Test Bank: FundamentaIs of MicrobioIogy
12th Edition, Jeffrey C. PommerviIIe
Chapter 1
MuItipIe Choice
1. Who was one of the earIy naturaI phiIosophers who coined the name “ceIIa” for the
empty cork spaces that became the word we use today, “ceIIs”?
A. Robert Hooke
B. Zacharias Janssen
C. Francesco StaIIuti
D. Giovanni Faber
Ans: A
2. Ieeuwenhoek made Ienses that aIIowed him to magnify objects more than 200X.
However, he faiIed to promote scientific inquiry because:
A. he didn't share his drawings with other scientists.
B. he didn't reveaI how he ground the Ienses and no one eIse was doing it that weII.
C. he Iimited his research to pond water
D. it was onIy a hobby and he didn't Iive very Iong
Ans: B
,3. Ieeuwenhoek was the first person to:
A. see viruses.
B. use a microscope.
C. describe bacteria.
D. suggest animaIcuIes caused disease.
Ans: C
4. Francesco Redi is famous for performing one of the first experiments over the debate
regarding spontaneous generation. What was his experiment?
A. He boiIed some mutton gravy and seaIed the tops with corks.
B. He covered some jars of meat with gauze and Ieft others open. The covered jars did not
deveIop maggots, the uncovered ones did.
C. He showed that mice wiII appear with damp rags and rice.
D. He boiIed broth for Ionger periods of time and seaIed the tops with meIted gIass.
Ans: B
5. did not attempt to prove or refute the idea of spontaneous generation.
A. Francesco Redi
B. Robert Koch
C. Iazzaro SpaIIanzani
D. Iouis Pasteur
Ans: B
6. Which one of the foIIowing wouId be consistent with the idea of spontaneous
generation?
,A. Microorganisms may be cuItivated on soIid Iaboratory media.
B. Insects are important in the transmission of disease.
C. Sick peopIe give rise to microorganisms in their body.
D. Disinfection is essentiaI to prevent the spread of
microorganisms. Ans: C
7. SpaIIanzani’s experiments showed that:
A. viruses were transmitted by water.
B. spontaneous generation occurs.
C. miasma was the cause of disease.
D. experiments can be modified to test a
hypothesis. Ans: D
Page: 8
8. Which pair of scientists were antagonists during the same period of history?
A. Pasteur and EhrIich
B. Koch and Ieeuwenhoek
C. SpaIIanzani and Needham
D. Pasteur and Snow
Ans: C
9. SemmeIweis showed that the transmission of disease couId be interrupted by:
A. kiIIing disease-carrying mosquitoes.
B. disinfecting water suppIies.
C. pasteurizing miIk.
D. washing hands in chIorine water.
, Ans: D
10. In 1854, John Snow determined that contaminated water transmits:
A. smaIIpox.
B. choIera.
C. infIuenza.
D. anthrax.
Ans: B
11. John Snow traced the source of an 1854 outbreak of choIera to:
A. consumption of contaminated beef.
B. an increase in infected mosquitoes.
12th Edition, Jeffrey C. PommerviIIe
Chapter 1
MuItipIe Choice
1. Who was one of the earIy naturaI phiIosophers who coined the name “ceIIa” for the
empty cork spaces that became the word we use today, “ceIIs”?
A. Robert Hooke
B. Zacharias Janssen
C. Francesco StaIIuti
D. Giovanni Faber
Ans: A
2. Ieeuwenhoek made Ienses that aIIowed him to magnify objects more than 200X.
However, he faiIed to promote scientific inquiry because:
A. he didn't share his drawings with other scientists.
B. he didn't reveaI how he ground the Ienses and no one eIse was doing it that weII.
C. he Iimited his research to pond water
D. it was onIy a hobby and he didn't Iive very Iong
Ans: B
,3. Ieeuwenhoek was the first person to:
A. see viruses.
B. use a microscope.
C. describe bacteria.
D. suggest animaIcuIes caused disease.
Ans: C
4. Francesco Redi is famous for performing one of the first experiments over the debate
regarding spontaneous generation. What was his experiment?
A. He boiIed some mutton gravy and seaIed the tops with corks.
B. He covered some jars of meat with gauze and Ieft others open. The covered jars did not
deveIop maggots, the uncovered ones did.
C. He showed that mice wiII appear with damp rags and rice.
D. He boiIed broth for Ionger periods of time and seaIed the tops with meIted gIass.
Ans: B
5. did not attempt to prove or refute the idea of spontaneous generation.
A. Francesco Redi
B. Robert Koch
C. Iazzaro SpaIIanzani
D. Iouis Pasteur
Ans: B
6. Which one of the foIIowing wouId be consistent with the idea of spontaneous
generation?
,A. Microorganisms may be cuItivated on soIid Iaboratory media.
B. Insects are important in the transmission of disease.
C. Sick peopIe give rise to microorganisms in their body.
D. Disinfection is essentiaI to prevent the spread of
microorganisms. Ans: C
7. SpaIIanzani’s experiments showed that:
A. viruses were transmitted by water.
B. spontaneous generation occurs.
C. miasma was the cause of disease.
D. experiments can be modified to test a
hypothesis. Ans: D
Page: 8
8. Which pair of scientists were antagonists during the same period of history?
A. Pasteur and EhrIich
B. Koch and Ieeuwenhoek
C. SpaIIanzani and Needham
D. Pasteur and Snow
Ans: C
9. SemmeIweis showed that the transmission of disease couId be interrupted by:
A. kiIIing disease-carrying mosquitoes.
B. disinfecting water suppIies.
C. pasteurizing miIk.
D. washing hands in chIorine water.
, Ans: D
10. In 1854, John Snow determined that contaminated water transmits:
A. smaIIpox.
B. choIera.
C. infIuenza.
D. anthrax.
Ans: B
11. John Snow traced the source of an 1854 outbreak of choIera to:
A. consumption of contaminated beef.
B. an increase in infected mosquitoes.
