Test Bank - Microbiology: OpenStax
By Nina Parker, Mark Schneegurt, Anh-Hue Thi Tu.
(All Chapters | Latest Edition Practice Questions for Allied Health)
,Table of Content
Chapter 1 : An Invisible World
Chapter 2 : How We See the Invisible World
Chapter 3 : The Cell Chapter 4 : Prokaryotic Diversity
Chapter 5 : The Eukaryotes of Microbiology
Chapter 6 : Acellular Pathogens
Chapter 7 : Microbial Biochemistry
Chapter 8 : Microbial Metabolism
Chapter 9 : Microbial Growth
Chapter 10 : Biochemistry of the Genome
Chapter 11 : Mechanisms of Microbial Genetics
Chapter 12 : Modern Applications of Microbial Genetics
Chapter 13 : Control of Microbial Growth
Chapter 14 : Antimicrobial Drugs
Chapter 15 : Microbial Mechanisms of Pathogenicity
Chapter 16 : Disease and Epidemiology
Chapter 17 : Innate Nonspecific Host Defenses
Chapter 18 : Adaptive Specific Host Defenses
Chapter 19 : Diseases of the Immune System
Chapter 20 : Laboratory Analysis of the Immune Response
Chapter 21 : Skin and Eye Infections
Chapter 22 : Respiratory System Infections
Chapter 23 : Urogenital System Infections
Chapter 24 : Digestive System Infections
Chapter 25 : Circulatory and Lymphatic System Infections
Chapter 26 : Nervous System Infections Description
,Chapter 1: An Invisible World
1. Which of the following is true of the microbial world?
A. All microbes are harmful.
B. Humans could survive without microbes.
C. Many microbes are helpful. * Ans
D. Most microbes are pathogenic.
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: 23, 24
2. Which of the following is when humans first suspected the existence of microbes?
A. during the Industrial Revolution
B. in prehistoric times* Ans
C. in the last century
D. within the last 500 years
Difficulty: Easy ASM Standard: 23
3. Which individual first observed unicellular organisms, which he called “animalcules,” using a
microscope he developed?
, A. Robert Koch
B. Louis Pasteur
C. Thucydides
D. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek* Ans
Difficulty: Easy ASM Standard: 6
4. To reduce the risk of open flame from Bunsen burners, microbiologists are increasingly using which of
the following devices for easy, rapid benchtop sterilization of small pieces of equipment?
A. autoclaves
B. ethylene oxide
C. incubators
D. micro incinerators* Ans
Difficulty: Easy ASM Standard: 36
5. The Swedish botanist known for having developed an important biological classification system is
which of the following people?
A. Ernst Haeckel
B. Carolus Linnaeus* Ans
C. Louis Pasteur
D. Robert Whittaker
By Nina Parker, Mark Schneegurt, Anh-Hue Thi Tu.
(All Chapters | Latest Edition Practice Questions for Allied Health)
,Table of Content
Chapter 1 : An Invisible World
Chapter 2 : How We See the Invisible World
Chapter 3 : The Cell Chapter 4 : Prokaryotic Diversity
Chapter 5 : The Eukaryotes of Microbiology
Chapter 6 : Acellular Pathogens
Chapter 7 : Microbial Biochemistry
Chapter 8 : Microbial Metabolism
Chapter 9 : Microbial Growth
Chapter 10 : Biochemistry of the Genome
Chapter 11 : Mechanisms of Microbial Genetics
Chapter 12 : Modern Applications of Microbial Genetics
Chapter 13 : Control of Microbial Growth
Chapter 14 : Antimicrobial Drugs
Chapter 15 : Microbial Mechanisms of Pathogenicity
Chapter 16 : Disease and Epidemiology
Chapter 17 : Innate Nonspecific Host Defenses
Chapter 18 : Adaptive Specific Host Defenses
Chapter 19 : Diseases of the Immune System
Chapter 20 : Laboratory Analysis of the Immune Response
Chapter 21 : Skin and Eye Infections
Chapter 22 : Respiratory System Infections
Chapter 23 : Urogenital System Infections
Chapter 24 : Digestive System Infections
Chapter 25 : Circulatory and Lymphatic System Infections
Chapter 26 : Nervous System Infections Description
,Chapter 1: An Invisible World
1. Which of the following is true of the microbial world?
A. All microbes are harmful.
B. Humans could survive without microbes.
C. Many microbes are helpful. * Ans
D. Most microbes are pathogenic.
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: 23, 24
2. Which of the following is when humans first suspected the existence of microbes?
A. during the Industrial Revolution
B. in prehistoric times* Ans
C. in the last century
D. within the last 500 years
Difficulty: Easy ASM Standard: 23
3. Which individual first observed unicellular organisms, which he called “animalcules,” using a
microscope he developed?
, A. Robert Koch
B. Louis Pasteur
C. Thucydides
D. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek* Ans
Difficulty: Easy ASM Standard: 6
4. To reduce the risk of open flame from Bunsen burners, microbiologists are increasingly using which of
the following devices for easy, rapid benchtop sterilization of small pieces of equipment?
A. autoclaves
B. ethylene oxide
C. incubators
D. micro incinerators* Ans
Difficulty: Easy ASM Standard: 36
5. The Swedish botanist known for having developed an important biological classification system is
which of the following people?
A. Ernst Haeckel
B. Carolus Linnaeus* Ans
C. Louis Pasteur
D. Robert Whittaker
