OPENSTAX MICROBIOLOGY
EXAMINATION TEST COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION
●● micrboes can be found
Answer: Everywhere
●● Microorganisms can be used for
Answer: biofuels, medicines and foods
●● Skin has how many microbes
Answer: trillions
●● Describe how ancestors improved food with the use of invisible
microbes
Answer: fermentation
●● describe how the cause of sickness and disease were explained in
ancient times, prior to the invention of the microscope
Answer: angry gods, bad air,
, ●● Describe key historical events associated with the birth of
microbiology
Answer: -invention of microscope strong enough to see microbes
-isolation of specific microbes to identify causes of disease
●● Fermentation
Answer: a process that uses bacteria, mold, or yeast to convert Sugars
(carbohydrates) into alcohol, gasses and organic acids (like vinegar)
●● Yeast fermentation yeilds
Answer: Ethanol and CO2
●● What type of microorganisms would likely be killed by antibiotic
treatment
Answer:
●● Hippocrates believed
Answer: disease had natural causes that came from inside forces or the
environment, not supernatural
●● Thucydides (father of scientific history)
Answer: advocated for evidence-based analysis of cause-and-effect
reasoning. No reinfections of the plague even around actively sick
people
EXAMINATION TEST COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION
●● micrboes can be found
Answer: Everywhere
●● Microorganisms can be used for
Answer: biofuels, medicines and foods
●● Skin has how many microbes
Answer: trillions
●● Describe how ancestors improved food with the use of invisible
microbes
Answer: fermentation
●● describe how the cause of sickness and disease were explained in
ancient times, prior to the invention of the microscope
Answer: angry gods, bad air,
, ●● Describe key historical events associated with the birth of
microbiology
Answer: -invention of microscope strong enough to see microbes
-isolation of specific microbes to identify causes of disease
●● Fermentation
Answer: a process that uses bacteria, mold, or yeast to convert Sugars
(carbohydrates) into alcohol, gasses and organic acids (like vinegar)
●● Yeast fermentation yeilds
Answer: Ethanol and CO2
●● What type of microorganisms would likely be killed by antibiotic
treatment
Answer:
●● Hippocrates believed
Answer: disease had natural causes that came from inside forces or the
environment, not supernatural
●● Thucydides (father of scientific history)
Answer: advocated for evidence-based analysis of cause-and-effect
reasoning. No reinfections of the plague even around actively sick
people
