Openstaxmicrobiologytestbank 1
,(Multiple Choice, True/False, Matching, Fill in the Blank, Short Answers& Brief Essay)
Chapter 1 : An Invisible World
Chapter 2 : How We See the Invisible World Chapter 3 :
The Cell
Chapter 4 : Prokaryotic Diversity
Chapter5 : TheEukaryotesofMicrobiology Chapter
6 : Acellular Pathogens Chapter 7 : Microbial
Biochemistry Chapter 8 :
Microbial Metabolism Chapter9
: 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 PathogenicityChapter 16 :
Disease and Epidemiology
Chapter 17 : Innate Nonspecific Host Defenses Chapter 18 :
Adaptive Specific Host Defenses Chapter 19 : Diseases of
theImmune System Chapter 20 : Laboratory Analysis of
the Immune Response Chapter 21 : Skinand Eye Infections
Chapter 22 : Respiratory System Infections Chapter 23 :
Urogenital System Infections Chapter 24 : Digestive
System Infections
Chapter25: CirculatoryandLymphaticSystemInfections Chapter 26 :
Nervous System Infections Description
,OpenStax Microbiology Test Bank
Chapter 1: An Invisible World
Chapter 1: An Invisible World
* (correct answer) = 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.* (correct answer)
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* (correct answer)
C. in the last century
D. within the last 500 years
Difficulty: Easy ASM
Standard: 23
3. microscope he
developed?
A. Robert Koch
B. Louis Pasteur
C. Thucydides
D. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek* (correct answer)
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* (correct answer)
Difficulty: Easy ASM
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Chapter 1: An Invisible World
Standard: 36
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,(Multiple Choice, True/False, Matching, Fill in the Blank, Short Answers& Brief Essay)
Chapter 1 : An Invisible World
Chapter 2 : How We See the Invisible World Chapter 3 :
The Cell
Chapter 4 : Prokaryotic Diversity
Chapter5 : TheEukaryotesofMicrobiology Chapter
6 : Acellular Pathogens Chapter 7 : Microbial
Biochemistry Chapter 8 :
Microbial Metabolism Chapter9
: 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 PathogenicityChapter 16 :
Disease and Epidemiology
Chapter 17 : Innate Nonspecific Host Defenses Chapter 18 :
Adaptive Specific Host Defenses Chapter 19 : Diseases of
theImmune System Chapter 20 : Laboratory Analysis of
the Immune Response Chapter 21 : Skinand Eye Infections
Chapter 22 : Respiratory System Infections Chapter 23 :
Urogenital System Infections Chapter 24 : Digestive
System Infections
Chapter25: CirculatoryandLymphaticSystemInfections Chapter 26 :
Nervous System Infections Description
,OpenStax Microbiology Test Bank
Chapter 1: An Invisible World
Chapter 1: An Invisible World
* (correct answer) = 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.* (correct answer)
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* (correct answer)
C. in the last century
D. within the last 500 years
Difficulty: Easy ASM
Standard: 23
3. microscope he
developed?
A. Robert Koch
B. Louis Pasteur
C. Thucydides
D. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek* (correct answer)
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* (correct answer)
Difficulty: Easy ASM
Page 1 of 17
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Chapter 1: An Invisible World
Standard: 36
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