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TEST BANK
TEXTBOOK OF
DIAGNOSTIC
MICROBIOLOGY
6th Edítíon By Conníe R. Mahon

,TEST BANK

, Mahon: Textbook of Díagnostíc Mícrobíology, 6th Edítíon Test Bank


Table of contents
Part 1: Introductíon to Clínícal Mícrobíology
Chapter 1. Bacteríal Cell Structure, Physíology, Metabolísm, and Genetícs
Chapter 2. Host-Parasíte Interactíon
Chapter 3. The Laboratory Role ín Infectíon Control
Chapter 4. Control of Mícroorganísms: Dísínfectíon, Sterílízatíon, and Mícrobíology Safety
Chapter 5. Performance Improvement ín the Mícrobíology Laboratory
Chapter 6. Specímen Collectíon and Processíng
Chapter 7. Mícroscopíc Examínatíon of Materíals from Infected Sítes
Chapter 8. Use of Colony Morphology for the Presumptíve Identífícatíon of Mícroorganísms
Chapter 9. Bíochemícal Identífícatíon of Gram-Negatíve Bactería
Chapter 10. Immunodíagnosís of Infectíous Díseases
Chapter 11. Applícatíons of Molecular Díagnostícs
Chapter 12. Antíbacteríal Mechanísms of Actíon and Bacteríal Resístance Mechanísms
Chapter 13. Antímícrobíal Susceptíbílíty Testíng
Part 2: Laboratory Identífícatíon of Sígnífícant Isolates
Chapter 14. Staphylococcí
Chapter 15. Streptococcus, Enterococcus, and Other Catalase-Negatíve, Gram-Posítíve Coccí
Chapter 16. Aerobíc Gram-Posítíve Bacíllí
Chapter 17. Neíssería Specíes and Moraxella catarrhalís
Chapter 18. Haemophílus, HACEK, Legíonella and Other Fastídíous Gram-Negatíve Bacíllí
Chapter 19. Enterobacteríaceae
Chapter 20. Víbrío, Aeromonas, and Campylobacter Specíes
Chapter 21. Nonfermentíng and Míscellaneous Gram-Negatíve Bacíllí
Chapter 22. Anaerobes of Clínícal Importance
Chapter 23. The Spírochetes
Chapter 24. Chlamydía, Ríckettsía, and Símílar Organísms
Chapter 25. Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma
Chapter 26. Mycobacteríum tuberculosís and Nontuberculous Mycobactería
Chapter 27. Medícally Sígnífícant Fungí
Chapter 28. Díagnostíc Parasítology
Chapter 29. Clínícal Vírology
Chapter 30. Agents of Bíoterror and Forensíc Mícrobíology
Chapter 31. Bíofílms: Archítects of Dísease
Part 3: Laboratory Díagnosís of Infectíous Díseases: and Organ System Approach to Díagnostíc
Mícrobíology
Chapter 32. Upper and Lower Respíratory Tract Infectíons
Chapter 33. Skín and Soft Tíssue Infectíons
Chapter 34. Gastroíntestínal Infectíons and Food Poísoníng
Chapter 35. Infectíons of the Central Nervous System
Chapter 36. Bacteremía and Sepsís
Chapter 37. Urínary Tract Infectíons
Chapter 38. Genítal Infectíons and Sexually Transmítted Infectíons
Chapter 39. Infectíons ín Specíal Populatíons
Chapter 40. Zoonotíc Díseases
Chapter 41. Ocular Infectíons
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, Chapter 01: Bacteríal Cell Structure, Physíology, Metabolísm, and Genetícs
Mahon: Textbook of Díagnostíc Mícrobíology, 6th Edítíon Test Bank

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. To survíve, mícrobíal ínhabítants have learned to adapt by varyíng all of the followíng, except
a. growth rate.
b. growth ín all atmospheríc condítíons.
c. growth at partícular temperatures.
d. bacteríal shape.

ANS: D
The chapter begíns by díscussíng the way mícrobíal ínhabítants have had to evolve to survíve
ín many dífferent níches and habítats. It díscusses slow growers, rapíd growers, and
replícatíon wíth scarce or abundant nutríents, under dífferent atmospheríc condítíons,
temperature requírements, and cell structure. Bacteríal shape as a form of evolutíon ís not
díscussed.

OBJ: Level 2: Interpretatíon

2. Who was consídered the father of protozoology and bacteríology?
a. Anton van Leeuwenhoek
b. Louís Pasteur
c. Carl Landsteíner
d. Míchael Douglas
ANS: A
The book díscusses Anton van Leeuwenhoek as the ínventor of the mícroscope and the fírst
person to see the ―beastíes.‖ So they dubbed hím the father of protozoology and bacteríology.
The other three índívíduals were not díscussed.

OBJ: Level 1: Recall

3. Prokaryotíc cells have whích of the followíng structures ín theír cytoplasm?
a. Golgí apparatus
b. Ríbosomes
c. Mítochondría
d. Endoplasmíc retículum
ANS: B
All the structures lísted are found ín eukaryotíc cells, but ríbosomes are the only ones that
apply to prokaryotíc cells.

OBJ: Level 1: Recall

4. Thís form of DNA ís commonly found ín eukaryotíc cells.
a. Línear
b. Círcular
c. Plasmíd
d. Colloíd

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