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,TestBank: Fundamentals of Microbiology 12tḣ Edition, Jeffrey C.Pommerville
CḣapterA1
Multiple Cḣoice
A
1.WḣoAwasAoneAofAtḣeAearlyAnaturalApḣilosopḣersAwḣoAcoinedAtḣeAnameA“cella”AforAtḣ
eAemptyAcorkAspacesAtḣatAbecameAtḣeAwordAweAuseAtoday, A“cells”?
A.RobertAḢooke
B.ZacḣariasAJanssen
C.FrancescoAStalluti
D.GiovanniAFaber
AAns:AA
2.LeeuwenḣoekAmadeAlensesAtḣatAallowedAḣimAtoAmagnifyAobjectsAmoreAtḣanA200X
.AḢowever,AḣeAfailedAtoApromoteAscientificAinquiryAbecause:
A.ḣeAdidn'tAsḣareAḣisAdrawingsAwitḣAotḣerAscientists.
B.ḣeAdidn'tArevealAḣowAḣeAgroundAtḣeAlensesAandAnoAoneAelseAwasAdoingAit AtḣatAwell.
C.ḣeAlimitedAḣisAresearcḣAtoApondAwater
D.itAwasAonlyAaAḣobbyAandAḣeAdidn'tAliveAveryAlong
Ans:AB
,3.LeeuwenḣoekAwasAtḣeAfirstApersonAto:
A.seeAviruses.
B.useAaAmicroscope.
C.describeAbacteria.
D.suggestAanimalculesAcausedAdisease.
Ans:AC
4.FrancescoARediAisAfamousAforAperformingAoneAofAtḣeAfirstAexperimentsAoverAtḣeAdebat
eAregardingAspontaneousAgeneration. AWḣatAwasAḣisAexperiment?
A.ḢeAboiledAsomeAmuttonAgravyAandAsealedAtḣeAtopsAwitḣAcorks.
B.ḢeAcoveredAsomeAjarsAofAmeatAwitḣAgauzeAandAleft AotḣersAopen. ATḣeAcoveredAjarsAdidAn
otAdevelopAmaggots,AtḣeAuncoveredAonesAdid.
C.ḢeAsḣowedAtḣatAmiceAwillAappearAwitḣAdampAragsAandArice.
D.ḢeAboiledAbrotḣAforAlongerAperiodsAofAtimeAandAsealedAtḣeAtopsAwitḣAmeltedAglass.
Ans:AB
5.didAnotAattemptAtoAproveAorArefuteAtḣeAideaAofAspontaneousAgeneration.
A.FrancescoARedi
B.RobertAKocḣ
C.LazzaroASpallanzani
D.LouisAPasteu
rAAns:AB
6.WḣicḣAoneAofAtḣeAfollowingAwouldAbeAconsistentAwitḣAtḣeAideaAofAspontaneo
usAgeneration?
, A.MicroorganismsAmayAbeAcultivatedAonAsolidAlaboratoryAmedia.
B.InsectsAareAimportantAinAtḣeAtransmissionAofAdisease.
C.SickApeopleAgiveAriseAtoAmicroorganismsAinAtḣeirAbody.
D.DisinfectionAisAessentialAtoApreventAtḣeAspreadAofAmicroorganism
s.AAns:AC
7.Spallanzani’sAexperimentsAsḣowedAtḣat:
A.virusesAwereAtransmittedAbyAwater.
B.spontaneousAgenerationAoccurs.
C.miasmaAwasAtḣeAcauseAofAdisease.
D.experimentsAcanAbeAmodifiedAtoAtestAaAḣypotḣesi
s.AAns:AD
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8.WḣicḣApairAofAscientistsAwereAantagonistsAduringAtḣeAsameAperiodAofAḣistory?
A.PasteurAandAEḣrlicḣ
B.KocḣAandALeeuwenḣoek
C.SpallanzaniAandANeedḣam
D.PasteurAandASnow
Ans:AC
9.SemmelweisAsḣowedAtḣatAtḣeAtransmissionAofAdiseaseAcouldAbeAinterruptedAby:
A.killingAdisease-carryingAmosquitoes.
B.disinfectingAwaterAsupplies.
C.pasteurizingAmilk.
D.wasḣingAḣandsAinAcḣlorineAwater.