Ninth Edition
Multiple Choice
1. Who was one of the early natural philosophers who coined the name “cella” for the
empty cork spaces that became the word we use today, “cells”?
A. Robert Hooke
Alcamo'S FUNDAMENTALS OF B. Zacharias Janssen
C. Francesco Stalluti
Microbiology
D. Giovanni Faber
Ans: A
2. Leeuwenhoek made lenses that allowed him to magnify objects more than 200X.
However, he failed to promote scientific inquiry because:
A. he didn't share his drawings with other scientists.
B. he didn't reveal how he ground the lenses and no one else was doing it that well.
C. he limited his research to pond water
D. it was only a hobby and he didn't live very long
Ans: B
Jeffrey C. Pommerville
,3. Leeuwenhoek was the first person to:
A. see viruses.
B. use a microscope.
C. describe bacteria. 6. Which one of the following would be consistent with the idea of spontaneous
generation?
D. suggest animalcules caused disease.
A. Microorganisms may be cultivated on solid laboratory media.
B. Insects are important in the transmission of disease.
Ans: C
C. Sick people give rise to microorganisms in their body.
D. Disinfection is essential to prevent the spread of microorganisms.
Ans: C
4. Francesco Redi is famous for performing one of the first experiments over the debate
regarding spontaneous generation. What was his experiment?
A. He boiled some mutton gravy and sealed the tops with corks.
B. He covered some jars of meat with gauze and left others open. The covered jars did not
develop maggots, the uncovered ones did.
7. Spallanzani’s experiments showed that:
C. He showed that mice will appear with damp rags and rice.
A. viruses were transmitted by water.
D. He boiled broth for longer periods of time and sealed the tops with melted glass.
B. spontaneous generation occurs.
C. miasma was the cause of disease.
Ans: B
D. experiments can be modified to test a hypothesis.
Ans: D
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5. did not attempt to prove or refute the idea of spontaneous generation.
A. Francesco Redi
B. Robert Koch
C. Lazzaro Spallanzani
8. Which pair of scientists were antagonists during the same period of history?
D. Louis Pasteur
A. Pasteur and Ehrlich
B. Koch and Leeuwenhoek
Ans: B
C. Spallanzani and Needham
,D. Pasteur and Snow C. yeast cells on contaminated apples.
D. a contaminated municipal water supply.
Ans: C
Ans: D
9. Semmelweis showed that the transmission of disease could be interrupted by:
A. killing disease-carrying mosquitoes. 12. Who was Edward Jenner?
B. disinfecting water supplies. A. He was a surgeon who observed cowpox could provide immunity for smallpox.
C. pasteurizing milk. B. He was a physician who discovered washing your hands can reduce disease
transmission.
D. washing hands in chlorine water.
C. He was the first to see a pathogen that causes disease.
D. All of the above are correct.
Ans: D
Ans: A
10. In 1854, John Snow determined that contaminated water transmits:
A. smallpox.
13. What was Christian Ehrenberg responsible for naming in the 1830's?
B. cholera.
A. He gave the name "vaccines."
C. influenza.
B. He gave the name "eukaryotes".
D. anthrax.
C. He gave the name "bacteria".
D. He gave the name "cells".
Ans: B
Ans: C
11. John Snow traced the source of an 1854 outbreak of cholera to:
A. consumption of contaminated beef.
14. The classical Golden Age of microbiology came to an end partly due to the:
B. an increase in infected mosquitoes.
, A. fact that all infectious diseases were known.
B. death of Anton van Leeuwenhoek. 17. Pasteur first suggested that bacteria could cause disease in humans by showing that
bacteria could:
C. the beginning of World War I.
A. contaminate canned foods.
D. end of the Renaissance.
B. cause plant diseases.
C. sour wine.
Ans: C
D. infect animals.
Ans: C
15. Pasteur’s study of fermentation was critical to the development of microbiology
because:
A. fermentation chemistry occurs in the living body.
B. it showed that microorganisms bring about chemical changes. 18. Pasteur’s observations that protozoa were related to the silkworm disease
strengthened his belief in the:
C. it demonstrated that yeasts are microorganisms
A. germ theory of disease.
D. the body undergoes rapid fermentation after death.
B. doctrine of spontaneous generation.
C. eukaryotic nature of protozoa.
Ans: B
D. None of the above is correct.
Ans: A
16. Pasteur’s studies proved that alcohol was a fermentation product of:
A. bacteria.
B. yeasts.
19. Lister used to clean wounds and surgical instruments.
C. algae.
A. antibiotics
D. a natural chemical process not involving living organisms.
B. antitoxins
C. chlorine water
Ans: B
D. carbolic acid
Multiple Choice
1. Who was one of the early natural philosophers who coined the name “cella” for the
empty cork spaces that became the word we use today, “cells”?
A. Robert Hooke
Alcamo'S FUNDAMENTALS OF B. Zacharias Janssen
C. Francesco Stalluti
Microbiology
D. Giovanni Faber
Ans: A
2. Leeuwenhoek made lenses that allowed him to magnify objects more than 200X.
However, he failed to promote scientific inquiry because:
A. he didn't share his drawings with other scientists.
B. he didn't reveal how he ground the lenses and no one else was doing it that well.
C. he limited his research to pond water
D. it was only a hobby and he didn't live very long
Ans: B
Jeffrey C. Pommerville
,3. Leeuwenhoek was the first person to:
A. see viruses.
B. use a microscope.
C. describe bacteria. 6. Which one of the following would be consistent with the idea of spontaneous
generation?
D. suggest animalcules caused disease.
A. Microorganisms may be cultivated on solid laboratory media.
B. Insects are important in the transmission of disease.
Ans: C
C. Sick people give rise to microorganisms in their body.
D. Disinfection is essential to prevent the spread of microorganisms.
Ans: C
4. Francesco Redi is famous for performing one of the first experiments over the debate
regarding spontaneous generation. What was his experiment?
A. He boiled some mutton gravy and sealed the tops with corks.
B. He covered some jars of meat with gauze and left others open. The covered jars did not
develop maggots, the uncovered ones did.
7. Spallanzani’s experiments showed that:
C. He showed that mice will appear with damp rags and rice.
A. viruses were transmitted by water.
D. He boiled broth for longer periods of time and sealed the tops with melted glass.
B. spontaneous generation occurs.
C. miasma was the cause of disease.
Ans: B
D. experiments can be modified to test a hypothesis.
Ans: D
Page: 8
5. did not attempt to prove or refute the idea of spontaneous generation.
A. Francesco Redi
B. Robert Koch
C. Lazzaro Spallanzani
8. Which pair of scientists were antagonists during the same period of history?
D. Louis Pasteur
A. Pasteur and Ehrlich
B. Koch and Leeuwenhoek
Ans: B
C. Spallanzani and Needham
,D. Pasteur and Snow C. yeast cells on contaminated apples.
D. a contaminated municipal water supply.
Ans: C
Ans: D
9. Semmelweis showed that the transmission of disease could be interrupted by:
A. killing disease-carrying mosquitoes. 12. Who was Edward Jenner?
B. disinfecting water supplies. A. He was a surgeon who observed cowpox could provide immunity for smallpox.
C. pasteurizing milk. B. He was a physician who discovered washing your hands can reduce disease
transmission.
D. washing hands in chlorine water.
C. He was the first to see a pathogen that causes disease.
D. All of the above are correct.
Ans: D
Ans: A
10. In 1854, John Snow determined that contaminated water transmits:
A. smallpox.
13. What was Christian Ehrenberg responsible for naming in the 1830's?
B. cholera.
A. He gave the name "vaccines."
C. influenza.
B. He gave the name "eukaryotes".
D. anthrax.
C. He gave the name "bacteria".
D. He gave the name "cells".
Ans: B
Ans: C
11. John Snow traced the source of an 1854 outbreak of cholera to:
A. consumption of contaminated beef.
14. The classical Golden Age of microbiology came to an end partly due to the:
B. an increase in infected mosquitoes.
, A. fact that all infectious diseases were known.
B. death of Anton van Leeuwenhoek. 17. Pasteur first suggested that bacteria could cause disease in humans by showing that
bacteria could:
C. the beginning of World War I.
A. contaminate canned foods.
D. end of the Renaissance.
B. cause plant diseases.
C. sour wine.
Ans: C
D. infect animals.
Ans: C
15. Pasteur’s study of fermentation was critical to the development of microbiology
because:
A. fermentation chemistry occurs in the living body.
B. it showed that microorganisms bring about chemical changes. 18. Pasteur’s observations that protozoa were related to the silkworm disease
strengthened his belief in the:
C. it demonstrated that yeasts are microorganisms
A. germ theory of disease.
D. the body undergoes rapid fermentation after death.
B. doctrine of spontaneous generation.
C. eukaryotic nature of protozoa.
Ans: B
D. None of the above is correct.
Ans: A
16. Pasteur’s studies proved that alcohol was a fermentation product of:
A. bacteria.
B. yeasts.
19. Lister used to clean wounds and surgical instruments.
C. algae.
A. antibiotics
D. a natural chemical process not involving living organisms.
B. antitoxins
C. chlorine water
Ans: B
D. carbolic acid
