MIC 205 Final Exam Study Guide questions with correct answers

Which of the following is not a microorganism? CORRECT ANSWER mosquito When do opportunistic pathogens tend to cause disease? CORRECT ANSWER when the host is weakened Which of the following could be used as evidence for spontaneous generation? CORRECT ANSWER Uncovered meat will give rise to maggots. ________ showed that biogenesis is responsible for the propagation of life. CORRECT ANSWER Louis Pasteur Robert Koch helped establish the germ theory of disease by discovering that anthrax was caused by a bacterial microorganism. After he isolated and purified the same bacteria from several diseased animals, what would be the next step in order to show that this bacteria caused anthrax? CORRECT ANSWER introduce the bacteria into a new mouse to see if it established the same infection How many principles are there in Koch's postulates of disease? CORRECT ANSWER 4 Aseptic technique can be used for all of the following except CORRECT ANSWER replacing gloves instead of hand washing when time is short. Which of the following individuals does not correctly match with their contribution to microbiology? CORRECT ANSWER Joseph Lister: Developed the first anesthetic solution for use in surgeries