TEST BANK
MICROBIOLOGY
OPENSTAX
TEST BANK
,OpenStax Microbiology Test Bank All Book Chapters Covered:
Contents:
Chapter 1: An Invisible World
Chapter 2: How We See the Invisible World
Chapter 3: The Cell
Chapter 4: Prokaryotic Diversity
Chapter 5: The Eukaryotes of Microbiology
Chapter 6: Acellular Pathogens
Chapter 7: Microbial Biochemistry
Chapter 8: Microbial Metabolism
Chapter 9: Microbial Growth
Chapter 10: Biochemistry of the Genome
Chapter 11: Mechanisms of Microbial Genetics
Chapter 12: Modern Applications of Microbial Genetics
Chapter 13: Control of Microbial Growth
Chapter 14: Antimicrobial Drugs
Chapter 15: Microbial Mechanisms of Pathogenicity
Chapter 16: Disease and Epidemiology
Chapter 1 7: Innate Nonspecific Host Defenses
Chapter 18: Adaptive Specific Host Defenses
Chapter 19: Diseases of the Immune System
Chapter 20: Laboratory Analysis of the Immune Response
Chapter 21: Skin and Eye Infections
Chapter 22: Respiratory System Infections
Chapter 23: Urogenital System Infections
Chapter 24: Digestive System Infections
Chapter 25: Circulatory and Lymphatic System Infections
Chapter 26: Nervous System Infections
,OpenStax Microbiology Test Bank
Chapter 1: An Invisible World
Chapter 1: An Invisible World
* = Correct answer
Multiple Choice
1. Which of the following is true of the microbial world?
A. All microbes are harmful.
B. Humans could survive without microbes.
C. Many microbes are helpful.*
D. Most microbes are pathogenic.
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: 23, 24
2. Which of the following is when humans first suspected the existence of microbes?
A. during the Industrial Revolution
B. in prehistoric times*
C. in the last century
D. within the last 500 years
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: 23
3. Which individual first observed unicellular organisms, which he called “animalcules,” using
a microscope he developed?
A. Robert Koch
B. Louis Pasteur
C. Thucydides
D. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek*
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: 6
4. To reduce the risk of open flame from Bunsen burners, microbiologists are increasingly using
which of the following devices for easy, rapid benchtop sterilization of small pieces of
equipment?
A. autoclaves
B. ethylene oxide
C. incubators
D. microincinerators*
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: 36
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Chapter 1: An Invisible World
5. The aSwedish abotanist aknown afor ahaving adeveloped aan aimportant abiological
aclassification asystem ais awhich aof athe afollowing apeople?
A. Ernst aHaeckel
B. Carolus aLinnaeus*
C. Louis aPasteur
D. Robert aWhittaker
Difficulty: aEasy
aASM aStandard:
aN/A
6. Which akingdom awas athe aonly aone afound ain aEmpire aProkaryota?
A. Animalia
B. Fungi
C. Monera*
D. Protista
Difficulty: aEasy
aASM aStandard:
aN/A
7. Which aare athe athree acurrently aaccepted adomains?
A. Archaea, aBacteria, aand aEukarya*
B. Archaea, aProkaryota, aand aEukaryota
C. Bacteria, aFungi, aand aProtista
D. Bacteria, aProkaryota, aand aEukarya
Difficulty: aEasy
aASM aStandard:
aN/A
8. Which atwo ataxonomic aunits aare atypically aused ato aidentify aan aorganism awhen ausing
abinomial anomenclature?
A. domain aand akingdom
B. genus aand afamily
C. genus aand aspecies*
D. phylum aand aclass
Difficulty: aEasy
aASM aStandard:
aN/A
9. Which aof athe afollowing ais anot atrue aabout athe aprocess aof afermentation?
A. It acan ahelp apreserve afoods, apreventing aspoilage.
B. It aconverts asugars ato aorganic aacids, aalcohols, aand/or agases asuch aas acarbon adioxide.
C. It ais acarried aout aexclusively aby aunicellular aeukaryotes asuch aas ayeast.*
D. It ais aused ato amake afoods asuch aas acheese aand abread.
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MICROBIOLOGY
OPENSTAX
TEST BANK
,OpenStax Microbiology Test Bank All Book Chapters Covered:
Contents:
Chapter 1: An Invisible World
Chapter 2: How We See the Invisible World
Chapter 3: The Cell
Chapter 4: Prokaryotic Diversity
Chapter 5: The Eukaryotes of Microbiology
Chapter 6: Acellular Pathogens
Chapter 7: Microbial Biochemistry
Chapter 8: Microbial Metabolism
Chapter 9: Microbial Growth
Chapter 10: Biochemistry of the Genome
Chapter 11: Mechanisms of Microbial Genetics
Chapter 12: Modern Applications of Microbial Genetics
Chapter 13: Control of Microbial Growth
Chapter 14: Antimicrobial Drugs
Chapter 15: Microbial Mechanisms of Pathogenicity
Chapter 16: Disease and Epidemiology
Chapter 1 7: Innate Nonspecific Host Defenses
Chapter 18: Adaptive Specific Host Defenses
Chapter 19: Diseases of the Immune System
Chapter 20: Laboratory Analysis of the Immune Response
Chapter 21: Skin and Eye Infections
Chapter 22: Respiratory System Infections
Chapter 23: Urogenital System Infections
Chapter 24: Digestive System Infections
Chapter 25: Circulatory and Lymphatic System Infections
Chapter 26: Nervous System Infections
,OpenStax Microbiology Test Bank
Chapter 1: An Invisible World
Chapter 1: An Invisible World
* = Correct answer
Multiple Choice
1. Which of the following is true of the microbial world?
A. All microbes are harmful.
B. Humans could survive without microbes.
C. Many microbes are helpful.*
D. Most microbes are pathogenic.
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: 23, 24
2. Which of the following is when humans first suspected the existence of microbes?
A. during the Industrial Revolution
B. in prehistoric times*
C. in the last century
D. within the last 500 years
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: 23
3. Which individual first observed unicellular organisms, which he called “animalcules,” using
a microscope he developed?
A. Robert Koch
B. Louis Pasteur
C. Thucydides
D. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek*
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: 6
4. To reduce the risk of open flame from Bunsen burners, microbiologists are increasingly using
which of the following devices for easy, rapid benchtop sterilization of small pieces of
equipment?
A. autoclaves
B. ethylene oxide
C. incubators
D. microincinerators*
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: 36
Page 1 of 17
, OpenStax Microbiology Test Bank
Chapter 1: An Invisible World
5. The aSwedish abotanist aknown afor ahaving adeveloped aan aimportant abiological
aclassification asystem ais awhich aof athe afollowing apeople?
A. Ernst aHaeckel
B. Carolus aLinnaeus*
C. Louis aPasteur
D. Robert aWhittaker
Difficulty: aEasy
aASM aStandard:
aN/A
6. Which akingdom awas athe aonly aone afound ain aEmpire aProkaryota?
A. Animalia
B. Fungi
C. Monera*
D. Protista
Difficulty: aEasy
aASM aStandard:
aN/A
7. Which aare athe athree acurrently aaccepted adomains?
A. Archaea, aBacteria, aand aEukarya*
B. Archaea, aProkaryota, aand aEukaryota
C. Bacteria, aFungi, aand aProtista
D. Bacteria, aProkaryota, aand aEukarya
Difficulty: aEasy
aASM aStandard:
aN/A
8. Which atwo ataxonomic aunits aare atypically aused ato aidentify aan aorganism awhen ausing
abinomial anomenclature?
A. domain aand akingdom
B. genus aand afamily
C. genus aand aspecies*
D. phylum aand aclass
Difficulty: aEasy
aASM aStandard:
aN/A
9. Which aof athe afollowing ais anot atrue aabout athe aprocess aof afermentation?
A. It acan ahelp apreserve afoods, apreventing aspoilage.
B. It aconverts asugars ato aorganic aacids, aalcohols, aand/or agases asuch aas acarbon adioxide.
C. It ais acarried aout aexclusively aby aunicellular aeukaryotes asuch aas ayeast.*
D. It ais aused ato amake afoods asuch aas acheese aand abread.
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