NEW OpenStax Microbiology TestBank 2025/26

,OpenStax Microbiology Test Bank / OSX Microbio nb nb nb nb nb nb




Chapter 01 to Chapter 26 2024 Update
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(Multiple Choice, True/False, Matching, Fill in the Blank, Short Answers
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Chapter 1 : An Invisible World
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Chapter 2 : How We See the Invisible WorldChapter 3 : The Cell
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Chapter 4 : Prokaryotic Diversity
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Chapter 5 : The Eukaryotes of MicrobiologyChapter 6 : Acellular Pathogens
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Chapter 7 : Microbial Biochemistry Chapter 8 :
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Microbial Metabolism Chapter9 : Microbial Growth
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Chapter 10 : Biochemistry of the GenomeChapter 11 : Mechanisms of Microbia
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Chapter 12 : Modern Applications of Microbial GeneticsChapter 13 : Control of
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Chapter 14 : Antimicrobial Drugs
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Chapter 15 : Microbial Mechanisms of PathogenicityChapter 16 : Disease and E
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Chapter 17 : Innate Nonspecific Host
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& Brief Essay)
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,Defenses Chapter 18 : Adaptive Specific Hos
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t Defenses Chapter 19 : Diseases of theIm
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Chapter 20 : Laboratory Analysis of the Immun
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eResponse Chapter 21 : Skin and Eye Infectio
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ns Chapter 22 : Respiratory System Infections C
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hapter 23 : Urogenital System Infections Chap
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ter 24 : 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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, OpenStax Microbiology Test Bank
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Chapter 1: An Invisible World
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1. Which of the following is true of the microbial world?
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A. All microbes are harmful. nb nb nb




B. Humans could survive without microbes. nb nb nb nb




C. Many microbes are helpful.* (correct answer) nb nb nb nb nb




D. Most microbes are pathogenic. nb nb nb




Difficulty: Easy nb




ASM Standard: 23, 24
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2. Which of the following is when humans first suspected the existence of microbes?
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A. during the Industrial Revolution nb nb nb




B. in prehistoric times* (correct answer)
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C. in the last century nb nb nb




D. within the last 500 years nb nb nb nb




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3. Which individual first observed unicellular organisms, which he called “animalcules,”
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usinga microscope he developed? b
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A. Robert Koch nb




B. Louis Pasteur nb




C. Thucydides
D. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek* (correct answer) nb nb nb nb




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4. To reduce the risk of open flame from Bunsen burners, microbiologists are increasingl
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y usingwhich of the following devices for easy, rapid benchtop sterilization of small
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pieces of equipment? nb nb




A. autoclaves
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