OpenStax Microbiology Test Bank / OSX
Microbiology Test Bank - Chapter 01 to
Chapter 26 2024 Update
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Chapter 2 : How We See the Invisible Worl
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dChapter 3 : The Cell
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Chapter 4 : Prokaryotic Diversity NC NC N C NC
Chapter 5 : The Eukaryotes of Microbiology
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Chapter 6 : Acellular Pathogens NC NC NC NC
Chapter 7 : Microbial Bi NC NC NC NC
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Microbial Metabolism Chapter NC NC C
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Chapter 10 : Biochemistry of the Genome NC NC NC NC NC NC C
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apter 13 : Control of Microbial Growth
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Chapter 14 : Antimicrobial Drugs NC NC N C NC
Chapter 15 : Microbial Mechanisms of PathogenicityChapt
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Response Chapter 21 : Skin and Eye Infections
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Chapter 22 : Respiratory System Infections Chap
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4 : Digestive System Infections
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hapter 26 : Nervous System Infections Description
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1. Which of the following is true of the microbial world?
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A. All microbes are harmful. NC NC NC
B. Humans could survive without microbes. NC NC NC NC
C. Many microbes are helpful.* (correct answer) NC NC NC NC NC
D. Most microbes are pathogenic. NC NC NC
Difficulty: Easy NC
ASM Standard: 23, 24 NC NC NC
2. Which of the following is when humans first suspected the existence of microbes?
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A. during the Industrial Revolution NC NC NC
B. in prehistoric times* (correct answer)
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C. in the last century NC NC NC
D. within the last 500 years NC NC NC NC
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M Standard: 23
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3. Which individual first observed unicellular organisms, which he called “animalcules,” u
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singa microscope he developed?
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A. Robert Koch NC
B. Louis Pasteur NC
C. Thucydides
D. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek* (correct answer) NC NC NC NC
Difficulty: Easy NC NC
ASM Standard: 6 NC NC
4. To reduce the risk of open flame from Bunsen burners, microbiologists are increasingly
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usingwhich of the following devices for easy, rapid benchtop sterilization of small pie
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ces of equipment? NC NC
A. autoclaves
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C. incubators
D. microincinerators* (correct answer) NC NC
Difficulty: Easy AS NC NC
M Standard: 36
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Microbiology Test Bank - Chapter 01 to
Chapter 26 2024 Update
(Multiple Choice, True/False, Matching, Fill in the Blank, Short Answers&
NC N C N C N C N C NC NC N C N C C
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Brief Essay)
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Chapter 1 : An Invisible World NC NC NC NC NC
Chapter 2 : How We See the Invisible Worl
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dChapter 3 : The Cell
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Chapter 4 : Prokaryotic Diversity NC NC N C NC
Chapter 5 : The Eukaryotes of Microbiology
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Chapter 6 : Acellular Pathogens NC NC NC NC
Chapter 7 : Microbial Bi NC NC NC NC
ochemistry Chapter 8 : NC NC N C
Microbial Metabolism Chapter NC NC C
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9 : Microbial Growth
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Chapter 10 : Biochemistry of the Genome NC NC NC NC NC NC C
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Chapter 11 : Mechanisms of Microbial Ge NC NC NC NC NC NC
netics
Chapter 12 : Modern Applications of Microbial GeneticsCh
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apter 13 : Control of Microbial Growth
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Chapter 14 : Antimicrobial Drugs NC NC N C NC
Chapter 15 : Microbial Mechanisms of PathogenicityChapt
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er 16 : Disease and Epidemiology
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Chapter 17 : Innate Nonspecific Host Defen NC NC NC NC NC NC
ses Chapter 18 : Adaptive Specific Host Defe
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nses Chapter 19 : Diseases of theImmune
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System
,Chapter 20 : Laboratory Analysis of the Immune
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Response Chapter 21 : Skin and Eye Infections
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Chapter 22 : Respiratory System Infections Chap
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ter 23 : Urogenital System Infections Chapter 2
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4 : Digestive System Infections
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Chapter 25 : Circulatory and Lymphatic System InfectionsC
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hapter 26 : Nervous System Infections Description
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Chapter 1: An Invisible World
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Chapter 1: An Invisible World NC NC NC NC
* (correct answer)
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=Correct answer
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Multiple Choice NC
1. Which of the following is true of the microbial world?
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A. All microbes are harmful. NC NC NC
B. Humans could survive without microbes. NC NC NC NC
C. Many microbes are helpful.* (correct answer) NC NC NC NC NC
D. Most microbes are pathogenic. NC NC NC
Difficulty: Easy NC
ASM Standard: 23, 24 NC NC NC
2. Which of the following is when humans first suspected the existence of microbes?
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A. during the Industrial Revolution NC NC NC
B. in prehistoric times* (correct answer)
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C. in the last century NC NC NC
D. within the last 500 years NC NC NC NC
Difficulty: Easy AS NC NC
M Standard: 23
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3. Which individual first observed unicellular organisms, which he called “animalcules,” u
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singa microscope he developed?
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A. Robert Koch NC
B. Louis Pasteur NC
C. Thucydides
D. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek* (correct answer) NC NC NC NC
Difficulty: Easy NC NC
ASM Standard: 6 NC NC
4. To reduce the risk of open flame from Bunsen burners, microbiologists are increasingly
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usingwhich of the following devices for easy, rapid benchtop sterilization of small pie
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ces of equipment? NC NC
A. autoclaves
B. ethylene oxide NC
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, OpenStax Microbiology Test Bank
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Chapter 1: An Invisible World
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C. incubators
D. microincinerators* (correct answer) NC NC
Difficulty: Easy AS NC NC
M Standard: 36
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