MICROBIOLOGY STRAIGHTERLINE (Quizzes) NEWEST
VERSION 2026
1. Studies by Emil von Behring and Shibasaburo Kitasato a. humoral
immunity
demonstrated that inactivated toxins can induce
the synthesis of antitoxins in the blood of
rabbits. These antitoxins (antibodies) are the
basis of...
a. humoral immunity
b. cell-mediated immunity
c. antibiotic immunity
d. phagocyte-mediated immunity
2. Who of the following first discovered that some blood c.
Metchnikott
leukocytes could engulf disease-causing bacteria?
a. von Behring
b. Meister
c. Metchnikoff
d. Ivanowski
3. Who is credited with developing a vaccine b. cell
against chicken cholera? theory
c. spontane
a. Koch ous
b. Pasteur generatio
n
c. Jenner
d. germ
d. Lister
theory
4. The concept that living organisms arise from
nonliv- ing material is called...
a. biogenesis
,b. Pasteur
c. spontaneous genera- tion
,5. Protists contain all of the following forms of most likely
life EX- CEPT... be
classified
a. protozoa among
b. fungi the...
c. slime molds
d. algae
6. Cells with a relatively simple cell
morphology that do not have a true
membrane-delimited nucleus are called...
a. prokaryotes
b. eukaryotes
c. urkaryotes
d. nokaryotes
7. The ribosomal RNA studies that led to the
division of prokaryotic organisms into the
Bacteria and the Archaea were begun by...
a. Pasteur
b. Woese
c. Needham
d. Watson
8. In a search for new antibiotics, a previously
unknown organism has been recovered from
the soil. It is non- motile and is composed of
long threadlike structures formed from
nucleated cells. It is not-photosynthetic and
absorbs its nutrients. This organism will
, b. fungi
a. prokaryotes
b. Woese
c. eukaryotes (fungi)
VERSION 2026
1. Studies by Emil von Behring and Shibasaburo Kitasato a. humoral
immunity
demonstrated that inactivated toxins can induce
the synthesis of antitoxins in the blood of
rabbits. These antitoxins (antibodies) are the
basis of...
a. humoral immunity
b. cell-mediated immunity
c. antibiotic immunity
d. phagocyte-mediated immunity
2. Who of the following first discovered that some blood c.
Metchnikott
leukocytes could engulf disease-causing bacteria?
a. von Behring
b. Meister
c. Metchnikoff
d. Ivanowski
3. Who is credited with developing a vaccine b. cell
against chicken cholera? theory
c. spontane
a. Koch ous
b. Pasteur generatio
n
c. Jenner
d. germ
d. Lister
theory
4. The concept that living organisms arise from
nonliv- ing material is called...
a. biogenesis
,b. Pasteur
c. spontaneous genera- tion
,5. Protists contain all of the following forms of most likely
life EX- CEPT... be
classified
a. protozoa among
b. fungi the...
c. slime molds
d. algae
6. Cells with a relatively simple cell
morphology that do not have a true
membrane-delimited nucleus are called...
a. prokaryotes
b. eukaryotes
c. urkaryotes
d. nokaryotes
7. The ribosomal RNA studies that led to the
division of prokaryotic organisms into the
Bacteria and the Archaea were begun by...
a. Pasteur
b. Woese
c. Needham
d. Watson
8. In a search for new antibiotics, a previously
unknown organism has been recovered from
the soil. It is non- motile and is composed of
long threadlike structures formed from
nucleated cells. It is not-photosynthetic and
absorbs its nutrients. This organism will
, b. fungi
a. prokaryotes
b. Woese
c. eukaryotes (fungi)
