questions with Correct
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Roentgen shares part of his academic path with Albert Einstein: they
each won entrance to Zurich Polytechnical School by examination.
What disqualified both of these scientists from the traditional
enrollment path? Answer: disobeyed the authority of educators
What personal attributes or capabilities enhance Roentgen's chances
of his scientific discoveries? Answer: - good with his hands
- meticulous experimenter
- rigid and stubborn, although not lacking imagination or daring
- spent endless hours in the lab
T or F: Roentgen discovered X-rays on Nov 8, 1895. For the
subsequent 6 weeks, he performed a series of experiments to
characterize the distance that, and substances through which, X-rays
traveled, skipping meals to focus on documenting the novel
discovery. His findings were published within 7 weeks and a day by
the physical and Medicine Society of Wurzberg. However, it took
several years, still, for clinicians to start using the technology.
Answer: false - xrays were embraced immediately
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Describe some underlying personal motivations for Sigmund Freud
that you read? Answer: - His mother adored him and gave him the
sense that "he was born to achieve something great" which gave
him the confidence to succeed later in life.
- His father, on the other hand, said the he would "never amount to
anything" and Freud still had dreams decades later of proving his
father wrong by speaking his accomplishments.
How does the work of Freud and Weyer connect? Is there a
difference in cultural response between these two time periods?
Answer: Both Freud and Weyer's work was focused on human's
mental state and brain function. Specifically, they both focused on
psychiatric problems, such as hysteria, to explain the very real
symptoms of mental illness. In Weyer's time, people and women
specifically were seen as crazy and tortured for their mental
condition. In Freud's time though, these problems were legitimized
and became proper subjects in medical study.
One technique that Freud and colleague Breuer became known for
is "catharsis", which refers to the process of "tracing [hysterical
symptoms back to their] first appearance and re-experiencing the
associated thoughts and feelings" that were experienced the first
time. Through catharsis, many clients were able to stop the
symptoms from occurring ever again, essentially curing the
"hysteria". This process was given a different name by "Anna O.", the
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first patient who Breuer tried it with. What did she call it? Answer:
chimney sweeping
In one word, what scientific/medical first is attributed to Ivanovsky?
The discovery of: Answer: viruses
In 3-4 sentences, tell the story of how Ivanovsky figured out this
innovation. Answer: Ivanovsky was analyzing stunted, discolored
tobacco plants that he recognized were infected by tobacco mosaic
disease. He set out to isolate the microbe that he assumed was
causing the disease, but when juice from the infected leaves was
put into a filter for bacteria, the agent that spread the disease
slipped through the filter which meant the microbe had to be
something he couldn't see. After reading Beijerink's discoveries that
ruled out bacterial spores, toxins, or particles, Ivanovsky believed
that the most likely explanation for these filterable viruses was that
"the contagium is contained in the sap in the form of solid
particles."
In 3-4 sentences, give your impression of Ivanovsky as a scientist
and as a person. Address a different impression or character trait of
Ivanovsky per sentence (no repetition of information between
sentences. Answer: Ivanovsky seemed like he was methodical in the
steps of his experiment: recognizing the tobacco disease, pumping
the juice through the filter, and used his findings to make
assumptions based on what was known in the world of medicine.
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He also seemed territorial of his findings: he wrote to claim priority
for the discovery that the agent could pass through the filter and
criticized Beijerinck's agar experiment. He was also open and
imaginative to this new disease-causing agent: it was too small to
see with the naked eye and not a known bacteria or toxin that
caused the disease.
In 3-4 sentences, describe Fleming's "firsts"--his advances and
discoveries. Answer: His first discovery was that by surgically
removing as much dead tissue as possible and flushing the wounds
of soldiers with sterile saline solution, infection was greatly
minimized and the production of white blood cells was stimulated.
His second discovery was that droplets of nasal mucus were
destroying a yellowish bacterial colony in some contaminated
culture plates and identified the substance killing the bacteria as a
protein called lysozyme. His other discovery was of the powerful
broad-spectrum antibacterial substance penicillin, which he came
across in his lab when he noticed on a petri dish that the staph
colonies close to mold had dissolved. He discovered the mold was
secreting something that killed many of the disease-causing bacteria
even as it was diluted, now known as penicillin.
In a 3-4 sentences, describe the cultural and historical context of
Fleming's life and work. Answer: When World War I broke out,
Fleming went to France to treat wounded soldiers where he
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ASM Final Exam Questions with Correct
Answers | Updated (100% Correct Answers)
Roentgen shares part of his academic path with Albert Einstein: they
each won entrance to Zurich Polytechnical School by examination.
What disqualified both of these scientists from the traditional
enrollment path? Answer: disobeyed the authority of educators
What personal attributes or capabilities enhance Roentgen's chances
of his scientific discoveries? Answer: - good with his hands
- meticulous experimenter
- rigid and stubborn, although not lacking imagination or daring
- spent endless hours in the lab
T or F: Roentgen discovered X-rays on Nov 8, 1895. For the
subsequent 6 weeks, he performed a series of experiments to
characterize the distance that, and substances through which, X-rays
traveled, skipping meals to focus on documenting the novel
discovery. His findings were published within 7 weeks and a day by
the physical and Medicine Society of Wurzberg. However, it took
several years, still, for clinicians to start using the technology.
Answer: false - xrays were embraced immediately
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Describe some underlying personal motivations for Sigmund Freud
that you read? Answer: - His mother adored him and gave him the
sense that "he was born to achieve something great" which gave
him the confidence to succeed later in life.
- His father, on the other hand, said the he would "never amount to
anything" and Freud still had dreams decades later of proving his
father wrong by speaking his accomplishments.
How does the work of Freud and Weyer connect? Is there a
difference in cultural response between these two time periods?
Answer: Both Freud and Weyer's work was focused on human's
mental state and brain function. Specifically, they both focused on
psychiatric problems, such as hysteria, to explain the very real
symptoms of mental illness. In Weyer's time, people and women
specifically were seen as crazy and tortured for their mental
condition. In Freud's time though, these problems were legitimized
and became proper subjects in medical study.
One technique that Freud and colleague Breuer became known for
is "catharsis", which refers to the process of "tracing [hysterical
symptoms back to their] first appearance and re-experiencing the
associated thoughts and feelings" that were experienced the first
time. Through catharsis, many clients were able to stop the
symptoms from occurring ever again, essentially curing the
"hysteria". This process was given a different name by "Anna O.", the
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first patient who Breuer tried it with. What did she call it? Answer:
chimney sweeping
In one word, what scientific/medical first is attributed to Ivanovsky?
The discovery of: Answer: viruses
In 3-4 sentences, tell the story of how Ivanovsky figured out this
innovation. Answer: Ivanovsky was analyzing stunted, discolored
tobacco plants that he recognized were infected by tobacco mosaic
disease. He set out to isolate the microbe that he assumed was
causing the disease, but when juice from the infected leaves was
put into a filter for bacteria, the agent that spread the disease
slipped through the filter which meant the microbe had to be
something he couldn't see. After reading Beijerink's discoveries that
ruled out bacterial spores, toxins, or particles, Ivanovsky believed
that the most likely explanation for these filterable viruses was that
"the contagium is contained in the sap in the form of solid
particles."
In 3-4 sentences, give your impression of Ivanovsky as a scientist
and as a person. Address a different impression or character trait of
Ivanovsky per sentence (no repetition of information between
sentences. Answer: Ivanovsky seemed like he was methodical in the
steps of his experiment: recognizing the tobacco disease, pumping
the juice through the filter, and used his findings to make
assumptions based on what was known in the world of medicine.
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, 4
He also seemed territorial of his findings: he wrote to claim priority
for the discovery that the agent could pass through the filter and
criticized Beijerinck's agar experiment. He was also open and
imaginative to this new disease-causing agent: it was too small to
see with the naked eye and not a known bacteria or toxin that
caused the disease.
In 3-4 sentences, describe Fleming's "firsts"--his advances and
discoveries. Answer: His first discovery was that by surgically
removing as much dead tissue as possible and flushing the wounds
of soldiers with sterile saline solution, infection was greatly
minimized and the production of white blood cells was stimulated.
His second discovery was that droplets of nasal mucus were
destroying a yellowish bacterial colony in some contaminated
culture plates and identified the substance killing the bacteria as a
protein called lysozyme. His other discovery was of the powerful
broad-spectrum antibacterial substance penicillin, which he came
across in his lab when he noticed on a petri dish that the staph
colonies close to mold had dissolved. He discovered the mold was
secreting something that killed many of the disease-causing bacteria
even as it was diluted, now known as penicillin.
In a 3-4 sentences, describe the cultural and historical context of
Fleming's life and work. Answer: When World War I broke out,
Fleming went to France to treat wounded soldiers where he
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