MICROBIOLOGY CHAPTER 9 TEST BANK.
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
Which of the following microbial forms have the highest
resistance to physical and chemical controls? - ANSWER: D.
bacterial endospores
The process that destroys or removes all microorganisms and
microbial forms including bacterial endospores on inanimate
objects is
A. disinfection.
B. sterilization.
C. antisepsis.
D. sanitization.
E. degermation. - ANSWER: B
The process of using a cleansing technique to mechanically
remove and reduce microorganisms and debris to safe levels is
A. disinfection.
B. sterilization.
C. antisepsis.
D. sanitization.
E. degermation. - ANSWER: D
The use of a physical or chemical process to destroy vegetative
pathogens is
, MICROBIOLOGY CHAPTER 9 TEST BANK.
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
A. disinfection.
B. sterilization.
C. antisepsis.
D. sanitization.
E. degermation. - ANSWER: A
The use of chemical agents directly on exposed body surfaces to
destroy or inhibit vegetative pathogens is
A. disinfection.
B. sterilization.
C. antisepsis.
D. sanitization.
E. ionization - ANSWER: C
Scrubbing or immersing the skin in chemicals to reduce the
numbers of microbes on the skin is
A. disinfection.
B. sterilization.
C. antisepsis.
D. sanitization.
E. ionization. - ANSWER: C
, MICROBIOLOGY CHAPTER 9 TEST BANK.
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
Which of the following types of control agents would be used to
achieve sterility?
A. virucide
B. bactericide
C. germicide
D. sporicide
E. fungicide - ANSWER: D
The easiest microbial forms to kill or inhibit are
A. prions.
B. vegetative bacteria and fungi.
C. endospores.
D. protozoan cysts.
E. mycobacteria and staphylococci. - ANSWER: B
The method of removing vegetative microbial life forms from
inanimate objects is termed
A. antisepsis.
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
Which of the following microbial forms have the highest
resistance to physical and chemical controls? - ANSWER: D.
bacterial endospores
The process that destroys or removes all microorganisms and
microbial forms including bacterial endospores on inanimate
objects is
A. disinfection.
B. sterilization.
C. antisepsis.
D. sanitization.
E. degermation. - ANSWER: B
The process of using a cleansing technique to mechanically
remove and reduce microorganisms and debris to safe levels is
A. disinfection.
B. sterilization.
C. antisepsis.
D. sanitization.
E. degermation. - ANSWER: D
The use of a physical or chemical process to destroy vegetative
pathogens is
, MICROBIOLOGY CHAPTER 9 TEST BANK.
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
A. disinfection.
B. sterilization.
C. antisepsis.
D. sanitization.
E. degermation. - ANSWER: A
The use of chemical agents directly on exposed body surfaces to
destroy or inhibit vegetative pathogens is
A. disinfection.
B. sterilization.
C. antisepsis.
D. sanitization.
E. ionization - ANSWER: C
Scrubbing or immersing the skin in chemicals to reduce the
numbers of microbes on the skin is
A. disinfection.
B. sterilization.
C. antisepsis.
D. sanitization.
E. ionization. - ANSWER: C
, MICROBIOLOGY CHAPTER 9 TEST BANK.
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
Which of the following types of control agents would be used to
achieve sterility?
A. virucide
B. bactericide
C. germicide
D. sporicide
E. fungicide - ANSWER: D
The easiest microbial forms to kill or inhibit are
A. prions.
B. vegetative bacteria and fungi.
C. endospores.
D. protozoan cysts.
E. mycobacteria and staphylococci. - ANSWER: B
The method of removing vegetative microbial life forms from
inanimate objects is termed
A. antisepsis.
