OpenStax Microbiology Test Bank / OSX Microbiology Test Bank - Chapter 01 to Chapter 26 (Multiple Choice, True/False, Matching, Fill in the Blank, Short Answers & Brief Essay)

OpenStax Microbiology Test Bank / OSX
Microbiology Test Bank - Chapter 01 to Chapter 26
(Multiple Choice, True/False, Matching, Fill in the Blank, Short Answers
& Brief Essay)

Chapter01101:01 An01Invisible01World
Chapter01201:01 How01We01See01the01Invisible01Wo
rld01Chapter01301:01The01Cell
Chapter01401:01 Prokaryotic01Diversity
Chapter01501:01The01Eukaryotes01of01Microbiolog
y01Chapter01601:01Acellular01Pathogens
Chapter01701:01Microbial01Biochemis
try01Chapter01801:01Microbial01Meta
bolism01Chapter01901:01Microbial01G
rowth
Chapter011001:01Biochemistry01of01the01Genome
01Chapter011101:01 Mechanisms01of01 Microbial01 Ge

netics
Chapter011201:01Modern01Applications01of01 Microbial01 Genetics
01Chapter011301:01Control01 of01Microbial01Growth

Chapter011401:01 Antimicrobial01 Drugs
Chapter011501:01Microbial01Mechanisms01of01Pathogenicity01Ch
apter011601:01Disease01and01Epidemiology
Chapter011701:0 1 Innate01Nonspecific01Host01 Defen
ses01Chapter011801:01Adaptive01Specific01Host01D
efenses01Chapter011901:01Diseases01of01 the01Im
mune01System
Chapter012001:01 Laboratory01Analysis01of01 the01Immune01Resp
onse01Chapter012101:01Skin01and01Eye01Infections
Chapter012201:01Respiratory01System01Infections
01Chapter012301:01 Urogenital01 System01Infection

s01Chapter012401:01 Digestive01System01Infection
s
Chapter012501:01 Circulatory01and01Lymphatic01System01Infecti

,ons01Chapter012601:01Nervous01System01Infections01Descripti
on

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World
Chapter011:01An01Invisible01World

*01=01Correct01answer01

Multiple01Choice

1. Which01of01the01following01is01true01of01the01microbial01world?
A. All01microbes01are01harmful.
B. Humans01could01survive01without01microbes.
C. Many01microbes01are01helpful.*
D. Most01microbes01are01pathogenic.

Difficulty:01Easy
ASM01Standard:0123,0124

2. Which01of01the01following01is01when01humans01first01suspected01the01existence01of01microbes?
A. during01the01Industrial01Revolution
B. in01prehistoric01times*
C. in01the01last01century
D. within01the01last0150001years

Difficulty:01Easy01A
SM01Standard:0123

3. Which01individual01first01observed01unicellular01organisms,01which01he01called01“animalcule
s,”01using01a01microscope01he01developed?
A. Robert01Koch
B. Louis01Pasteur
C. Thucydides
D. Antonie01van01Leeuwenhoek*

Difficulty:01Easy01A
SM01Standard:016

4. To01reduce01the01risk01of01open01flame01from01Bunsen01burners,01microbiologists01are01increa
singly01using01which01of01the01following01devices01for01easy,01rapid01benchtop01sterilization0
1of01small01pieces01of01equipment?
A. autoclaves
B. ethylene01oxide
C. incubators
D. microincinerators*

Difficulty:01Easy01A
SM01Standard:0136




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5. The01Swedish01botanist01known01for01having01developed01an01important01biological01cla
ssification01system01is01which01of01the01following01people?
A. Ernst01Haeckel
B. Carolus01Linnaeus*
C. Louis01Pasteur
D. Robert01Whittaker

Difficulty:01Easy01A
SM01Standard:01N/A

6. Which01kingdom01was01the01only01one01found01in01Empire01Prokaryota?
A. Animalia
B. Fungi
C. Monera*
D. Protista

Difficulty:01Easy01A
SM01Standard:01N/A

7. Which01are01the01three01currently01accepted01domains?
A. Archaea,01Bacteria,01and01Eukarya*
B. Archaea,01Prokaryota,01and01Eukaryota
C. Bacteria,01Fungi,01and01Protista
D. Bacteria,01Prokaryota,01and01Eukarya

Difficulty:01Easy01A
SM01Standard:01N/A

8. Which01two01taxonomic01units01are01typically01used01to01identify01an01organism01when01usi
ng01binomial01nomenclature?
A. domain01and01kingdom
B. genus01and01family
C. genus01and01species*
D. phylum01and01class

Difficulty:01Easy01A
SM01Standard:01N/A

9. Which01of01the01following01is01not01true01about01the01process01of01fermentation?
A. It01can01help01preserve01foods,01preventing01spoilage.
B. It01converts01sugars01to01organic01acids,01alcohols,01and/or01gases01such01as01carbon01dioxide.
C. It01is01carried01out01exclusively01by01unicellular01eukaryotes01such01as01yeast.*
D. It01is01used01to01make01foods01such01as01cheese01and01bread.

Difficulty:01Moderate01A
SM01Standard:0111,0123,01
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