OpenStax Microbiology Test Bank / OSX Microbiology Test Bank - Chapter 01 to Chapter 26

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Chapter 2 : How We See the Invisible WorldChap
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Chapter 4 : Prokaryotic Diversity
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Chapter 5 : The Eukaryotes of Microbiology
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Chapter 6 : Acellular Pathogens
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Chapter 10 : Biochemistry of the Genome Chapte
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Chapter 12 : Modern Applications of Microbial GeneticsCha
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Chapter 14 : Antimicrobial Drugs
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Chapter 17 : Innate Nonspecific Host DefensesCh
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Chapter 20 : Laboratory Analysis of the Immune Response
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Chapter 21 : Skin and Eye Infections
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Chapter 22 : Respiratory System InfectionsChapt
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Chapter 1: An Invisible World

Chaptera1:aAnaInvisibleaWorld

*a=aCorrectaanswera

MultipleaChoice

1. Whichaofatheafollowingaisatrueaofatheamicrobialaworld?
A. Allamicrobesaareaharmful.
B. Humansacouldasurviveawithoutamicrobes.
C. Manyamicrobesaareahelpful.*
D. Mostamicrobesaareapathogenic.

Difficulty:aEasy
ASMaStandard:a23,a24

2. Whichaofatheafollowingaisawhenahumansafirstasuspectedatheaexistenceaofamicrobes?
A. duringatheaIndustrialaRevolution
B. inaprehistoricatimes*
C. inathealastacentury
D. withinathealasta500ayears

Difficulty:aEasyaA
SMaStandard:a23

3. Whichaindividualafirstaobservedaunicellularaorganisms,awhichaheacalleda“animalcules,”ausingaaa
microscopeaheadeveloped?
A. RobertaKoch
B. LouisaPasteur
C. Thucydides
D. AntonieavanaLeeuwenhoek*

Difficulty:aEasya
ASMaStandard:a6

4. ToareduceatheariskaofaopenaflameafromaBunsenaburners,amicrobiologistsaareaincreasinglyausingaw
hichaofatheafollowingadevicesaforaeasy,arapidabenchtopasterilizationaofasmallapiecesaofaequipmen
t?
A. autoclaves
B. ethyleneaoxide
C. incubators
D. microincinerators*

Difficulty:aEasyaA
SMaStandard:a36




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5. TheaSwedishabotanistaknownaforahavingadevelopedaanaimportantabiologicalaclassificationas
ystemaisawhichaofatheafollowingapeople?
A. ErnstaHaeckel
B. CarolusaLinnaeus*
C. LouisaPasteur
D. RobertaWhittaker

Difficulty:aEasyaAS
MaStandard:aN/A

6. WhichakingdomawasatheaonlyaoneafoundainaEmpireaProkaryota?
A. Animalia
B. Fungi
C. Monera*
D. Protista

Difficulty:aEasyaAS
MaStandard:aN/A

7. Whichaareatheathreeacurrentlyaacceptedadomains?
A. Archaea,aBacteria,aandaEukarya*
B. Archaea,aProkaryota,aandaEukaryota
C. Bacteria,aFungi,aandaProtista
D. Bacteria,aProkaryota,aandaEukarya

Difficulty:aEasyaAS
MaStandard:aN/A

8. Whichatwoataxonomicaunitsaareatypicallyausedatoaidentifyaanaorganismawhenausingabinomialan
omenclature?
A. domainaandakingdom
B. genusaandafamily
C. genusaandaspecies*
D. phylumaandaclass

Difficulty:aEasyaAS
MaStandard:aN/A

9. Whichaofatheafollowingaisanotatrueaaboutatheaprocessaofafermentation?
A. Itacanahelpapreserveafoods,apreventingaspoilage.
B. Itaconvertsasugarsatoaorganicaacids,aalcohols,aand/oragasesasuchaasacarbonadioxide.
C. Itaisacarriedaoutaexclusivelyabyaunicellularaeukaryotesasuchaasayeast.*
D. Itaisausedatoamakeafoodsasuchaasacheeseaandabread.

Difficulty:aModerateaAS
MaStandard:a11,a23,a26


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10. TheaRomansamayahaveareducedatheirariskaofawaterborneainfectiousadiseasesabyausingawhichaofath
eafollowing?
A. aavarietyaofapharmaceuticalaproducts
B. aqueductsaandaaasewerasystem*
C. prophylacticaantibiotics
D. quarantineaofapeopleawithaleprosy

Difficulty:aModeratea
ASMaStandard:a23

11. ForawhichaofatheafollowingaisaThucydidesaknown?
A. developingaanaeffectiveasewerasystemainaancientaGreece,ahelpingatoareducealevelsaofadi
seaseainacities
B. observingamicrobes,ausingaaamicroscope,aforatheafirstatime,aevenadistinguishingabetweenab
acteriaaandafungi
C. proposingathatadiseaseawasacausedabyamicroorganisms
D. realizingathatapeopleawhoahadabeenainfectedabyatheaAthenianaplagueahadaimmunityatoare
infection*

Difficulty:aModeratea
ASMaStandard:a23,a31

12. ErnstaHaeckelaproposedaaaclassificationasystemaconsistingaofawhichaofatheafollowingas
ubgroups?
A. fiveakingdoms
B. fourakingdoms*
C. twoadomainsaandathreeakingdoms
D. twoadomainsaandafiveakingdoms

Difficulty:aModeratea
ASMaStandard:aN/A

13. Virusesanotaincludedainaphylogeneticatreesaforawhichaofatheafollowingareasons?
A. Itaisatooadifficultatoaobserveatheiracharacteristics.
B. Theyaareaacellularaandanonliving.*
C. Theyadoanotahaveaanyagenes,awhichapreventsageneticaanalysis.
D. Theyalackaaanucleus.

Difficulty:aModeratea
ASMaStandard:a5

14. Whichaisatheabestadescriptionaofatheaprimaryapurposeaofaaaphylogeny?
A. Phylogeniesashowaallatheaalterativeanamesaforaeachaspecies.
B. Phylogeniesashowaallatheacommonanamesaforaeachaspecies.
C. Phylogeniesashowaevolutionaryarelatednessabetweenaorganisms.*


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