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Test Bank For Textbook Of Diagnostic Microbiology
7th Edition By Connie R. Mahon
Chapters 1 - 41

, Mahon: Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology, 7th Edition Test Bank

Table of contents
Part 1: Introduction to Clinical Microbiology
Chapter 1. Bacterial Cell Structure, Physiology, Metabolism, and Genetics
Chapter 2. Host-Parasite Interaction
Chapter 3. The Laboratory Role in Infection Control
Chapter 4. Control of Microorganisms: Disinfection, Sterilization, and Microbiology Safety
Chapter 5. Performance Improvement in the Microbiology Laboratory
Chapter 6. Specimen Collection and Processing
Chapter 7. Microscopic Examination of Materials from Infected Sites
Chapter 8. Use of Colony Morphology for the Presumptive Identification of Microorganisms
Chapter 9. Biochemical Identification of Gram-Negative Bacteria
Chapter 10. Immunodiagnosis of Infectious Diseases
Chapter 11. Applications of Molecular Diagnostics
Chapter 12. Antibacterial Mechanisms of Action and Bacterial Resistance Mechanisms
Chapter 13. Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing
Part 2: Laboratory Identification of Significant Isolates
Chapter 14. Staphylococci
Chapter 15. Streptococcus, Enterococcus, and Other Catalase-Negative, Gram-Positive Cocci
Chapter 16. Aerobic Gram-Positive Bacilli
Chapter 17. Neisseria Species and Moraxella catarrhalis
Chapter 18. Haemophilus, HACEK, Legionella and Other Fastidious Gram-Negative Bacilli
Chapter 19. Enterobacteriaceae
Chapter 20. Vibrio, Aeromonas, and Campylobacter Species
Chapter 21. Nonfermenting and Miscellaneous Gram-Negative Bacilli
Chapter 22. Anaerobes of Clinical Importance
Chapter 23. The Spirochetes
Chapter 24. Chlamydia, Rickettsia, and Similar Organisms
Chapter 25. Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma
Chapter 26. Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Nontuberculous Mycobacteria
Chapter 27. Medically Significant Fungi
Chapter 28. Diagnostic Parasitology
Chapter 29. Clinical Virology
Chapter 30. Agents of Bioterror and Forensic Microbiology
Chapter 31. Biofilms: Architects of Disease
Part 3: Laboratory Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases: and Organ System Approach to Diagnostic
Microbiology
Chapter 32. Upper and Lower Respiratory Tract Infections
Chapter 33. Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
Chapter 34. Gastrointestinal Infections and Food Poisoning
Chapter 35. Infections of the Central Nervous System
Chapter 36. Bacteremia and Sepsis
Chapter 37. Urinary Tract Infections
Chapter 38. Genital Infections and Sexually Transmitted Infections
Chapter 39. Infections in Special Populations
Chapter 40. Zoonotic Diseases
Chapter 41. Ocular Infections
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,Chapter G01: GBacterial GCell GStructure, GPhysiology, GMetabolism, Gand
GeneticsGMahon: GTextbook Gof GDiagnostic GMicrobiology, G7th GEdition
G


G Test GBank

MULTIPLE GCHOICE

1. To Gsurvive, Gmicrobial Ginhabitants Ghave Glearned Gto Gadapt Gby Gvarying Gall Gof Gthe Gfollowing, Gexcept
a. growth Grate.
b. growth Gin Gall Gatmospheric Gconditions.
c. growth Gat Gparticular Gtemperatures.
d. bacterial Gshape.
ANSWER: G D
The Gchapter Gbegins Gby Gdiscussing Gthe Gway Gmicrobial Ginhabitants Ghave Ghad Gto Gevolve Gto
GsurviveGin Gmany Gdifferent Gniches Gand Ghabitats. GIt Gdiscusses Gslow Ggrowers, Grapid

Ggrowers, Gand Greplication Gwith Gscarce Gor Gabundant Gnutrients, Gunder Gdifferent

Gatmospheric Gconditions, Gtemperature Grequirements, Gand Gcell Gstructure. GBacterial Gshape

Gas Ga Gform Gof Gevolution Gis Gnot Gdiscussed.



OBJ: G Level G2: GInterpretation

2. Who Gwas Gconsidered Gthe Gfather Gof Gprotozoology Gand Gbacteriology?
a. Anton Gvan GLeeuwenhoek
b. Louis GPasteur
c. Carl GLandsteiner
d. Michael GDouglas

ANSWER: G A
The Gbook Gdiscusses GAnton Gvan GLeeuwenhoek Gas Gthe Ginventor Gof Gthe Gmicroscope Gand
Gthe Gfirst Gperson Gto Gsee Gthe G“beasties.” GSo Gthey Gdubbed Ghim Gthe Gfather Gof Gprotozoology

Gand Gbacteriology.GThe Gother Gthree Gindividuals Gwere Gnot Gdiscussed.



OBJ: G Level G1: GRecall

3. Prokaryotic Gcells Ghave Gwhich Gof Gthe Gfollowing Gstructures Gin Gtheir Gcytoplasm?
a. Golgi Gapparatus
b. Ribosomes
c. Mitochondria
d. Endoplasmic Greticulum

ANSWER: G B
All Gthe Gstructures Glisted Gare Gfound Gin Geukaryotic Gcells, Gbut Gribosomes Gare Gthe Gonly
Gones GthatGapply Gto Gprokaryotic Gcells.



OBJ: G Level G1: GRecall

4. This Gform Gof GDNA Gis Gcommonly Gfound Gin Geukaryotic Gcells.
a. Linear
b. Circular
c. Plasmid
d. Colloid



.
.

, ANSWER: G A
Circular Gand Gplasmid GDNA Gare Gusually Gfound Gonly Gin Gbacteria, Gnot Geukaryotic Gcells.
GColloid GisGa Gproperty Gof Gprotein Gmolecules Gand Gis Gnot Gassociated Gwith Gnucleotides.



OBJ: G Level G1: GRecall

5. The Gnuclear Gmembrane Gin Gprokaryotes Gis
a. missing.
b. impenetrable.
c. a Gclassic Gmembrane.
d. a Glipid Gbilayer Gmembrane.
ANSWER: G A
Prokaryotic Gcells Gdo Gnot Ghave Gany Gmembrane-bound Gstructures Gin Gthe Gcytoplasm
Gincluding GaGstructured Gnucleus.



OBJ: G Level G1: GRecall

6. A Gmicroorganism Gthat Gis Ga Gunicellular Gorganism Gand Glacks Ga Gnuclear Gmembrane
Gand GtrueGnucleus Gbelongs Gto Gwhich Gclassification?
a. Fungi
b. Bacteria
c. Algae
d. Parasite
ANSWER: G B
Fungi, Galgae, Gand Gparasites Gare Gunicellular Geukaryotic Gorganisms Gthat Gcontain Ga Gtrue
Gnucleus.GBacteria Gare Gprokaryotic G and Gdo Gnot G contain Ga Gtrue Gnucleus Gor Gnuclear

Gmembrane.


OBJ: G Level G1: GRecall

7. In Gthe Glaboratory, Gthe Gclinical Gmicrobiologist Gis Gresponsible Gfor Gall Gthe Gfollowing, Gexcept
a. isolating Gmicroorganisms.
b. selecting Gtreatment Gfor Gpatients.
c. identifying Gmicroorganisms.
d. analyzing Gbacteria Gthat Gcause Gdisease.

ANSWER: G B
Clinical Gmicrobiologists Gdo Gnot Gselect Gthe Gtreatment Gfor Gpatients. GThey Gprovide Gthe
Gdoctor GwithGthe Gname Gof Gthe Gorganism Gand Gthe Gantibiotics Gthat Gcan Gkill Gthe Gbacteria,

Gbut Gnot Gin Gthe Gfinal Gselection Gof Gtreatment Gprotocols.



OBJ: G Level G2: GRecall

8. What Genables Gthe Gmicrobiologist Gto Gselect Gthe Gcorrect Gmedia Gfor Gprimary Gculture Gand
GoptimizeGthe Gchance Gof Gisolating Ga Gpathogenic Gorganism?
a. Determining Gstaining Gcharacteristics
b. Understanding Gthe Gcell Gstructure Gand Gbiochemical Gpathways Gof Gan Gorganism
c. Understanding Gthe Ggrowth Grequirements Gof Gpotential Gpathogens Gat Gspecific Gbody Gsite
d. Knowing Gthe Gdifferences Gin Gcell Gwalls Gof Gparticular Gbacteria
ANSWER: G C

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