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MICROBIOLOGY

OPENSTAX




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, OpenStax Microbiology Test Bank All Book Chapters Covered: Contents
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:
Chapter 1: An Invisible World
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Chapter 2: How We See the Invisible World
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Chapter 3: The Cell
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Chapter 4: Prokaryotic Diversity
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Chapter 5: The Eukaryotes of Microbiology
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Chapter 7: Microbial Biochemistry
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Chapter 10: Biochemistry of the Genome
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Chapter 12: Modern Applications of Microbial Genetics Cha
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Chapter 14: Antimicrobial Drugs
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Chapter 15: Microbial Mechanisms of Pathogenicity
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Chapter 16: Disease and Epidemiology
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Chapter 17: Innate Nonspecific Host Defenses
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Chapter 19: Diseases of the Immune System
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Chapter 20: Laboratory Analysis of the Immune Response
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Chapter 25: Circulatory and Lymphatic System Infections
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* = Correct answer Mu
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2. Which of the following is when humans first suspected the existence of microbes?
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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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C. Thucydides
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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 equip
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ment?
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C. incubators
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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 s
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C. Louis Pasteur cn



D. Robert Whittaker cn




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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

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7. Which are the three currently accepted domains?
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D. Bacteria, Prokaryota, and Eukarya cn cn cn




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D. phylum and class cn cn




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9. Which of the following is not true about the process of fermentation?
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B. It converts sugars to organic acids, alcohols, and/or gases such as carbon dioxide.
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