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Study resource designed to accompany Fundamentals of Microbiology, 12th Edition by Jeffrey C. Pommerville (ISBN 9781284218060). Features chapter-based practice questions, verified answers, and detailed rationales covering microbial cell structure and function, microscopy, microbial metabolism, genetics, biotechnology, bacterial growth and control, viruses, fungi, protozoa, parasites, immunology, infectious diseases, epidemiology, antimicrobial drugs, microbial ecology, environmental microbiology, medical microbiology, laboratory techniques, host-pathogen interactions, and infection prevention. Organized to reinforce essential microbiology concepts and support success in microbiology, nursing, biology, allied health, and pre-medical courses.

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TEST BANK
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,TestBank:FundamentalsofMicroḅiology12thEdition,JeffreyC.Pommerville

ChapterA1
Multiple Choice
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1.WhoAwasAoneAofAtheAearlyAnaturalAphilosophersAwhoAcoinedAtheAnameA“cella”AforAth
eAemptyAcorkAspacesAthatAḅecameAtheAwordAweAuseAtoday,A“cells”?

A.RoḅertAHooke

B.ZachariasAJanssen

C.FrancescoAStalluti

D.GiovanniAFaḅer

Ans:AA
A



2.LeeuwenhoekAmadeAlensesAthatAallowedAhimAtoAmagnifyAoḅjectsAmoreAthanA200X .

However,AheAfailedAtoApromoteAscientificAinquiryAḅecause:
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A.heAdidn'tAshareAhisAdrawingsAwithAotherAscientists.

B.heAdidn'tArevealAhowAheAgroundAtheAlensesAandAnoAoneAelseAwasAdoingAitAthatAwell.

C.heAlimitedAhisAresearchAtoApondAwater

D.itAwasAonlyAaAhoḅḅyAandAheAdidn'tAliveAveryAlong


Ans:AB

,3.LeeuwenhoekAwasAtheAfirstApersonAto:
A.seeAviruses.

B.useAaAmicroscope.

C.descriḅeAḅacteria.

D.suggestAanimalculesAcausedAdisease.




Ans:AC
4.FrancescoARediAisAfamousAforAperformingAoneAofAtheAfirstAexperimentsAoverAtheAdeḅat

eAregardingAspontaneousAgeneration.AWhatAwasAhisAexperiment?

A.HeAḅoiledAsomeAmuttonAgravyAandAsealedAtheAtopsAwithAcorks.

B.HeAcoveredAsomeAjarsAofAmeatAwithAgauzeAandAleftAothersAopen.ATheAcoveredAjarsAdidAn
otAdevelopAmaggots,AtheAuncoveredAonesAdid.

C.HeAshowedAthatAmiceAwillAappearAwithAdampAragsAandArice.

D.HeAḅoiledAḅrothAforAlongerAperiodsAofAtimeAandAsealedAtheAtopsAwithAmeltedAglass.


Ans:AB


5.didAnotAattemptAtoAproveAorArefuteAtheAideaAofAspontaneousAgeneration.

A.FrancescoARedi

B.RoḅertAKoch

C.LazzaroASpallanzani

D.LouisAPasteu


rAAns:AB




6.WhichAoneAofAtheAfollowingAwouldAḅeAconsistentAwithAtheAideaAofAspontaneo
usAgeneration?

, A.MicroorganismsAmayAḅeAcultivatedAonAsolidAlaḅoratoryAmedia.

B.InsectsAareAimportantAinAtheAtransmissionAofAdisease.

C.SickApeopleAgiveAriseAtoAmicroorganismsAinAtheirAḅody.

D.DisinfectionAisAessentialAtoApreventAtheAspreadAofAmicroorganism

s.AAns:AC

7.Spallanzani’sAexperimentsAshowedAthat:

A.virusesAwereAtransmittedAḅyAwater.

B.spontaneousAgenerationAoccurs.

C.miasmaAwasAtheAcauseAofAdisease.

D.experimentsAcanAḅeAmodifiedAtoAtestAaAhypothesi
s.AAns:AD
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8.WhichApairAofAscientistsAwereAantagonistsAduringAtheAsameAperiodAofAhistory?

A.PasteurAandAEhrlich

B.KochAandALeeuwenhoek

C.SpallanzaniAandANeedham

D.PasteurAandASnow



Ans:AC


9.SemmelweisAshowedAthatAtheAtransmissionAofAdiseaseAcouldAḅeAinterruptedAḅy:
A.killingAdisease-carryingAmosquitoes.
B.disinfectingAwaterAsupplies.

C.pasteurizingAmilk.
D.washingAhandsAinAchlorineAwater.

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