MICROBIOLOGY
OPENSTAX
TESTBANK b
, OpenStax Microbiology Test Bank All Book Chapters Covered: Contents:
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Chapter 1: An Invisible World b b b b
Chapter 2: How We See the Invisible World Chapter
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b 3: The Cell
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Chapter 4: Prokaryotic Diversity b b b
Chapter 5: The Eukaryotes of Microbiology Chapter
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b 6: Acellular Pathogens
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Chapter 7: Microbial Biochemistry
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Chapter 8: Microbial Metabolism Chapter
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b 9: Microbial Growth
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Chapter 10: Biochemistry of the Genome Chapter
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b 11: Mechanisms of Microbial Genetics
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Chapter 12: Modern Applications of Microbial Genetics Chapter
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b 13: Control of Microbial Growth
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Chapter 14: Antimicrobial Drugs b b b
Chapter 15: Microbial Mechanisms of Pathogenicity Chapter
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b 16: Disease and Epidemiology
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Chapter 17: Innate Nonspecific Host Defenses
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b Chapter 18: Adaptive Specific Host Defenses
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b Chapter 19: Diseases of the Immune System
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Chapter 20: Laboratory Analysis ofthe Immune Response
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b Chapter 21: Skin and Eye Infections
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Chapter 22: Respiratory System Infections Chapter
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b 23: Urogenital System Infections Chapter 24:
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b Digestive System Infections b b
Chapter 25: Circulatory and Lymphatic System Infections
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b Chapter 26: Nervous System Infections
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Chapter 1: An Invisible World
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Chapter 1: An Invisible World b b b b
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b Multiple Choice b
1. Which of the following is true of the microbial world? b b b b b b b b b
A. All microbes are harmful. b b b
B. Humans could survive without microbes. b b b b
C. Many microbes are helpful.* b b b
D. Most microbes are pathogenic. b b b
Difficulty: Easy b
ASM Standard: 23, 24 b b b
2. Which of the following is when humans first suspected the existence of microbes?
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A. during the Industrial Revolution b b b
B. in prehistoric times* b b
C. in the last century b b b
D. within the last 500 years b b b b
Difficulty: Easy b
ASMStandard:23
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3. Which individual first observed unicellular organisms, which he called “animalcules,” using a
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microscope he developed?
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A. Robert Koch b
B. Louis Pasteur b
C. Thucydides
D. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek* b b
Difficulty: Easy b
ASMStandard:6
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4. To reduce the risk of open flame from Bunsen burners, microbiologists are increasingly using
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which of the following devices for easy, rapid benchtop sterilization of small pieces of
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equipment?
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A. autoclaves
B. ethylene oxide b
C. incubators
D. microincinerators*
Difficulty: Easy b
ASMStandard:36
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Chapter 1: An Invisible World
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5. The Swedish botanist known for having developed an important biological classification
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system is which of the following people?
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A. Ernst Haeckel b
B. Carolus Linnaeus* b
C. Louis Pasteur b
D. Robert Whittaker b
Difficulty: Easy b
ASMStandard:N/A
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6. Which kingdom was the only one found in Empire Prokaryota?
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A. Animalia
B. Fungi
C. Monera*
D. Protista
Difficulty: Easy b
ASMStandard:N/A
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7. Which are the three currently accepted domains?
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A. Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya* b b b
B. Archaea, Prokaryota, and Eukaryota b b b
C. Bacteria, Fungi, and Protista b b b
D. Bacteria, Prokaryota, and Eukarya b b b
Difficulty: Easy b
ASMStandard:N/A
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8. Which two taxonomic units are typically used to identify an organism when using binomial
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nomenclature?
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A. domain and kingdom b b
B. genus and family b b
C. genus and species* b b
D. phylum and class b b
Difficulty: Easy b
ASMStandard:N/A
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9. Which of the following is not true about the process of fermentation?
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A. It can help preserve foods, preventing spoilage.
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B. It converts sugars to organic acids, alcohols, and/or gases such as carbon dioxide.
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C. It is carried out exclusively by unicellular eukaryotes such as yeast.*
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D. It is used to make foods such as cheese and bread.
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Difficulty: Moderate ASM b b
Standard: 11, 23,26
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