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MICROBIOLOGY FOR THE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL 2ND EDITION
VANMETER QUESTIONS & ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (CHAPTER 1-25) LATEST
2025
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 01: SCOPE OF MICROBIOLOGY............................................................................. 3
CHAPTER 02: CHEMISTRY OF LIFE ..................................................................................... 12
CHAPTER 03: CELL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION ................................................................ 21
CHAPTER 04: BACTERIA AND ARCHAEA ............................................................................ 34
CHAPTER 05: VIRUSES ...................................................................................................... 42
CHAPTER 06: EUKARYOTIC MICROORGANISMS................................................................. 49
CHAPTER 07: PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL METHODS OF CONTROL ...................................... 58
CHAPTER 08: MICROBIOLOGICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES ........................................... 66
CHAPTER 09: MICROBIOLOGICAL LABORATORY SAFETY ISSUES ......................................... 74
CHAPTER 10: PHARMACOLOGY ........................................................................................ 82
CHAPTER 11: ANTIMICROBIAL DRUGS .............................................................................. 89
CHAPTER 12: INFECTION AND DISEASE ............................................................................. 97
CHAPTER 13: THE IMMUNE RESPONSE AND LYMPHATIC SYSTEM .................................... 104
CHAPTER 14: INFECTIONS OF THE INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM, SOFT TISSUE, AND
MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM........................................................................................... 112
CHAPTER 15: INFECTIONS OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM ................................................ 119
CHAPTER 16: INFECTIONS OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM ...................................... 126
CHAPTER 17: INFECTIONS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND SENSORY STRUCTURES .......... 133
CHAPTER 18: INFECTIONS OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR AND CIRCULATORY SYSTEM ........... 142
CHAPTER 19: INFECTIONS OF THE URINARY SYSTEM ....................................................... 149
CHAPTER 20: INFECTIONS OF THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM ............................................. 157
CHAPTER 21: SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS/DISEASES ........................................ 164
CHAPTER 22: HUMAN AGE AND MICROORGANISMS ...................................................... 173
CHAPTER 23: MICROORGANISMS IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND EFFECTS ON HUMAN HEALTH
...................................................................................................................................... 181
CHAPTER 24: EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES ............................................................. 189
CHAPTER 25: BIOTECHNOLOGY ...................................................................................... 195
,CHAPTER 01: SCOPE OF MICROBIOLOGY
VANMETER: MICROBIOLOGY FOR THE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL, 2ND EDITION
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY A FATHER-AND-SON TEAM, BY THE NAME OF, PRODUCED A
COMPOUND MICROSCOPE CONSISTING OF A SIMPLE TUBE WITH LENSES AT EACH END.
A. VAN LEEUWENHOEK
B. SEMMELWEIS
C. JANSSEN
D. HOOKE
ANS: C
REF: P. 3
2. “ANIMALCULES” WERE FIRST DESCRIBED BY
A. ROBERT HOOKE.
B. ANTONY VAN LEEUWENHOEK.
C. HANS JANSSEN.
D. JOHN NEEDHAM.
ANS: B
REF: P. 3
3. MICROGRAPHIA, A PUBLICATION ILLUSTRATING INSECTS, SPONGES, AS WELL AS PLANT
CELLS, WAS PUBLISHED BY
A. ROBERT HOOKE.
B. ANTONY VAN LEEUWENHOEK.
C. HANS JANSSEN.
D. JOHN NEEDHAM.
ANS: A
REF: P. 3
,4. LOW-POWER MICROSCOPES DESIGNED FOR OBSERVING FAIRLY LARGE OBJECTS SUCH AS
INSECTS OR WORMS ARE
A. ELECTRON MICROSCOPES.
B. DARK-FIELD MICROSCOPES.
C. FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPES.
D. STEREOMICROSCOPES.
ANS: D
REF: P. 5
5. A MICROSCOPE THAT PROVIDES A THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE OF A SPECIMEN IS A
A. DARK-FIELD MICROSCOPE.
B. TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE.
C. BRIGHT-FIELD MICROSCOPE.
D. SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE.
ANS: D
REF: P. 7
6. THE TOOL OF CHOICE TO OBSERVE LIVING MICROORGANISMS IS THE
A. BRIGHT-FIELD MICROSCOPE.
B. PHASE-CONTRAST MICROSCOPE.
C. FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE.
D. ELECTRON MICROSCOPE.
ANS: B
REF: P. 6
7. WHICH SCIENTIST IS MOST RESPONSIBLE FOR ENDING THE CONTROVERSY ABOUT
SPONTANEOUS GENERATION?
A. JOHN NEEDHAM
,B. JOSEPH LISTER
C. LOUIS PASTEUR
D. ROBERT KOCH
ANS: C
REF: P. 8
8. FOSSILS OF PROKARYOTES GO BACK BILLION YEARS.
A. 4.0 TO 5.0
B. 3.5 TO 4.0
C. 2.5 TO 3.0
D. 2.2 TO 2.7
ANS: B
REF: P. 9
9. MOLDS BELONG TO WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING GROUPS OF EUKARYOTIC ORGANISMS?
A. PROTOZOANS
B. ARCHAEA
C. FUNGI
D. ALGAE
ANS: C
REF: P. 11
10. THE CORRECT DESCENDING ORDER OF TAXONOMIC CATEGORIES IS
A. SPECIES, DOMAIN, PHYLUM, KINGDOM, ORDER, DIVISION, CLASS, GENUS.
B. DOMAIN, KINGDOM, PHYLUM, CLASS, FAMILY, ORDER, GENUS, SPECIES.
C. DOMAIN, KINGDOM, PHYLUM, CLASS, ORDER, FAMILY, GENUS, SPECIES.
D. KINGDOM, DOMAIN, PHYLUM, ORDER, CLASS, FAMILY, GENUS, SPECIES.
ANS: C
, REF: P. 10
11. COMPLEX COMMUNITIES OF MICROORGANISMS ON SURFACES ARE CALLED
A. COLONIES.
B. BIOFILMS.
C. BIOSPHERES.
D. FLORA.
ANS: B
REF: P. 12
12. A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ORGANISMS IN WHICH THE WASTE PRODUCT OF ONE
PROVIDES NUTRIENTS FOR ANOTHER IS CALLED
A. MUTUALISM.
B. COMPETITION.
C. SYNERGISM.
D. COMMENSALISM.
ANS: D
REF: P. 12
13. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SITES OF THE HUMAN BODY DOES NOT HAVE A NORMAL
FLORA?
A. INTESTINE
B. SKIN
C. VAGINA
D. BLOOD
ANS: D
REF: P. 12
14. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING LACK NUCLEIC ACIDS?
,A. ARCHAEA
B. VIRUSES
C. PRIONS
D. BACTERIA
ANS: C
REF: P. 11
15. THE BINOMINAL SYSTEM OF NOMENCLATURE WAS ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED BY
A. PASTEUR.
B. LINNAEUS.
C. MARTINI.
D. JENNER.
ANS: B
REF: P. 11
16. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SCIENTISTS PERFORMED THE FIRST VACCINATION AGAINST
SMALLPOX?
A. PASTEUR
B. JENNER
C. SEMMELWEIS
D. KOCH
ANS: B
REF: P. 9
17. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DISEASES IS GENERALLY CAUSED BY CONTAMINATED FOOD?
A. MUMPS
B. SHIGELLOSIS
C. LEGIONELLOSIS
,D. TUBERCULOSIS
ANS: B
REF: P. 13
18. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DISEASES IS TRANSMITTED VIA AEROSOLS?
A. PSITTACOSIS
B. SHIGELLOSIS
C. LEPTOSPIROSIS
D. GIARDIASIS
ANS: A
REF: P. 14
19. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ORGANISMS IS USED IN THE PRODUCTION OF CHEESE?
A. PROPIONIBACTERIUM SHERMANII
B. ACETOBACTER ACETI
C. GIARDIA
D. FUSOBACTERIUM
ANS: A
REF: P. 14
20. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SCIENTISTS DISCOVERED THE ANTIBIOTIC PROPERTIES OF
PENICILLIUM?
A. ALEXANDER FLEMING
B. LOUIS PASTEUR
C. JOSEPH LISTER
,D. EDWARD JENNER
ANS: A
REF: P. 15
COMPLETION
1. IN A COMPOUND LIGHT MICROSCOPE THE LENS CLOSEST TO THE EYE IS THE LENS.
ANS: OCULAR
REF: P. 3
2. THE TOTAL MAGNIFICATION OF AN OBJECT VIEWED WITH A COMPOUND MICROSCOPE
WITH AN OCULAR LENS OF 10 AND AN OBJECTIVE LENS OF 40 IS .
ANS: 400
REF: P. 4
3. ANOTHER TERM FOR SPONTANEOUNS UGERNESRAITINONGITS B.COM .
ANS: ABIOGENESIS
REF: P. 7
4. MICROORGANISMS OF VARIOUS SPECIES ARE OFTEN ORGANIZED INTO COMPLEX
COMMUNITIES ON A SURFACE AND ARE CALLED .
ANS: BIOFILMS
REF: P. 12
5. ALL BACTERIA ARE CELLS.
ANS: PROKARYOTIC
REF: P. 10
6. CELLS THAT CONTAIN A NUCLEUS ARE CELLS.
ANS: EUKARYOTIC
, REF: P. 10
7. THE TAXONOMIC RESOURCE FOR INFORMATION ON BACTERIA IS .
ANS: BERGEY’S MANUAL OF SYSTEMATIC BACTERIOLOGY
REF: P. 11
8. A RELATIONSHIP IN WHICH TWO ORGANISMS BENEFIT IS REFERRED TO AS .
ANS: MUTUALISM
REF: P. 12
9. THE PROTEINS IMPLICATED IN SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY ARE .
ANS: PRIONS
REF: P. 11
10. THE CLEANUP OF VARIOUS INDUSTRIAL WASTES BY LIVING ORGANISMS IS REFERRED TO
AS .
ANS: BIOREMEDIATION
REF: P. 15
MATCHING
MATCH THE DESCRIPTION BELOWNWITHRTHEICOGRRECBT I.TECM FMROM THIS LIST.
A. OBSERVING INSECTS U
B. THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES
C. CYTOPLASMIC STREAMING
D. FLUORESCENT DYE
E. ULTRATHIN SECTIONED SPECIMENS
1. SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE
MICROBIOLOGY FOR THE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL 2ND EDITION
VANMETER QUESTIONS & ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (CHAPTER 1-25) LATEST
2025
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 01: SCOPE OF MICROBIOLOGY............................................................................. 3
CHAPTER 02: CHEMISTRY OF LIFE ..................................................................................... 12
CHAPTER 03: CELL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION ................................................................ 21
CHAPTER 04: BACTERIA AND ARCHAEA ............................................................................ 34
CHAPTER 05: VIRUSES ...................................................................................................... 42
CHAPTER 06: EUKARYOTIC MICROORGANISMS................................................................. 49
CHAPTER 07: PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL METHODS OF CONTROL ...................................... 58
CHAPTER 08: MICROBIOLOGICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES ........................................... 66
CHAPTER 09: MICROBIOLOGICAL LABORATORY SAFETY ISSUES ......................................... 74
CHAPTER 10: PHARMACOLOGY ........................................................................................ 82
CHAPTER 11: ANTIMICROBIAL DRUGS .............................................................................. 89
CHAPTER 12: INFECTION AND DISEASE ............................................................................. 97
CHAPTER 13: THE IMMUNE RESPONSE AND LYMPHATIC SYSTEM .................................... 104
CHAPTER 14: INFECTIONS OF THE INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM, SOFT TISSUE, AND
MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM........................................................................................... 112
CHAPTER 15: INFECTIONS OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM ................................................ 119
CHAPTER 16: INFECTIONS OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM ...................................... 126
CHAPTER 17: INFECTIONS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND SENSORY STRUCTURES .......... 133
CHAPTER 18: INFECTIONS OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR AND CIRCULATORY SYSTEM ........... 142
CHAPTER 19: INFECTIONS OF THE URINARY SYSTEM ....................................................... 149
CHAPTER 20: INFECTIONS OF THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM ............................................. 157
CHAPTER 21: SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS/DISEASES ........................................ 164
CHAPTER 22: HUMAN AGE AND MICROORGANISMS ...................................................... 173
CHAPTER 23: MICROORGANISMS IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND EFFECTS ON HUMAN HEALTH
...................................................................................................................................... 181
CHAPTER 24: EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES ............................................................. 189
CHAPTER 25: BIOTECHNOLOGY ...................................................................................... 195
,CHAPTER 01: SCOPE OF MICROBIOLOGY
VANMETER: MICROBIOLOGY FOR THE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL, 2ND EDITION
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY A FATHER-AND-SON TEAM, BY THE NAME OF, PRODUCED A
COMPOUND MICROSCOPE CONSISTING OF A SIMPLE TUBE WITH LENSES AT EACH END.
A. VAN LEEUWENHOEK
B. SEMMELWEIS
C. JANSSEN
D. HOOKE
ANS: C
REF: P. 3
2. “ANIMALCULES” WERE FIRST DESCRIBED BY
A. ROBERT HOOKE.
B. ANTONY VAN LEEUWENHOEK.
C. HANS JANSSEN.
D. JOHN NEEDHAM.
ANS: B
REF: P. 3
3. MICROGRAPHIA, A PUBLICATION ILLUSTRATING INSECTS, SPONGES, AS WELL AS PLANT
CELLS, WAS PUBLISHED BY
A. ROBERT HOOKE.
B. ANTONY VAN LEEUWENHOEK.
C. HANS JANSSEN.
D. JOHN NEEDHAM.
ANS: A
REF: P. 3
,4. LOW-POWER MICROSCOPES DESIGNED FOR OBSERVING FAIRLY LARGE OBJECTS SUCH AS
INSECTS OR WORMS ARE
A. ELECTRON MICROSCOPES.
B. DARK-FIELD MICROSCOPES.
C. FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPES.
D. STEREOMICROSCOPES.
ANS: D
REF: P. 5
5. A MICROSCOPE THAT PROVIDES A THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE OF A SPECIMEN IS A
A. DARK-FIELD MICROSCOPE.
B. TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE.
C. BRIGHT-FIELD MICROSCOPE.
D. SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE.
ANS: D
REF: P. 7
6. THE TOOL OF CHOICE TO OBSERVE LIVING MICROORGANISMS IS THE
A. BRIGHT-FIELD MICROSCOPE.
B. PHASE-CONTRAST MICROSCOPE.
C. FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE.
D. ELECTRON MICROSCOPE.
ANS: B
REF: P. 6
7. WHICH SCIENTIST IS MOST RESPONSIBLE FOR ENDING THE CONTROVERSY ABOUT
SPONTANEOUS GENERATION?
A. JOHN NEEDHAM
,B. JOSEPH LISTER
C. LOUIS PASTEUR
D. ROBERT KOCH
ANS: C
REF: P. 8
8. FOSSILS OF PROKARYOTES GO BACK BILLION YEARS.
A. 4.0 TO 5.0
B. 3.5 TO 4.0
C. 2.5 TO 3.0
D. 2.2 TO 2.7
ANS: B
REF: P. 9
9. MOLDS BELONG TO WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING GROUPS OF EUKARYOTIC ORGANISMS?
A. PROTOZOANS
B. ARCHAEA
C. FUNGI
D. ALGAE
ANS: C
REF: P. 11
10. THE CORRECT DESCENDING ORDER OF TAXONOMIC CATEGORIES IS
A. SPECIES, DOMAIN, PHYLUM, KINGDOM, ORDER, DIVISION, CLASS, GENUS.
B. DOMAIN, KINGDOM, PHYLUM, CLASS, FAMILY, ORDER, GENUS, SPECIES.
C. DOMAIN, KINGDOM, PHYLUM, CLASS, ORDER, FAMILY, GENUS, SPECIES.
D. KINGDOM, DOMAIN, PHYLUM, ORDER, CLASS, FAMILY, GENUS, SPECIES.
ANS: C
, REF: P. 10
11. COMPLEX COMMUNITIES OF MICROORGANISMS ON SURFACES ARE CALLED
A. COLONIES.
B. BIOFILMS.
C. BIOSPHERES.
D. FLORA.
ANS: B
REF: P. 12
12. A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ORGANISMS IN WHICH THE WASTE PRODUCT OF ONE
PROVIDES NUTRIENTS FOR ANOTHER IS CALLED
A. MUTUALISM.
B. COMPETITION.
C. SYNERGISM.
D. COMMENSALISM.
ANS: D
REF: P. 12
13. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SITES OF THE HUMAN BODY DOES NOT HAVE A NORMAL
FLORA?
A. INTESTINE
B. SKIN
C. VAGINA
D. BLOOD
ANS: D
REF: P. 12
14. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING LACK NUCLEIC ACIDS?
,A. ARCHAEA
B. VIRUSES
C. PRIONS
D. BACTERIA
ANS: C
REF: P. 11
15. THE BINOMINAL SYSTEM OF NOMENCLATURE WAS ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED BY
A. PASTEUR.
B. LINNAEUS.
C. MARTINI.
D. JENNER.
ANS: B
REF: P. 11
16. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SCIENTISTS PERFORMED THE FIRST VACCINATION AGAINST
SMALLPOX?
A. PASTEUR
B. JENNER
C. SEMMELWEIS
D. KOCH
ANS: B
REF: P. 9
17. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DISEASES IS GENERALLY CAUSED BY CONTAMINATED FOOD?
A. MUMPS
B. SHIGELLOSIS
C. LEGIONELLOSIS
,D. TUBERCULOSIS
ANS: B
REF: P. 13
18. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DISEASES IS TRANSMITTED VIA AEROSOLS?
A. PSITTACOSIS
B. SHIGELLOSIS
C. LEPTOSPIROSIS
D. GIARDIASIS
ANS: A
REF: P. 14
19. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ORGANISMS IS USED IN THE PRODUCTION OF CHEESE?
A. PROPIONIBACTERIUM SHERMANII
B. ACETOBACTER ACETI
C. GIARDIA
D. FUSOBACTERIUM
ANS: A
REF: P. 14
20. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SCIENTISTS DISCOVERED THE ANTIBIOTIC PROPERTIES OF
PENICILLIUM?
A. ALEXANDER FLEMING
B. LOUIS PASTEUR
C. JOSEPH LISTER
,D. EDWARD JENNER
ANS: A
REF: P. 15
COMPLETION
1. IN A COMPOUND LIGHT MICROSCOPE THE LENS CLOSEST TO THE EYE IS THE LENS.
ANS: OCULAR
REF: P. 3
2. THE TOTAL MAGNIFICATION OF AN OBJECT VIEWED WITH A COMPOUND MICROSCOPE
WITH AN OCULAR LENS OF 10 AND AN OBJECTIVE LENS OF 40 IS .
ANS: 400
REF: P. 4
3. ANOTHER TERM FOR SPONTANEOUNS UGERNESRAITINONGITS B.COM .
ANS: ABIOGENESIS
REF: P. 7
4. MICROORGANISMS OF VARIOUS SPECIES ARE OFTEN ORGANIZED INTO COMPLEX
COMMUNITIES ON A SURFACE AND ARE CALLED .
ANS: BIOFILMS
REF: P. 12
5. ALL BACTERIA ARE CELLS.
ANS: PROKARYOTIC
REF: P. 10
6. CELLS THAT CONTAIN A NUCLEUS ARE CELLS.
ANS: EUKARYOTIC
, REF: P. 10
7. THE TAXONOMIC RESOURCE FOR INFORMATION ON BACTERIA IS .
ANS: BERGEY’S MANUAL OF SYSTEMATIC BACTERIOLOGY
REF: P. 11
8. A RELATIONSHIP IN WHICH TWO ORGANISMS BENEFIT IS REFERRED TO AS .
ANS: MUTUALISM
REF: P. 12
9. THE PROTEINS IMPLICATED IN SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY ARE .
ANS: PRIONS
REF: P. 11
10. THE CLEANUP OF VARIOUS INDUSTRIAL WASTES BY LIVING ORGANISMS IS REFERRED TO
AS .
ANS: BIOREMEDIATION
REF: P. 15
MATCHING
MATCH THE DESCRIPTION BELOWNWITHRTHEICOGRRECBT I.TECM FMROM THIS LIST.
A. OBSERVING INSECTS U
B. THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES
C. CYTOPLASMIC STREAMING
D. FLUORESCENT DYE
E. ULTRATHIN SECTIONED SPECIMENS
1. SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE
