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Test Bank for Fundamentals of Microbiology

12th Edition by Jeffrey C. Pommerville

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1. Who was one of the early natural philosophers who coined the name “cella” for theem
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pty cork spaces that became the word we use today, “cells”?
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A. Robert Hooke ft




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C. Francesco Stalluti f t




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2. Leeuwenhoek made lenses that allowed him to magnify objects more than 200X.H ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft tf




owever, he failed to promote scientific inquiry because:
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A. he didn't share his drawings with other scientists.
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B. he didn't reveal how he ground the lenses and no one else was doing it that well.
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C. he limited his research to pond water
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D. it was only a hobby and he didn't live very long
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,3. Leeuwenhoek was the first person to: ft ft ft ft ft




A. see viruses. ft




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C. describe bacteria. ft




D. suggest animalcules caused disease. ft ft ft




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4. Francesco Redi is famous for performing one of the first experiments over the debatere
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garding spontaneous generation. What was his experiment?
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A. He boiled some mutton gravy and sealed the tops with corks.
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B. He covered some jars of meat with gauze and left others open. The covered jars did notdev
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elop maggots, the uncovered ones did.
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C. He showed that mice will appear with damp rags and rice.
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D. He boiled broth for longer periods of time and sealed the tops with melted glass.
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5. ft did not attempt to prove or refute the idea of spontaneous generation.
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A. Francesco Redi ft




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C. Lazzaro Spallanzani ft




D. Louis Pasteur ft




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, 6. Which one of the following would be consistent with the idea of spontaneousgen
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eration?

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B. Insects are important in the transmission of disease.
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C. Sick people give rise to microorganisms in their body.
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D. Disinfection is essential to prevent the spread of microorganisms. ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft




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7. Spallanzani’s experiments showed that: ft ft ft




A. viruses were transmitted by water.
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B. spontaneous generation occurs. ft ft




C. miasma was the cause of disease. ft ft ft ft ft




D. experiments can be modified to test a hypothesis. ft ft ft ft ft ft ft




Ans: D Page
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8. Which pair of scientists were antagonists during the same period of history?
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A. Pasteur and Ehrlich ft ft




B. Koch and Leeuwenhoekft ft




C. Spallanzani and Needham ft ft